This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds As Subjects – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds As Subjects Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where do we place the "gerund" when it's working as an object of a verb? A) Before the verb. B) After a preposition. C) Next to the verb be. D) After the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the verb. 2. Is the gerund the subject or the object? Making a sculpture with clay is fun. A) Object. B) Subject. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 3. She is afraid of losing her job. A) SUBJECT. B) OBJECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OBJECT. 4. Do you enjoy swimming? A) Gerund as subject. B) Gerund as object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund as object. 5. Choose the correct gerund to complete the sentence ..... a parking space is difficult in the mornings. A) Find. B) Finding. C) Finds. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finding. 6. She dislikes ..... in front of a large audience. A) To speak. B) Speaks. C) Speaking. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaking. 7. Identify the sentence where the gerund is used as a complement. A) She enjoys swimming. B) Her hobby is swimming. C) Swimming is fun. D) They are swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her hobby is swimming. 8. What is the subject? Eating vegetables is healthy. A) Eating. B) Healthy. C) Is. D) Vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 9. Doing homework takes a lot of my time. A) SUBJECT. B) OBJECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SUBJECT. 10. Rainy days can ..... traffic as some people can't handle it. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect. 11. ..... WELL GIVES YPU ENERGY. A) TO SLEEPING. B) SLEEP. C) SLEEPING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SLEEPING. 12. What is the subject? To sing makes her happy. A) Her. B) Happy. C) To sing. D) Makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sing. 13. What is the subject? To read every day helps you learn. A) Learn. B) To read. C) You. D) Helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To read. 14. Have you ..... doing your homework? A) Finish. B) Finished. C) Finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished. 15. What is your opinion of drive fast in the city? A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 16. TV is bad for my eyes. That's what my mother says. A) Watched. B) Watches. C) Watch. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching. 17. Identify the gerund in the sentence:Walking in the park is refreshing. A) Park. B) In. C) Refreshing. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking. 18. Choose the correct gerund to complete the sentence.Cooking ..... fun. I love making dinner for my friend. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 19. ..... video games is for young people A) Played. B) Play. C) Playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playing. 20. Choose the sentence in the present continuous form. A) We are learning about gerunds. B) I am interested in learning to use gerunds. C) Something I find difficult is learning how to use gerunds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We are learning about gerunds. 21. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?People think my interest in watching "The Office" is an obsession. A) People think. B) Watching "The Office". C) An obsession. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching "The Office". 22. She avoided ..... about the problem to anyone. A) Talk. B) To talk. C) Talking. D) Talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talking. 23. What is the subject? My brother plays soccer. A) Soccer. B) My. C) Brother. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brother. 24. Choose the sentence which contains the gerund as the complement of the sentence. A) I am having breakfast in bed. B) One of life's pleasures is having breakfast in bed. C) My father is making breakfast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of life's pleasures is having breakfast in bed. 25. Choose the correct gerund to complete the sentence ..... is my sister's favorite hobby. She has a great voice. A) Singing. B) Sing. C) Singer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singing. 26. What is the subject? To travel is my dream. A) My. B) Dream. C) To travel. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To travel. 27. In which sentence is the gerund used as a direct object? A) The bird is singing a beautiful song. B) I dream about singing on a big stage. C) My brother loves singing in the shower. D) Singing is my favorite hobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother loves singing in the shower. 28. Identify the gerund in the following sentence:'Swimming is a great way to stay fit.' A) Great. B) Fit. C) Way. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swimming. 29. True or False:In the sentence "Running is my favorite exercise, " the word 'Running' is a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Choose the sentence that uses a gerund correctly after a preposition. A) They talked about starting a new project. B) They talked about to start a new project. C) They talked about start a new project. D) They talked about started a new project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They talked about starting a new project. 31. Her job involves ..... with people from all over the world. A) Communicates. B) Communicate. C) To communicate. D) Communicating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communicating. 32. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?Patrick's worst fear is losing his crabby patty. A) Losing his crabby patty. B) Patrick's. C) Worst fear. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Losing his crabby patty. 33. YOU CAN USE THE-ING FORM AS THE SUBJECT OR OBJECT OF A SENTENCE. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 34. Volcanic ash can have an ..... on the weather. A) Affect. B) Effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 35. The teacher encouraged ..... during the lesson. A) Participating. B) To participate. C) Participate. D) Participated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participating. 36. His dream is traveling the world. A) Object. B) Verb. C) Subject. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object. 37. Smoke is really dangerous for your health A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 38. Which of the following is an example of using a gerund as a subject? A) To run is good for your health. B) Running can be good for your health. C) Running is good for your health. D) It is good for your health to run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running is good for your health. 39. Flying ..... me nervous. I like travelling by train. A) Make. B) Makes. C) Making. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes. 40. Which verb form ends in '-ing' and acts as a noun? A) Present participle. B) Past participle. C) Infinitive. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gerund. 41. I DIDN'T MIND ..... WITH HIM. A) STUDIES. B) STUDYING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) STUDYING. 42. Which sentence correctly uses a gerund as a complement? A) Her job is teaching. B) She teaches well. C) Teaching is her job. D) She is a teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her job is teaching. 43. ..... FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR A DAY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. A) PRACTICE. B) PRACTICING. C) PRACTICES. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRACTICING. 44. Where do we place the "gerund" when it's working as the subject? A) After the verb. B) Before the verb. C) After a preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After a preposition. 45. The documentary showed the ..... of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. A) Affects. B) Effects. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effects. 46. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? Playing the violin relaxes me. A) Playing the violin. B) Relaxes. C) Me. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing the violin. 47. Watching the sunset pleases me. A) SUBJECT. B) OBJECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SUBJECT. 48. Identify the gerund used as the object in this sentence:'He enjoys ..... ' A) Painting. B) Painted. C) Paint. D) Paints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painting. 49. Choose the correct gerund to complete the sentence ..... lots of vegetables is important for good health. A) Eating. B) Eat. C) Ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 50. Is the gerund the subject or the object? Adults like having toys. A) Subject. B) Object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object. 51. Driving requires constant concentration. A) Gerund as Subject. B) Gerund as Direct Object. C) Gerund as Object of the Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund as Subject. 52. Keith and Daniela hate ..... for their parents A) Cooking. B) Cokking. C) Cook. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 53. Doing Sodoku is a ..... A) Popular activity. B) Manga comic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Popular activity. 54. What about going to the park this afternoon? A) SUBJECT. B) OBJECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OBJECT. 55. ..... more fruits and vegetables is a healthy choice. A) Eat. B) To eat. C) Eats. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 56. He suggested ..... the movie together. A) Watched. B) To watch. C) Watch. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching. 57. Which of these words is a gerund? A) Walked. B) Walking. C) Walker. D) Walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking. 58. Choose the correct gerund form of the verb 'read'. A) Reading. B) Red. C) Readed. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading. 59. Which of the following sentences uses a gerund as the object? A) I hate swimming in the ocean. B) I enjoy swimming in the ocean. C) I prefer swimming in the pool. D) I like to swim in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I enjoy swimming in the ocean. 60. A gerund phrase functions as a A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGerunds As Subjects Quiz 1Gerunds As Subjects Quiz 2Gerunds As Subjects Quiz 4Bare Infinitive QuizGerunds After Verbs + Prepositions QuizGerunds And Infinitives QuizGerunds QuizInfinitive And Gerund Verbs Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books