This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use a gerund phrase in a sentence to show purpose. A) I enjoy playing videogames. B) Studying hard is essential for passing the exam. C) Eating pizza can give you a headache. D) To run is the only way to win the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studying hard is essential for passing the exam. 2. Harold Kirkman is the plumber to hire if youwant the job done correctly. The infinitive phrase in the previous sentence acts as A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 3. Searching for an answer, I looked in a current dictionary. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 4. Editing the last manuscript took much time and effort. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 5. Birds learn flying in high winds at a young age.What is the gerund phrase? A) At a young age. B) Birds learn. C) Learn flying. D) Flying in high winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flying in high winds. 6. In the sentence 'The dog barking loudly is annoying.', identify the type of phrase used. A) Infinitive phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) Participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participial phrase. 7. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:'His passion for cooking is evident.' A) Cooking is fun. B) Evident is his passion. C) His passion for cooking. D) For cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For cooking. 8. Identify the function of the gerund phrase in the following sentence:'Swimming in the ocean can be very relaxing.' A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Object of Preposition. D) Subject Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 9. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Promoting the rights of women was the focus of her speech. A) Promoting the rights of women. B) Was the focus of her speech. C) Promoting the rights. D) Of her speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promoting the rights of women. 10. Is this a gerund phrase? Avoiding the area where she slipped allowed her to bump into the cute boy from her Chemistry class. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. How is a gerund used as a direct object? A) Gerunds are always used in the passive voice. B) A gerund cannot function as a direct object. C) When a gerund acts as a direct object, it receives the action of the verb. Example:'She enjoys reading.'. D) A gerund can only be used as a subject in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a gerund acts as a direct object, it receives the action of the verb. Example:'She enjoys reading.'. 12. What is the phase in red below:Walking on the beach, Delores dodged jellyfish that had washed ashore. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 13. Eating small meals throughout the day can help you avoid hunger pains. A) Throughout the day. B) Eating small meals throughout the day can help. C) Can help you avoid hunger pains. D) Eating small meals throughout the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating small meals throughout the day. 14. What's the gerund phrase in the following sentence?The two best friends enjoyed painting murals. A) Best friends enjoyed. B) Enjoyed painting murals. C) The two best friends. D) Painting murals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painting murals. 15. Franklin's surviving the process was a kind of scientific miracle. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 16. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Playing basketball is his favorite hobby. A) Basketball playing. B) Playing basketball. C) His favorite hobby. D) Is his. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing basketball. 17. True or False? A participle modifies/describes a verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Benjamin uses his iPod ..... music. A) To listening. B) To listen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To listen. 19. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?Many people find that they can be stress by walking. A) Can beat stress. B) Find that they. C) By walking. D) Many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By walking. 20. SHE NEEDS ..... WITH NATIVES TO IMPROVE HER SPEAKING SKILL. A) KNOWING. B) SPEAKING. C) TO KNOW. D) TO SPEAK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TO SPEAK. 21. Which is NOT true about gerund? A) It is a verbal. B) It end in-ing. C) It acts as pronoun. D) It has the property of verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It acts as pronoun. 22. What is the Object (O) of this sentence?"I like drawing." A) I. B) Like. C) Drawing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drawing. 23. What is the function of the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Swimming in the ocean relaxes me.' A) Predicate noun. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 24. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:'Swimming in the ocean can be very relaxing.' A) Swimming in the ocean. B) Very relaxing. C) Can be very relaxing. D) In the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming in the ocean. 25. Examine the phrase 'Walking in the rain' and determine if it is participial or gerund. A) Adjective. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 26. Identify the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence:'Eating ice cream on a hot day is refreshing.' A) Subject. B) Object. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 27. IT'S A GOOD IDEA ..... CHESS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR BRAIN. A) PLAYING. B) WRITING. C) TO WRITE. D) TO PLAY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TO PLAY. 28. What is the function of a gerund in a sentence? A) A gerund is used only as a verb in a sentence. B) A gerund is a type of adjective that describes nouns. C) A gerund can function as a subject, direct object, subject complement, or object of a preposition. D) A gerund can only be used at the end of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A gerund can function as a subject, direct object, subject complement, or object of a preposition. 29. In the following sentence, what purpose does the infinitive phrase serve?To smile at others brings joy to yourself. A) Subject. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 30. Classify the phrase 'Singing a song' as either participial or gerund. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 31. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:They plan to travel around the world. A) Around the world. B) Planning to travel. C) To travel. D) They plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To travel. 32. Identify the gerund phrase:Jamming too much clothing into the washing machine will result in disaster. A) Washing machine will result in disaster. B) Jamming too much clothing. C) Clothing into the washing machine. D) Jamming too much clothing into the washing machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jamming too much clothing into the washing machine. 33. The team celebrated winning the championship by going out for dinner. A) The team celebrated winning the championship by having a picnic. B) The team celebrated winning the championship by going to the movies. C) The team celebrated winning the championship by going out for dinner. D) The team celebrated winning the championship by going bowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The team celebrated winning the championship by going out for dinner. 34. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:She loves to dance in the rain. A) In the rain. B) To dance. C) She loves. D) Loves to dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To dance. 35. Find the infinitive phrase. "She ought to pay more attention to the rules." A) She ought to pay. B) To pay more attention to the rules. C) To pay more attention. D) More attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pay more attention to the rules. 36. Identify the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence:'Studying for exams requires dedication.' A) Object of the sentence. B) Subject. C) Direct object. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 37. The process of ..... by hand has changed little since the fifteenth century. A) Books are bound. B) To bind books. C) Binding books. D) Bound books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Binding books. 38. What is the verb? A) Wants. B) Write. C) About. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wants. 39. Identify the gerund phrase:'Her hobby is collecting stamps.' A) Stamps. B) Collecting stamps. C) Her hobby. D) Is collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collecting stamps. 40. I will give laughing every day my upmost attention. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 41. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Jason attempted working on a shrimp boat during his summer vacation. A) During his summer vacation. B) Working on a shrimp boat. C) Working on a shrimp boat during his summer vacation. D) Jason attempted working on a shrimp boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working on a shrimp boat during his summer vacation. 42. Kate's attitude about studying for tests improved. A) Kate's attitude about studying. B) Studying for tests. C) Attitude about studying. D) Kate's attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studying for tests. 43. Decide if 'Reading a book' is a participial or gerund phrase. A) Noun phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund phrase. 44. Find the participle. "Did all of them have a winning record?" A) Record. B) Winning. C) All. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winning. 45. Thinking rationally is a realistic assessment of the situation. A) Thinking rationally is a realistic assessment. B) Thinking rationally. C) Is a realistic assessment. D) Of the situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thinking rationally. 46. True or False:In the sentence, "The sleeping dog looked so peaceful, " the word 'sleeping' is a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. Ethan was narrowly avoiding driving off the cliff. A) Was narrowly avoiding. B) Driving off the cliff. C) Ethan was narrowly avoiding. D) Off the cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driving off the cliff. 48. What is the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence: "Baking delicious cookies is my grandmother's specialty." A) Direct Object. B) Subject. C) A verb. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 49. What is the gerund phrase?One of their favorite activities is catching bugs. A) There is no gerund phrase. B) Catching bugs. C) Their favorite activities. D) One of their favorite activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catching bugs. 50. The little boy stomped into his room, slamming the door behind him. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 51. Choose the best gerund phrase to complete the following sentence.For me, the best way to stay healthy is ..... A) Exercising regularly. B) Being kind with others. C) Driving too fast. D) Eating sweets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exercising regularly. 52. Choose the gerund that should go in the blank. Don't spend a lot of time ..... about details yet. A) Thinking. B) To be thinking. C) To think. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thinking. 53. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:She enjoys to paint colorful landscapes. A) Enjoys to paint. B) To paint. C) Colorful landscapes. D) She enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To paint. 54. Does this sentence contain a gerund phrase?They talked about climbing mountains in distant lands. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 55. Identify the gerund.The billing department contracted the employees' willing consent in writing. A) Writing. B) Contracted. C) Willing. D) Consent. E) Billing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing. 56. Identify the gerund phrase:Running in the park is my favorite morning activity. A) In the park. B) Running in the park. C) My favorite morning activity. D) Running in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running in the park. 57. I love listening to music while studying for exams. A) Listening to music while studying can be a helpful way to stay focused and improve mood during exam preparation. B) Listening to music while studying can lead to memory retention issues during exams. C) Music can make it difficult to concentrate on studying effectively for exams. D) Listening to music while studying can be a distraction and hinder exam performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening to music while studying can be a helpful way to stay focused and improve mood during exam preparation. 58. John enjoyed swimming in the lake after dark. The gerund is used as ..... A) Direct object. B) Indirect object. C) Subject. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object. 59. Identify whether the following phrase is participial or gerund:'Running in the park.' A) Participial. B) Walking in the park. C) Eating in the park. D) Sleeping in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 60. Create a gerund phrase using the verb 'swim'. A) Swamming. B) Swimming. C) Swimingly. D) Swimmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesGerund Phrases Quiz 1Gerund Phrases Quiz 2Gerund 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