This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Running in the heat is dangerous. In this sentence, the gerund is functioning as a(n) ..... A) Predicate noun. B) Direct object. C) Subject. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 2. What is another way to say: "asking someone's age is often considered rude" ? A) To ask someone's age is considered rude often. B) Asking someone's age rude is often considered. C) It's often considered rude to ask someone's age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's often considered rude to ask someone's age. 3. Select the gerund phrase from this sentence' Working hard can help in achieving goals A) Working hard and achieving goals. B) Help and goals. C) Working and goals. D) Hard and achieving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working hard and achieving goals. 4. Identify the gerund phrase:Bernard hates buttering his toast with a fork. A) Hates buttering his toast. B) Buttering his toast. C) Buttering his toast with a fork. D) Buttering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buttering his toast with a fork. 5. Provide an example of using a gerund as an object in a sentence. A) She hates to dance. B) I enjoy swimming. C) They love to sing. D) I like to run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I enjoy swimming. 6. '' They are not interested in lsitening to the news now." The gerund phrase used in this sentence is a predicate nominative. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Identify the gerund phrase. Conserving energy can protect Earth's resources. A) Earth's resources. B) Conserving. C) Conserving energy. D) Can protect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conserving energy. 8. Identify the function of the gerund. I am tired of working. A) Subject. B) Object of the preposition. C) Direct object. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of the preposition. 9. Identify the gerund phrase. If there are no gerunds, choose none. Breaking up is hard to do. A) Breaking up. B) Is. C) Hard. D) Do. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breaking up. 10. True or False? A participle modifies a verb. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. Identify the participle phrase!Bitten by the mosquito, he feels so itchy. A) Bitten by the mosquito. B) Bitten. C) The mosquito. D) Itchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitten by the mosquito. 12. What is the gerund phrase?Max hates waiting for the school bus on cold, snowy mornings. A) On cold, snowy mornings. B) Max hates waiting. C) Waiting for the school bus on cold, snowy mornings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waiting for the school bus on cold, snowy mornings. 13. A gerund can act as a verb in a sentence. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. What is the subject of the sentence? Many people have started making an effort. A) Making an effort. B) Making. C) Have started. D) Many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many people. 15. Which function does the gerund phrase in the following sentence perform?Psychology, studying the human mind, has become a popular major at university recently. A) Direct object. B) Predicate noun. C) Subject. D) Appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appositive. 16. A gerund, ending in-ing, is a ver form that acts as ..... A) An adjective. B) A noun. C) A noun, adjective, adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun. 17. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. His household chores were setting the table before dinner and washing the dishes afterwards. A) His household chores. B) Setting the table. C) Setting the table & washing the dishes. D) Setting the table before dinner & washing the dishes afterwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting the table before dinner & washing the dishes afterwards. 18. What is the gerund phrase? Playing hide and go seek is a classic childhood game. A) Playing hide and go seek. B) Hide and go seek. C) A classic childhood game. D) There is no gerund phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing hide and go seek. 19. Identify the participle phrase.The girls sitting under the tree were talking about the Korean idol. A) Sitting under the tree. B) Were talking. C) The girls. D) Korean idol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting under the tree. 20. Is the bold word a verb or a gerund? Getting ready for school takes longer for my sister than for me. A) Gerund. B) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 21. A gerund can act as an appositive in a sentence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Is this phrase infinitive or gerund?:She is going to sleep? A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 23. What is the gerund phrase?Photographers enjoyed taking pictures of California's forty-niners. A) Photographers enjoyed. B) Of California's forty-niners. C) Taking pictures of California's forty-niners. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taking pictures of California's forty-niners. 24. It is important to wash your hands before and after handling raw meat. A) Object of the Preposition. B) Predicate Noun. C) Subject. D) Direct Object. E) Indirect Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of the Preposition. 25. Identify the participle phrase.I gave my mother a bracelet made of silver. A) Made. B) Made of silver. C) A bracelet. D) My mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made of silver. 26. Which answer states the usage of the gerund phrase in the following sentence?I recommend reading books quietly to pass the time. A) Appositive. B) Predicate. C) Object of a preposition. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct object. 27. Identify the gerund phrase as the subject in the following sentence:'Swimming in the ocean is my favorite activity.' A) Running in the park. B) Eating in the restaurant. C) Swimming in the ocean. D) Sleeping in the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming in the ocean. 28. The road to Miss Lottie's was one to be avoided. Identify the infinitive. A) The road. B) To Miss Lottie's. C) To be avoided. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be avoided. 29. Dogs and pigs are trained to find truffles. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 30. In which sentence is the gerund phrase used as the object of a preposition? A) I can't imagine forgetting my best friend's birthday. B) His job is delivering pizzas. C) She is worried about failing her science test. D) Winning the game was our only goal. 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