This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Asking for funds is an important activity. A) Predicate Nominative. B) Indirect Object. C) Object of Preposition. D) Direct Object. E) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Subject. 2. Find the infinitive. "She ought to pay more attention to the rules." A) To the. B) Rules. C) To pay. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To pay. 3. Is there a gerund in this sentence?I hate to run. A) Yes, there is. B) No, there isn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, there isn't. 4. What part of the sentence is the gerund? John enjoyed swimming in the lake after dark. A) Predicate nominative. B) Direct object. C) Subject. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 5. What is the Verb (V) of this sentence?"I like drawing." A) I. B) Like. C) Drawing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like. 6. A gerund is a ..... ending in-ing. A) Verb. B) Adjectival. C) Verbal. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal. 7. The problem is obtaining the necessary money. A) Predicate Nominative. B) Object of Preposition. C) Indirect Object. D) Direct Object. E) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate Nominative. 8. Competition is trying to do better than your opponent. A) Better than your opponent. B) Competition is trying. C) Trying to do better than your opponent. D) Competition is trying to do better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trying to do better than your opponent. 9. How is a gerund used as a predicate noun? A) A gerund acts as a predicate noun when it follows a linking verb and renames the subject. Example:'Her favorite activity is dancing.'. B) A gerund can only be used at the beginning of a sentence. C) A gerund is a verb that does not have any noun function. D) A gerund is used to describe an action that is happening in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gerund acts as a predicate noun when it follows a linking verb and renames the subject. Example:'Her favorite activity is dancing.'. 10. IT'S GOOD ..... YOUR HOMEWORK AT NIGHT. A) DOING. B) TO DO. C) TAKING. D) TO TAKE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TO DO. 11. What is the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Her hobby is collecting stamps from around the world.' A) Collecting stamps. B) Her hobby. C) Is collecting. D) From around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collecting stamps. 12. It's interesting to read a book.Choose the best gerund sentence: A) Reading a book is interesting. B) Interesting reading a book. C) It's to read a book interesting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading a book is interesting. 13. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Playing basketball is his favorite pastime. A) Playing basketball. B) Is his favorite. C) His favorite pastime. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing basketball. 14. Does this sentence contain a gerund phrase?Ricky, going down the staircase backward, was very unsteady. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 15. Running in the heat is dangerous.In this sentence, the gerund is functioning as a(n) ..... A) Predicate noun. B) Subject. C) Direct object. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 16. ..... is my favourite hobby, A) Walking. B) To walk. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking. 17. Find the Gerund Phrase:Most people would agree that respecting mothers is important every day of the year. A) Respecting mothers. B) Of the year. C) Is important every day of the year. D) Respecting mothers is important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respecting mothers. 18. Find the infinitive phrase:My little brother Joey loves to play basketball inside the house. A) Joey. B) To play basketball. C) Inside the house. D) To play basketball inside the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To play basketball inside the house. 19. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?After making ten birds, Sadako lined them up on the table beside the golden crane. A) After making ten birds. B) Beside the golden crane. C) Sadako lined them up on the table. D) Making ten birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making ten birds. 20. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence.The most amusing event, catching a greased pig, was the highlight of the fair. A) Was the highlight of the fair. B) Catching a greased pig. C) Most amusing event, catching a greased pig. D) Amusing event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catching a greased pig. 21. What is the subject? A) Javier. B) Essay. C) Games. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Javier. 22. Practicing his basketball moves, Lucas dribbled effortlessly down the court. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 23. What is the word form of the object in these sentences?I like drawing.I love singing. I hate camping.I enjoy cooking.I dislike fishing. A) Noun(N). B) V-ing. C) Adjective(adj). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) V-ing. 24. What is the gerund phrase?The monsters like it so much, they forget about eating their dinner. A) So much they forget. B) Eating their dinner. C) About eating their dinner. D) Like it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating their dinner. 25. He decided to give up ..... after that experience. A) To gamble. B) Gambling. C) Gamble. D) Being gambled. E) To gambling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gambling. 26. Find the Gerund Phrase:In almost every American town, holding parades on the Fourth of July is a tradition. A) In almost every American town. B) Holding parades on the Fourth of July is a tradition. C) On the Fourth of July. D) Holding parades on the Fourth of July. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holding parades on the Fourth of July. 27. "Planning is ..... in the sentence. A) The object of a preposition. B) The subject. C) An adjective. D) The direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 28. I am interested in learning new languages. A) Swimming. B) Running. C) Cooking. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning. 29. How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Direct object. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 30. What is the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence:'Her favorite hobby is painting landscapes.' A) Subject. B) Direct object. 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