This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the sentence, "My little brother loves building with LEGOs, " the word "building" is a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Using the kite string as an electrical conductor, Franklin captured a bit of lightening.$_{}$ A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infitine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 3. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a gerund phrase after a preposition. A) I am excited about to go to the concert. B) Before leaving the house, I always check for my keys. C) He is skilled at solve difficult math problems. D) She thanked me for help her with the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before leaving the house, I always check for my keys. 4. Cole's teammate tried setting a pick for him. A) Teammate tried. B) Tried setting a pick for him. C) Setting a pick for him. D) Cole's teammate tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting a pick for him. 5. What is the word "playing" ? A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 6. ..... about other cultures makes people more tolerant. A) Learning. B) To learn. C) Learn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning. 7. The children were excited about going to the amusement park. A) Amusement. B) Park. C) Going. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going. 8. How does the noun infinitive phrase function? To find the missing puzzle piece was a challenge for AnLan. A) Predicate nominative. B) Subject. C) Object of the preposition. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 9. Identify the gerund in the sentence:'She is interested in learning new languages.' A) Learning. B) Interested. C) New. D) Languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learning. 10. Write a sentence using a gerund phrase as the object of a preposition. A) I relax by swimming in the pool. B) He spends time by cooking in the kitchen. C) She enjoys by dancing in the rain. D) I relax by running in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I relax by swimming in the pool. 11. Gerunds can be subjects. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The dog, wagging his tail wildly, bounded out to meet us. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 13. Identify the gerund in the sentence:Cooking is a life skill that everyone should learn. A) Baking. B) Running. C) Cooking. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooking. 14. Eating ice cream is my favorite activity. A) Swimming in the ocean. B) Reading a book. C) Running a marathon. D) Eating ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating ice cream. 15. Does this sentence contain a gerund phrase?He believed the only three valid purposes microwaves served were re-heating coffee, making popcorn, and putting some heat on take-out from places like Cluck-Cluck Tonite. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 16. I bet that zombie would love ..... our brains. A) To eat. B) Eating. C) Eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To eat. 17. Harold Kirkman is the mechanic to trust if you need your car repaired. The infinitive phrase in the previous sentence acts as A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 18. Clare dislikes dusting and sweeping.The gerund acts as A) Direct object. B) Subject. C) Object of preposition. D) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object. 19. Edit the sentence 'He plays basketball' by adding a gerund phrase. A) He enjoys playing basketball. B) He played basketball. C) He is playing basketball. D) He enjoys to play basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He enjoys playing basketball. 20. Completing physical therapy will improve your condition. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 21. A gerund is a verb form that ends in-ing and functions as a noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. She is interested in ..... a new language. A) Learned. B) Learns. C) Learning. D) Learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learning. 23. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Running in the park helps me relax.' A) Helps me relax. B) Relaxing in the park. C) Walking in the park. D) Running in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running in the park. 24. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Walking in the park is relaxing.' A) In the park. B) Walking. C) Relaxing. D) Walking in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking in the park. 25. He apologized for forgetting to call his friend. A) Apologizing. B) Calling. C) Forgetting. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apologizing. 26. Seeing a spider is enough ..... Iris scream. A) To make. B) Making. C) Make. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make. 27. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Cooking dinner, she listened to music. A) Dinner cooking. B) Cooking dinner. C) To music. D) She listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooking dinner. 28. Find the infinitive phrase. "To wait for dinner doesn't bother me at all." A) To wait. B) For dinner. C) To wait for dinner. D) Wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To wait for dinner. 29. A baby's ftrst teeth ..... are generally the lower incisors. A) In appearing. B) Appearance. C) To appear. D) Appear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To appear. 30. The purpose of cost accounting is ..... involved in producing and selling a good or service A) As a determination of its costs. B) To determine the costs. C) The costs determined. D) That determines the costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To determine the costs. 31. What words begins a participial phrase? A) A noun. B) Prepositions. C) A word with a verb word ending. D) A, an, the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word with a verb word ending. 32. What is the phase in red below:Bernard hates buttering toast with a fork. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 33. ..... SPORTS IS THE BEST WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT. A) PLAYING. B) WRITING. C) TO PLAY. D) TO WRITE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PLAYING. 34. In the sentence, "Constantly checking your phone can be distracting, " which part is the gerund phrase? A) Can be distracting. B) Constantly checking your phone. C) Checking your phone can be. D) Your phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constantly checking your phone. 35. Identify the gerund in the sentence:'Swimming is my favorite hobby.' A) Favorite. B) Hobby. C) Swimming. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming. 36. We call participial, gerunds, and infinitives verbals because ..... A) They are the main verbs of the sentence. B) They are verbs that act as a different part of speech. C) They are all nouns in the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are verbs that act as a different part of speech. 37. What is the verb in the sentence?Conserving energy can protect Earth's resources. A) Can protect. B) Conserving. C) Energy. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can protect. 38. I remember how my father loved flying kites. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 39. Find the Gerund Phrase:Some people keep Valentine's Day by sending heart-shaped cards to friends. A) Sending heart-shaped cards. B) By sending heart-shaped cards. C) Sending heart-shaped cards to friends. D) To friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sending heart-shaped cards to friends. 40. Choose the gerund that should go in the blank. She loves ..... in smaller towns. She has been living there all her life. A) To live. B) Live. C) Living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living. 41. Identify the gerund in the following sentence:Swimming is her favorite hobby. A) Swimming. B) Swim. C) Swims. D) Swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 42. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Some major universities began offering courses to higher-level students during high school. A) Began offering courses to higher-level students. B) Offering courses. C) During high school. D) Offering courses to higher-level students during high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offering courses to higher-level students during high school. 43. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?His mom had warned Ricky about going down the staircase backward. A) His mom. B) Had warned Ricky about. C) Going down the staircase backward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going down the staircase backward. 44. IT'S IMPORTANT ..... HOW TO DRIVE BEFORE BUYING YOUR OWN CAR. A) SPEAKING. B) TO KNOW. C) KNOWING. D) TO SPEAK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TO KNOW. 45. True or False:The sentence "The smiling child waved at me from the bus" contains a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. Smiling proudly, the little boy pointed to his new toys. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 47. In the sentence 'She loves dancing in the rain', what is the function of the gerund phrase? A) Adverb. B) Subject. C) Prepositional phrase. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct object. 48. Combine the following sentences using a gerund phrase:'She loves reading.' 'She does it every day.' A) She loves reading, doing it every day. B) She loves reading every day. C) She loves reading while doing it every day. D) She loves reading, she does it every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She loves reading every day. 49. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen. A) Consists of seeing. B) Seeing what everybody has seen. C) Consists of seeing what everybody has seen. D) Discovery consists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seeing what everybody has seen. 50. The doctor saw her adding too much salt to her food.In this sentence, the gerund phrase is functioning as a(n) ..... A) Object of the preposition. B) Predicate noun. C) Subject. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct object. 51. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Reading books before bed helps me relax.' A) Before bed helps me. B) Reading books before bed. C) Reading before bed. D) Helps me relax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading books before bed. 52. Which type of phrase acts as an adjective? A) Subject. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 53. '' Being early is a wonderful social manner."The gerund phrase in this sentence functions as a /an A) Predicate Nominative. B) Object to a Perposition. C) Subject. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 54. Identify the function of the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Swimming is a great form of exercise. A) Object. B) Verb. C) Subject. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 55. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?A good hobby for boys can be fishing or painting. A) Fishing or paining. B) For boys. C) A good hobby. D) Can be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fishing or paining. 56. In the sentence, "My brother avoids doing his chores, " how is the gerund phrase "doing his chores" being used? A) As the direct object of the verb 'avoids'. B) As the object of a preposition. C) As an adjective describing 'brother'. D) As the subject of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the direct object of the verb 'avoids'. 57. It is boring to do nothing.Choose the best gerund sentence: A) Doing nothing is boring. B) Not to do nothing is boring. C) It's boring when do nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing nothing is boring. 58. Going to the beach this summer will be a lot of fun. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund phrase. 59. As part of his exercise regimen, Jack made walking every day a priority. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund phrase. 60. Identify the gerund phrase:Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program will only create a larger junk-food distribution system. A) Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program will only. B) Increasing funding. C) Increasing. D) Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesGerund Phrases Quiz 2Gerund Phrases Quiz 3Gerund Phrases Quiz 4Gerund Phrases Quiz 5Gerund Phrases Quiz 6Gerund Phrases Quiz 7Gerund Phrases Quiz 8Gerund Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books