This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A baby's ftrst teeth ..... are generally the lower incisors. A) In appearing. B) Appear. C) To appear. D) Appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To appear. 2. The purpose of cost accounting is ..... involved in producing and selling a good or service A) That determines the costs. B) The costs determined. C) As a determination of its costs. D) To determine the costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To determine the costs. 3. What words begins a participial phrase? A) A, an, the. B) A noun. C) A word with a verb word ending. D) Prepositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word with a verb word ending. 4. 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. 5. Choose the gerunds in this sentence:Eating strawberries without washing them might make you sick. A) Washing them might make you sick. B) Eating strawberries. C) Washing them. D) Eating strawberries without washing them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating strawberries without washing them. 6. ..... SPORTS IS THE BEST WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT. A) TO PLAY. B) WRITING. C) PLAYING. D) TO WRITE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PLAYING. 7. In the sentence, "Constantly checking your phone can be distracting, " which part is the gerund phrase? A) Can be distracting. B) Checking your phone can be. C) Constantly checking your phone. D) Your phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constantly checking your phone. 8. Identify the gerund in the sentence:'Swimming is my favorite hobby.' A) Is. B) Favorite. C) Hobby. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swimming. 9. 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. 10. What is the verb in the sentence?Conserving energy can protect Earth's resources. A) Can protect. B) Resources. C) Energy. D) Conserving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can protect. 11. 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. 12. Find the Gerund Phrase:Some people keep Valentine's Day by sending heart-shaped cards to friends. A) To friends. B) Sending heart-shaped cards to friends. C) By sending heart-shaped cards. D) Sending heart-shaped cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sending heart-shaped cards to friends. 13. 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. 14. Identify the gerund in the following sentence:Swimming is her favorite hobby. A) Swimming. B) Swam. C) Swim. D) Swims. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 15. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Some major universities began offering courses to higher-level students during high school. A) Offering courses to higher-level students during high school. B) Offering courses. C) Began offering courses to higher-level students. D) During high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offering courses to higher-level students during high school. 16. 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. 17. IT'S IMPORTANT ..... HOW TO DRIVE BEFORE BUYING YOUR OWN CAR. A) TO SPEAK. B) SPEAKING. C) TO KNOW. D) KNOWING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TO KNOW. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. In the sentence 'She loves dancing in the rain', what is the function of the gerund phrase? A) Direct object. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Adverb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object. 21. Combine the following sentences using a gerund phrase:'She loves reading.' 'She does it every day.' A) She loves reading every day. B) She loves reading, doing it every day. C) She loves reading while doing it every day. D) She loves reading, she does it every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loves reading every day. 22. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen. A) Seeing what everybody has seen. B) Consists of seeing what everybody has seen. C) Consists of seeing. D) Discovery consists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeing what everybody has seen. 23. The doctor saw her adding too much salt to her food.In this sentence, the gerund phrase is functioning as a(n) ..... A) Direct object. B) Subject. C) Predicate noun. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object. 24. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Reading books before bed helps me relax.' A) Helps me relax. B) Reading before bed. C) Before bed helps me. D) Reading books before bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading books before bed. 25. Which type of phrase acts as an adjective? A) Subject. B) Predicate. C) Gerund. D) Participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participle. 26. '' Being early is a wonderful social manner."The gerund phrase in this sentence functions as a /an A) Object to a Perposition. B) Object. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 27. Identify the function of the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Swimming is a great form of exercise. A) Adjective. B) Subject. C) Verb. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 28. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?A good hobby for boys can be fishing or painting. A) For boys. B) A good hobby. C) Can be. D) Fishing or paining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fishing or paining. 29. In the sentence, "My brother avoids doing his chores, " how is the gerund phrase "doing his chores" being used? A) As an adjective describing 'brother'. B) As the direct object of the verb 'avoids'. C) As the subject of the sentence. D) As the object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As the direct object of the verb 'avoids'. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesGerund Phrases Quiz 1Gerund 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