This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Verbal Functions – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Functions Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Determine the FUNCTION of the GERUND in the following sentence:You can achieve anything by practicing. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object of preposition. 2. How is the verbal used? To go fishing is my favorite way to spend the summer. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Adjective. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 3. What type of verbal?The fallen snow is all over my car. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 4. What type of verbal phrase is green?Smiling is my favorite! A) Participial. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Marsupial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 5. What is the best definition of a gerund? A) A verb phrase with an-ing word. B) A verb that ends in-ing and functions as a noun. C) A combination of helping verbs and other words. D) The word "to" plus a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb that ends in-ing and functions as a noun. 6. The blue word is ..... Giggling, Layla skipped home from school. A) A noun. B) An adverb. C) A participle. D) A gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A participle. 7. Identify the blue phrase in this sentence:We watched rangers preparing the campground for the season. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) Prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial phrase. 8. What type of verbal?Keith researched different methods for measuring. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 9. What is the function of the verbal?Studying for a test is important. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement. D) Object of a preposition. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject complement. 10. What type of verbal?The teacher asked you to get quiet. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 11. What type of verbal phrase is green?Baking Christmas cookies is Buddy's favorite activity. A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 12. What kind of phrase is in red? Please take the laundry basket to the bedroom. A) None. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 13. Is the infinitive being used as the SUBJECT or DIRECT OBJECT? To eat a crisp apple is one of the joys of autumn. A) Direct object. B) Subject. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 14. Is the infinitive being used as the SUBJECT or DIRECT OBJECT? Sam hopes to be a good friend to everyone. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 15. What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence? A) Had hoped I could come. B) Over to your house. C) Long list of things. D) To finish before dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To finish before dinner. 16. What is the gerund in the following sentence? A) During. B) To like. C) Singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing. 17. What kind of phrase is in red?George greatly enjoys planting corn. A) Infinitive. B) Gerund. C) Participle. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 18. How is the verbal used? The broken building was haunted. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Adjective. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 19. Identify the the phrase in the sentence.My son, running into the end zone, is smiling from ear to ear. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 20. Is the infinitive being used as the SUBJECT or DIRECT OBJECT? To build a fire in a strong wind take skills. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 21. What is the function of the verbal?To swim wild and free, like a dolphin, would be fun! A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement. D) Object of a preposition. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 22. What type of verbal?Please keep students from running in the hallway. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 23. What is the RED phrase?Flying in a plane is my favorite way to travel. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infintive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 24. Determine the FUNCTION of the GERUND in the following sentence:The children's talking and yelling made it difficult to teach. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 25. What kind of phrase is in red? In soccer, players use their feet to do almost everything. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerbal Functions Quiz 1Verbal Functions Quiz 2Verbal Functions Quiz 3Verbal Functions Quiz 5Case Marking QuizCase System QuizFunctional Grammar QuizIdeational Metafunction QuizInterpersonal Metafunction QuizLexical Grammar QuizLexical Relations QuizLexical Resource QuizLexical Semantics QuizMaterial Processes QuizMental Processes QuizMorphology QuizNoun Phrase Structure QuizProbability Models QuizProcess Types QuizReciprocal Trigonometric Functions QuizSemantic Fields QuizSystemic Functional Linguistics QuizTransitivity System QuizUnderstanding Connotations QuizVerbal Group Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books