This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. -I'm very good at drawing.- A) Neither am I. B) Well, I can. C) So am I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So am I. 2. I'm too tired ..... the assignment tonight. A) To finish. B) Finish. C) Finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To finish. 3. Identify the gerund in the sentence.Cru enjoys sketching people. A) Cru. B) Enjoys. C) Sketching. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sketching. 4. Identify the participle in the sentence:The broken glass was swept up. A) Swept. B) Glass. C) Up. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken. 5. Choose the sentence that has the gerund after prepositions. A) I love listening to music. B) I'm interested in fashion. C) She's worried about playing the guitar. D) Reading books is one of my favorite activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She's worried about playing the guitar. 6. Complete the sentence:My dad really enjoys ..... classic rock music on the radio. A) Listen. B) Listens. C) To listening. D) Listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Listening. 7. Which of the following is an example of a gerund phrase? A) Running in the park. B) Jumping off a cliff. C) Swimming in the pool. D) Running on the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Running in the park. 8. The children, crying and exhausted, were guided out of the collapsed house. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 9. Complete the sentence:' ..... is more fun with friends.' A) Play. B) Playing. C) Played. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing. 10. What is the gerund in this sentence? A) Could. B) Playing. C) Baseball. D) There is no gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing. 11. 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. 12. Look at the following sentence:Swimming strengthened his arm and leg muscles. What purpose does the word "swimming" serve in the sentence? A) Swimming acts as an adjective. B) Swimming acts as the subject of the sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming acts as the subject of the sentence. 13. I'm ..... pop music. A) On. B) At. C) Into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 14. Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive."His commitment, building bridges in support to unity, is noble." A) SUBJECT. B) SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT. C) OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION. D) DIRECT OBJECT. E) APPOSITIVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) APPOSITIVE. 15. What is the function of the gerund in the sentence:Joan was punished for cheating on the test. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Indirect object. D) Object of the preposition. E) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of the preposition. 16. Leander is excited about leaving. A) A. Gerunds as Subject. B) B. Gerunds as Direct Object. C) C. Gerunds as Object of the Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Gerunds as Object of the Preposition. 17. Which word is a gerund in the sentence:'Swimming is my favorite hobby'? A) Swimming. B) Is. C) My. D) Favorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 18. I don't mind ..... my homework straight after school. A) Do. B) To do. C) Doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doing. 19. Look at the following sentence:Would you mind showing me your paragraph? What purpose does the word "showing" serve in the sentence? A) Showing serves as the subject of the sentence. B) Showing acts as an direct object. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing acts as an direct object. 20. What is the function of the word 'singing' in the sentence 'He enjoys singing in the shower'? A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Noun (gerund). D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun (gerund). 21. Fill in the blank:I'm not very good at ..... secrets. A) Kept. B) To keep. C) Keeping. D) Keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keeping. 22. Choose the sentence where a gerund is used correctly. A) She is to dance gracefully. B) She dancing gracefully. C) She danced gracefully. D) She loves dancing gracefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She loves dancing gracefully. 23. Identify the gerund. If there are no gerunds, choose none.He was watching television. A) He. B) Was. C) Watching. D) Television. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None. 24. I'm sick of ..... the news every day. A) Watching. B) To watch. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching. 25. Is playing a gerund or present participle in the following sentence:I was playing outside yesterday. A) Gerund. B) Present participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present participle. 26. What is the function of the gerund in the sentence:His favorite sport is swimming. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Indirect object. D) Object of the preposition. E) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Predicate noun. 27. Identify the infinitive in the following sentence:Who wants to run to the store for some milk and bread? A) For some milk. B) To the store. C) Want to run. D) To run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To run. 28. What is the function of the word 'running' in the sentence 'The dog is running in the park'? A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Present participle verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present participle verb. 29. Complete the sentence: ..... is my favorite way to spend a Saturday afternoon. A) Napping. B) Naps. C) To nap. D) Napped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Napping. 30. What is the function of the gerund phrase?After the accident, Laura was afraid of driving her car. A) Subject (S). B) Subject complement (SC). C) Direct object (DO). D) Indirect object (IO). E) Object of the preposition (OP). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Object of the preposition (OP). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGerunds Quiz 1Gerunds Quiz 2Gerunds Quiz 3Gerunds Quiz 4Gerunds Quiz 5Gerunds Quiz 6Gerunds Quiz 7Gerunds Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books