This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:I enjoy reading mystery novels. A) Enjoy reading. B) Reading mystery novels. C) Mystery novels. D) I enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading mystery novels. 2. Identify the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in each sentence: A) Object of the Preposition. B) Subject. C) Direct Object. D) Subject Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 3. Now the group will try campaigning on a large scale. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Indirect Object. D) Predicate Nominative. E) Object of Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Object. 4. What is the verb in the sentence?Many people have started making an effort. A) Have started. B) People. C) Effort. D) Making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have started. 5. What is the phase in red below:The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participial. 6. Justifying a fault doubles it. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 7. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Hiking in the mountains brings her joy. A) Joy. B) Brings her joy. C) Hiking in the mountains. D) Hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hiking in the mountains. 8. How is a gerund used as an object of the preposition? A) A gerund is used as an object of the verb, not the preposition. B) A gerund acts as an object of the preposition when it follows a preposition in a sentence. Example:'He is good at swimming.'. C) A gerund can only be used at the beginning of a sentence. D) A gerund must always be in the past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gerund acts as an object of the preposition when it follows a preposition in a sentence. Example:'He is good at swimming.'. 9. Pretending to listen, the student was actually writing a love letter to his classmate. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 10. News reported by the tabloids is often fictitious. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 11. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Swimming in the pool is my favorite activity. A) Running in the park. B) Eating ice cream. C) Swimming in the pool. D) Playing basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming in the pool. 12. Tiago refused ..... his brother escape from prison. A) To help. B) Helping. C) Help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help. 13. I'm not interested ..... poems. A) Write. B) To write. C) Writing. D) In writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In writing. 14. Identify the gerund:My dog's most annoying habit is hogging the middle of the bed. A) Bed. B) Annoying. C) Middle. D) Hogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hogging. 15. What is the function of the gerund phrase in the sentence:I avoid eating junk food? A) Direct object of the verb 'avoid'. B) Subject of the sentence. C) Adjective modifying 'junk food'. D) Indirect object of the verb 'avoid'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object of the verb 'avoid'. 16. Receiving a pilot's license is an important achievement. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 17. In the following sentence, what is the function of the infinitive phrase?The house to visit at Halloween is the one on the corner that hands out full-sized candy bars. A) Direct object. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 18. True of False? A gerund phrase always begins with an-ing word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Edit the sentence 'She reads books' by adding a gerund phrase. A) She enjoys reading books. B) She reads and enjoys books. C) She reads books with enjoyment. D) She enjoys to read books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She enjoys reading books. 20. Create a gerund phrase using the verb 'cook'. A) Cookable. B) Cooker. C) Cookery. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooking. 21. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Running a marathon requires a lot of training. A) Of training. B) A marathon requires. C) Running a marathon. D) Requires a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running a marathon. 22. The children continued counting the food donations at the fall festival. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Object. 23. What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?Tara was getting worried that she may not pass the math test, thinking how little she knew about equations. A) Tara. B) She. C) Equations. D) Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tara. 24. Painting is my favorite hobby.This sentence has an example of a(n) ..... in it. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 25. In the sentence 'He enjoys playing soccer, ' the word 'playing' is a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. '' My young brother enjoys playing video games."The gerund phrase in this sentence fuctions as a/an A) Object to a Preposition. B) Subject. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object. 27. What is the function of the gerund phrase? A) Direct object (DO). B) Object of the preposition (OP). C) Subject complement (SC). D) Indirect object (IO). E) Subject (S). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Subject (S). 28. What is the Subject (S) of this sentence?"I like drawing" A) I. B) Like. C) Drawing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 29. In the following sentence, what is the function of the infinitive phrase?To smile at others brings joy to yourself. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Direct object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 30. ..... at home requires only three types of chemicals, several pieces of simple equipment, and running water. A) When film is developed. B) In developing film. C) For the development of film. D) To develop film. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To develop film. ← 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