This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What identifies or describes the subject? (It follows a linking verb) A) Subjects. B) Direct Objects. C) Subject Complements. D) Object of Prepositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject Complements. 2. Which words are gerund "I prefer (1)walking to (2)cycling." A) (2). B) (1). C) (1), (2). D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (1), (2). 3. Susan is knitting a sweater for her grandson.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Not a Verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not a Verbal. 4. Find the gerund phrase:Flying above the lake in this time is a little dangerous. A) This time is a little dangerous. B) Flying. C) Flying above the lake. D) Above the lake in this time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flying above the lake. 5. "Reading is an important skill." A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Subject Complement. D) Object of a Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 6. Identify the phrase. Waiting to begin the quiz, Jack started to tap his pencil. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 7. Identify the participle used in this sentence:Having done his work, he left the place. A) Present participle. B) Perfect participle. C) Past participle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfect participle. 8. Make sure not ..... any piece of news before checking the source firts. you could be spreading. A) Sharing. B) To share. C) Sharingg. D) Share. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To share. 9. How is the gerund in the sentence being used? The baby began crying when he dropped his pacifier on the floor. A) Subject. B) Object of preposition. C) Direct object. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct object. 10. In the sentence below, hanging is the gerund. What is its function in the sentence? Hanging the photo frames symmetrically proved more difficult than Tom thought. A) Subject. B) Predicate Noun. C) Object of the Preposition. D) Direct Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 11. What part of speech is a gerund? A gerund is a form of a verb that acts as a ..... A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 12. What is the receiver of the action (verb)? A) Subject. B) Direct Objects. C) Subject Complements. D) Object of Prepositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Objects. 13. What's the verbal? The new student, taking a tour of the school, is here from Florida. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 14. Identify the rule of using infinitives:The rescue team stopped to rest after many hours of work. A) To explain purpose. B) After adj. afraid/scared/happy/glad/sad. C) After the words "too" and "enough". D) After verbs such as refuse/allow/expect/ decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To explain purpose. 15. What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence? Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy. A) Eating a balanced diet. B) Balanced. C) Allows a person. D) To keep healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To keep healthy. 16. Which sentence uses a gerund phrase as the object of the preposition? A) Writing long essays is Lance's favorite English activity. B) Leanna is excited about helping gophers build homes. C) During English class, Shelby tutors everyone around her. D) Wyatt loves singing grammar songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leanna is excited about helping gophers build homes. 17. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? My favorite hobbies are fishing and painting. A) A good hobby. B) For boys. C) Can be. D) Fishing and painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fishing and painting. 18. Gerunds work as ..... in sentences. A) Nouns. B) Adjectives. C) Adverbs. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nouns. 19. How is the underlined word functioning? Kicking is frowned upon at the daycare. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 20. Which of these sentences contain an infinitive? A) I was studying at home yesterday when he called. B) We will be shifting to the new apartment this weekend. C) We have to study for a test, so I'm afraid we won't be able to make it. D) I went to the expensive parlor down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We have to study for a test, so I'm afraid we won't be able to make it. 21. In the sentence below, jogging is the gerund. What is its function in the sentence? Tim enjoys jogging every morning. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Object. 22. ''Exercising is good for your body." A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Subject Complement. D) Object of a Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 23. Caroline loves reading about history, she hopes to visit some sites she read about. What is the gerund? A) Loves. B) Read. C) History. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading. 24. Identify how the underlined gerund phrase is being used in the sentence: A) Subject. B) Object of the preposition. C) Direct object. D) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predicate noun. 25. When the ..... Form of the verb is used as a noun in a sentence we call it ..... A) V1 and gerunds. B) Ing and gerunds. C) V2 and gerunds. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ing and gerunds. 26. Identify the gerund phrase.Hauling packages on litters simplified work for early workers. A) Hauling packages. B) Hauling packages on litters. C) Litters simplified work. D) For early workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hauling packages on litters. 27. Mary insists on ..... at MacDonald's tonight. A) Eat. B) Eating. C) Eaten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 28. Identify the participle(s). William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass. A) Stepped. B) Hidden. C) Stepped, hidden. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hidden. 29. Identify the function of the underlined gerund phrase.Peyton received ten thousand dollars for solving the budget crisis. A) Simple Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Predicate Nominative / Subject complement. D) Object of the Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of the Preposition. 30. What part of speech is shown in the list below? Above, from, over, around, before, below A) Action Verbs. B) Linking Verbs. C) Prepositions. D) Conjunctions. 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