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Phrases and clauses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?


The growls of the tiger scared the crowd.

a)

scared the crowd

b)

of the tiger

c)

The growls

2.

Faced with so many problems, I decided to get professional help.

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

3.

In the next sentence. The prepositional phrase describes:


Karen stepped on to the boat.

a)

Karen

b)

stepped

c)

the boat

4.

Greek is the proper adjective of ____.

a)

Greenland

b)

Greece

c)

Egypt

d)

Grieve

5.

Which one is not correct about VP

a)

VP = V +Adv

b)

VP = V + NP

c)

VP = V + PP

d)

VP= V + AP

6.
With the blue shirt.
a)
Phrase
b)
Dependent Clause
c)
Independent Clause
7.
at the soccer field
a)
Clause
b)
Phrase
8.

Identify the adjective phrase: A girl with long hair came to see me.

a)

a girl

b)

came to see me

c)

a girl with long hair

d)

with long hair

9.

Our teacher explained that each eye looks in a different direction.

a)

Verb Phrase

b)

Adverb Phrase

c)

Noun Phrase

d)

Prepositional Phrase

10.

What does the prepositional phrase modify?

The rubik's cube on the table needs to be solved.

a)

solved

b)

table

c)

rubik's cube

d)

The

11.
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
The dog sat by the warm fireplace.
a)
dog sat by
b)
the warm fireplace
c)
by the warm fireplace
12.

which words can we add to a noun phrase?

a)

adjectives

b)

verb

c)

article

d)

words

13.

He says that he is often late to school.

a)

Adjective Clause

b)

Adverb Clause of Condition

c)

Noun Clause

d)

Adverb Clause of Manner

14.

I love hot dogs. 'I' is a...

a)

Verb Phrase

b)

Noun Phrase

c)

Adjective Phrase

d)

Adverb Phrase

15.

What’s the prepositional phrase?


The red bike with lots of glitter.

a)

The red bike

b)

glitter

c)

w/ lots of glitter

d)

red bike

16.
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 
My cat jumped on my bed and woke me up. 
a)
on my bed
b)
my cat jumped
c)
on my bed and woke me up
d)
woke me
17.

2. The sun moves around the earth.

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

18.

Tap the sentence with a prepositional phrase, it can be more than one.

a)

The computer is broken.

b)

Let's hang the photo in your room.

c)

Marcia is my best friend.

d)

The dog is running around the park.

19.

Television networks nowadays offer very poor tv shows.

a)

Noun Phrase

b)

Verb Phrase

c)

Adjective Phrase

d)

Adverb Phrase

20.
What is a Phrase?
a)
A group of words that describes a noun.
b)
A group of words that acts as a single part of speech.
c)
A group of words that act out a noun.