This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Wearing red and blue on game day shows school spirit. A) Subject. B) Object. C) Object of preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 2. Jill's car, damaged by the wreck, was towed to a gas station. What is the participle? A) Wreck. B) Car. C) Jill's. D) Damaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Damaged. 3. What is the function of the gerund? The organizing of my supplies is causing distress because I am exhausted. A) Subject. B) Appositive. C) PN. D) IO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 4. Identify the participial phrase. Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk. A) Placing her money. B) Placing her money on the counter. C) Smiled at the clerk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing her money on the counter. 5. The difference between gerunds and participles is ..... A) Gerunds are nouns while participles are adjectives. B) Gerunds are adjectives and participles are nouns. C) There is no difference. D) Gerunds are groovy and participles rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerunds are nouns while participles are adjectives. 6. Traveling gives one a chance to see many wonderful sights. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 7. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence. A) We discussed. B) To Florida-infinitive phrase. C) Moving to Florida-Gerund phrase. D) Moving to Florida-Participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moving to Florida-Gerund phrase. 8. Find the gerund:Dancing is a good exercise. A) Is. B) Exercise. C) Dancing. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dancing. 9. Choose the gerund in this sentence:Eating strawberries without washing them might make you sick. A) Eating strawberries. B) Eating strawberries without washing them. C) Washing them. D) Washing them might make you sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating strawberries without washing them. 10. Identify the rule of using infinitivesIt was too dangerous to stay in the house after the earthquake. 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: C) After the words "too" and "enough". 11. How is the following gerund or gerund phrase (in red) functioning in the sentence? Cheering for the team is fun. A) Subject. B) Subject complement. C) Direct object. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 12. The panda is an ..... species. A) Endangered. B) Endangering. C) Endanger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endangered. 13. Find the gerund:The letter requires singing. A) Letter. B) The. C) Requires. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singing. 14. The assemblers are responsible for ..... the products A) To manufacture. B) Manufacture. C) Manufacturing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manufacturing. 15. How is the gerund being used? Writing argumentative papers should be required more in junior and senior classes. A) Direct object. B) Indirect object. C) Subject. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 16. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:My least favorite chore last week was cleaning the toilet. A) My least favorite chore. B) Cleaning the toilet. C) Week was cleaning the toilet. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleaning the toilet. 17. How is the underlined word functioning? Katy was washing her clothes when her mom came home. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 18. Fill in the blank by using a gerund.Mike likes ..... nature. A) To see. B) Photographing. C) All about. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photographing. 19. Our mission is ..... the best education possible for all our students. A) To provide. B) Providing. C) Provides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide. 20. Choose the role of the gerund in each sentence:My uncle is afraid of flying. A) Comes after a preposition. B) Comes after verbs as an object. C) No gerunds here. D) Subject of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comes after a preposition. 21. Identify the participle:The flying insect was a nuisance. A) Flying. B) Nuisance. C) Insect. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flying. 22. Much like the sentence below, where do participial phrases end? A) After the adverb. B) After the adjective. C) When they get to the noun they are describing. D) When they get to the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When they get to the noun they are describing. 23. No one can keep me from ..... my dream! A) Fulfill. B) Fulfilling. C) Fulfilled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fulfilling. 24. What are the different tenses of participles? A) Past, Future. B) Present, Past, Future. C) Past, Present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past, Present. 25. Identify the gerunds:Eating piping hot cookies before cooling is causing swelling to my tongue. A) Eating, piping, cooling, causing, swelling. B) Eating, cooling, swelling. C) Piping, cooling, swelling. D) Eating, cooling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating, cooling, swelling. 26. What is the letter for the rhyme scheme of line 20 in "Paul Revere's Ride? " (page 731) A) G. B) H. C) I. D) J. E) K. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 27. Lina and Bree were rolling their eyes when their teachers tried to trick them and said a bowl of peeled grapes were human eyeballs.The word in blue is a ..... A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Gerund. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 28. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:They missed practice because they were sleeping at home. A) Sleeping at home. B) Because they were sleeping at home. C) They missed practice. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping at home. 29. Fill in the blank by using the correct formI always eat breakfast before ..... to school. A) Is go. B) To go. C) Is going. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going. 30. How is the infinitive being used? Alan had trained to run this race for months. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Predicate nominative. 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