This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds And Infinitives – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tina ran in a marathon last week, but she failed ..... A) Finished. B) Finishing. C) To finish. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To finish. 2. Have you finished ..... the computer yet? I need it. (use) A) Using. B) To use. C) Use. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using. 3. It is difficult ..... him. A) To understand. B) Understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To understand. 4. Many people use tablet computers A) To looking for criminals. B) For learn languages. C) To make video calls. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make video calls. 5. I work every day ..... my house A) Buying. B) To buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To buy. 6. His mother suggested us ..... to the beach instead of the mountains. A) To go. B) Goes. C) Going. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going. 7. He started as an assitant manager but he ..... A) Went on to become the boss. B) Went on becoming the boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went on to become the boss. 8. Ryan stopped ..... as it was reading time. A) Reading. B) Read. C) To reading. D) To read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To read. 9. I'm thinking about ..... a new job overseas. A) Been. B) Get. C) To get. D) Getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Getting. 10. Mark made sure I understood that Texas was the team to beat.In the sentence, the infinitive is functioning as A) A noun. B) An adjective. C) An adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An adjective. 11. Each week we try (save) ..... a little money to put toward a vacation. We hope to go to Japn next summer. A) To save. B) Saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To save. 12. We made the decision ..... (play) the new game A) To played. B) To play. C) To playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To play. 13. I can't afford ..... a house at the moment. A) To buy. B) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To buy. 14. Maria acknoledged ..... part in this tour. A) Matt's taking. B) Matt takes. C) Matt taking. D) Matt's to take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matt's taking. 15. You can access this website by ..... on this link. A) Clicking. B) To click. C) Click. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clicking. 16. I hope ..... my grandparents in Germany next year. A) Visiting. B) To visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To visit. 17. Identify the sentence that does NOT have a gerund or gerund phrase A) Swimming is an excellent aerobic exercise/. B) During the week, the settlers cleared the storm damage. C) He likes running in the rain. D) Plowing was difficult work for most farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the week, the settlers cleared the storm damage. 18. In the sentence included in this question, select the infinitive. To win, you must play aggressively. A) To win. B) You must play aggressively. C) Play aggressively. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To win. 19. Read the sentence and determine if it is a gerund or NOT. In time you'll start to like reading. A) Contains a gerund or gerund phrase. B) Does NOT contain a gerund or gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains a gerund or gerund phrase. 20. Football practice must be exhausting because it would be really hard to run all of the conditioning drills. What is the infinitive phrase in the example sentence? A) Really hard to run. B) To run all of the conditioning drills. C) Must be exhausting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To run all of the conditioning drills. 21. Escaping from a maximum security prison would be nearly impossible. A) Contains a gerund or a gerund phrase. B) Does NOT contain a gerund or gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains a gerund or a gerund phrase. 22. I'm getting tired of listening to you. A) Contains a gerund or a gerund phrase. B) DOES NOT contain a gerund or a gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains a gerund or a gerund phrase. 23. Select the sentence that does NOT have an infinitive phrase. A) Rapheal and Alex were happy to meet their new neighbors. B) The number to call for information has been changed by MCI and ATT. C) We examined the sleeping baby in the crib before we went to the store. D) Justin likes to conduct research on the Internet on the weekends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We examined the sleeping baby in the crib before we went to the store. 24. Crying, the people left the theater. A) Contains a gerund or gerund phrase. B) Does NOT contain a gerund or gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does NOT contain a gerund or gerund phrase. 25. What is the infinitive phrase in the example sentence? I wish I could come over to your house, but I have long list of chores to finish before bed. A) To finish before bed. B) To your house. C) Could come over. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To finish before bed. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGerunds And Infinitives Quiz 1Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 2Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 3Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 4Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 5Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 6Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 7Gerunds And Infinitives Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books