Identification of Phrase
1. He was absent on account of illness. Identify the underlined phrase: [IU 10-11]
a) Noun phrase
b) Prepositional phrase
c) Verbal phrase
d) Adjective phrase
Ans: b
2. I supported him for the sake of friendship. Identify the underlined phrase:
a) Prepositional phrase
b) Adjective phrase
c) Verbal phrase
d) Noun phrase
Ans: a
3. Fahim as well as his friends has decided to visit London. Here, ‘as well as’ is a-
a) Conjunctional phrase
b) Verb phrase
c) Gerund phrase
d) Adverb phrase
Ans: a
4. Identify the underlined phrase: I drank water as much as I could. [IU: 10-11]
a) Interjectional phrase
b) Adverbial phrase
c) Prepositional phrase
d) Conjunctional phrase
Ans: d
5. Identify the phrase: What a pity! The man is dead.
a) Interjectional phrase
b) Adverbial phrase
c) Prepositional phrase
d) Conjunctional phrase
Ans: a
6. What type of phrase is the following highlighted words? ‘Oh dear me! What shall I do?’ [DU: 02-03]
a) Adverbial phrase
b) Interjectional phrase
c) Prepositional phrase
d) Exclamatory phrase
Ans: b
7. I am glad to know your success. [RU: 12-13]
a) Infinitive phrase as an adjective
b) Infinitive phrase as a post-modifier of an adjective.
c) Infinitive phrase as an intransitive verb
d) Infinitive phrase as a transitive verb
Ans: b
8. While hiking through the woods yesterday, we saw a tiger. [PUST: 17-18]
a) Prepositional phrase
b) Adverbial phrase
c) Participle phrase
d) Noun phrase
Ans: c
9. I have a boat made of wood. The underlined phrase is-
a) Adverbial phrase
b) perfect participle phrase
c) present participle phrase
d) past participle phrase
Ans: d
10. Loudly knocking at the door, he demanded admission.
a) Noun phrase
b) Adjective phrase
c) Adverb phrase
d) Participle phrase
Ans: d
11. A beautiful morning is a/an-
a) idiom
b) phrase
c) clause
d) sentence
Ans: b
12. A charming girl is a/an-
a) noun phrase
b) Adjective phrase
c) prepositional phrase
d) adverbial phrase
Ans: a
13. The man wants something to eat. The underlined
phase is a/an-
a) Prepositional phrase
b) adverbial phrase
c) adjective phrase
d) Noun phrase
Ans: d
14. To ride well requires practice. The under lined phrase is a/an-
a) noun phrase
b) adjective phrase
c) adverbial phrase
d) prepositional phrase
Ans: b
15. ‘To win a prize is my ambition.’ The underlined
part of the sentence is a/an-
a) Adjective phrase
b) Noun phrase
c) Adverb phrase
d) Conjunctional phrase
Ans: b
16. He is in the room. [RU: 12-13]
a) Prepositional clause
b) Adverbial phrase
c) Adjective complement
d) Object complement
Ans: b
17. The underlined phrase in ‘I spoke to him very often’ is a- [JnU: 10-11]
a) Adjective phrase
b) Noun phrase
c) Adverb phrase
d) Prepositional phrase
Ans: c
18. Raihan stood in front of me.
a) Noun phrase
b) Verbal phrase
c) Prepositional phrase
d) Adjective phrase
Ans: c
19. ‘Please try to think out of the box.’ The underlined part is- [COU: 19-20]
a) Prepositional phrase
b) Adjective phrase
c) Verb phrase
d) Conjunctional phrase
Ans: a
20. The college stands by the side of the river. The underlined part is- [IU: 17-18]
a) Noun phrase
b) Verbal phrase
c) Prepositional phrase
d) Adjective phrase
Ans: c
