This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Verbal Functions – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Functions Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the infinitive being used as the SUBJECT or DIRECT OBJECT? Would you like to lend me a pencil for fifth period? A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 2. What is the function of the verbal?Please keep students from running in the hallway. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement. D) Object of a preposition. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of a preposition. 3. What is the function of the verbal?I love to relax at the beach. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement. D) Object of a preposition. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 4. What type of verbal?The squeaking wheel alerted the mechanic to a potential problem. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 5. What is the function of the verbal?Exploring will let you experience a new culture. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement. D) Object of a preposition. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 6. What type of verbal phrase is green?Amazed by the bright city lights, Buddy wanders around New York. A) Participial. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 7. What is the gerund in the following sentence?Running for political office would be kind of exciting. A) Running. B) Exciting. C) Office. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running. 8. Verbal and Verbal Functions A) A verb form that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. B) A verb form that only functions as a noun. C) A verb form that only functions as an adjective. D) A verb form that only functions as an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb form that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. 9. Determine the FUNCTION of the GERUND in the following sentence:More students are graduating high school each year. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 10. An infinitive ALWAYS looks like ..... A) Verb ending in-ing. B) Verb ending in-ed. C) Verb ending in-en. D) To + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To + verb. 11. What type of verbal?To sit perfectly still is difficult. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 12. Determine the FUNCTION of the INFINITIVE in the following sentence:To know the client is important when interviewing. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Adverb. D) Subject complement. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 13. Determine the FUNCTION of the GERUND in the following sentence:Knitting is her favorite hobby. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 14. Gerunds always end in ..... A) -ing. B) -ed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 15. What type of verbal?Exploring will let you experience a new culture. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 16. Which blue phrase is a gerund phrase? A) Volunteering at the animal shelter was a great experience for Jenna. B) Holding back his tears, Ray said goodbye to his family. C) Pedro brought a discarded sweater to the lost and found. D) The students worked to revise the school dress code. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volunteering at the animal shelter was a great experience for Jenna. 17. An infinitive is a verb form that begins with the word ..... A) To. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 18. An infinitive verbal phrase can act like a ..... , ..... , or ..... A) A noun, an adjective, or an adverb. B) A noun, a conjunction, or a preposition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A noun, an adjective, or an adverb. 19. What type of verbal phrase is green?Buddy wanders around New York. A) Participial. B) Gerund. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial. 20. Determine the FUNCTION of the INFINITIVE in the following sentence:My sister wants to hibernate like a bear next winter. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Adverb. D) Subject complement. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 21. What type of verbal?To swim wild and free, like a dolphin, would be fun! A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 22. Determine the FUNCTION of the GERUND in the following sentence:Teaching is hard work. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 23. What is the RED phrase?Singing her heart out, the toddler knew all the words to Fancy. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 24. What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence? A) Designing buses and cars. B) One thing you could be doing. C) To become a product engineer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Designing buses and cars. 25. Is the gerund being used as the SUBJECT, DIRECT OBJECT, or OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION? Many people celebrate New Year's Day by making noise. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the prepostion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object of the prepostion. 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