This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Learning a new language and speaking it fluently requires a lot of practice. A) Object of the Preposition. B) Direct Object. C) Indirect Object. D) Predicate Noun. E) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Subject. 2. What is the gerund phrase?Painting and reading are my favorite hobbies. A) My favorite hobbies. B) Painting and reading. C) Painting and reading are. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painting and reading. 3. Identify the gerund phrase. A key to success is reducing our trash. A) A key to success. B) Is reducing. C) Reducing. D) Reducing our trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reducing our trash. 4. Give an example of using a gerund as a subject in a sentence. A) Jumping over the fence is how the dog escaped. B) Eating dinner is my favorite part of the day. C) Swimming is my favorite exercise. D) Running is a great way to stay in shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming is my favorite exercise. 5. What is the infinitive in the sentence?-I need to watch the game. A) I need. B) To watch. C) No infinitive. D) The game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To watch. 6. Identify the function of the gerund. She enjoys baking. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 7. Identify the gerund phrase. If there are no gerunds, choose none. Drinking coffee is my saving grace in the mornings. A) Drinking coffee. B) Is my. C) Saving grace. D) In the mornings. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking coffee. 8. A gerund is a form of a verb that always ends in-ing and acts as a noun. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. Leslie's favorite activity is watching new superhero movies. A) Predicate Noun. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Subject. D) Indirect Object. E) Direct Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate Noun. 10. Identify the gerund in this sentence:'Catching fish is fun'. A) Fish. B) Is fun. C) Fun. D) Catching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catching. 11. What type of phrase is in red? Trembling with rage, she stalked out. A) Participial. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) Appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 12. Collecting stamps used to be a popular hobby. A) Indirect Object. B) Subject. C) Direct Object. D) Predicate Noun. E) Object of the Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 13. Find the INFINITIVE PHRASE in the following sentence. In the mall, we want to walk quickly to the food court. A) To walk quickly. B) To the food court. C) In the mall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To walk quickly. 14. Spending too much money on frivolous objects is a a good way to build debt. A) Object of the Preposition. B) Direct Object. C) Predicate Noun. D) Subject. E) Indirect Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 15. "Trying to escape is useless, " screamed Michael as he laughed at Josh who was wriggling in the trap laid out for him on Halloween. The word in blue is a ..... A) Gerund. B) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 16. What is the appositive(s)? Two of my friends, John and Steve, made it on the soccer team, Barcelona. A) John and Steve. B) Two of my friends. C) John and Steve; Barcelona. D) Barcelona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John and Steve; Barcelona. 17. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. During the summer, Hal taught writing and coding. A) During the summer. B) Taught writing and coding. C) Writing & coding. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing & coding. 18. '' My young brother enjoys playing video games." The gerund phrase in this sentence fuctions as a/an A) Object. B) Predicate Nominative. C) Object to a Preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object. 19. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. Caring for pets is a good way of earning money. A) Is a good way. B) Earning money. C) Caring for pets. D) Caring for pets & earning money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caring for pets & earning money. 20. Identify the gerund phrase as the object in the following sentence:'I enjoy reading books.' A) Playing video games. B) Reading books. C) Cooking dinner. D) Watching movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading books. 21. What is the gerund phrase? One of their favorite activities is catching bugs. A) Catching bugs. B) One of their favorite activities. C) There is no gerund phrase. D) Their favorite activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catching bugs. 22. Identify the function of the gerund. Drinking coffee is my saving grace in the mornings. A) Object of the preposition. B) Direct object. C) Subject. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 23. What is the verb in the sentence? Many people have started making an effort. A) Making. B) People. C) Effort. D) Have started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have started. 24. "Peter's hair needs washing." What role is the gerund 'washing' playing in the sentence? A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of a preposition. D) Subject complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 25. What is the gerund phrase?Karla's ambition is hitting two home runs in one game. A) Karla's ambition is hitting. B) Is hitting two homeruns. C) Hitting two home runs in one game. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hitting two home runs in one game. 26. Identify the participle phrase!Laughing loudly, the boy is amused by the clown. A) Laughing loudly. B) The boy. C) Amused. D) The clown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laughing loudly. 27. Find the INFINITIVE PHRASE in the following sentence. Preston wants to run for office in the next election. A) For office. B) In the next election. C) To run for office. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To run for office. 28. Identify the gerund. If there are no gerunds, choose none. Walking is good exercise. A) Walking. B) Is. C) Good. D) Exercise. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking. 29. '' Being early is a wonderful social manner." The gerund phrase in this sentence functions as a /an A) Object to a Perposition. B) Predicate Nominative. C) Object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 30. What is the gerund phrase?Coming from an English and Cuban background influenced the American poet William Carlos Williams. A) Influenced the American poet William Carlos Williams. B) Coming from an English and Cuban background. C) American poet William Carlos Williams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming from an English and Cuban background. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesGerund Phrases Quiz 1Gerund Phrases Quiz 2Gerund Phrases Quiz 3Gerund Phrases Quiz 4Gerund Phrases Quiz 5Gerund Phrases Quiz 6Gerund Phrases Quiz 7Gerund Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books