This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the infinitive in the following sentence:When you need help in math, Maddie is the one to ask. A) In math. B) Maddie. C) To ask. D) The one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ask. 2. What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence? When I was growing up, I remember going to the lake to fish in the summers. A) Growing up. B) Going to the lake to fish in the summers. C) To fish in the summers. D) To the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going to the lake to fish in the summers. 3. The following sentence is an example of ..... "There are five sharks circling around the boat." A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 4. What is "startled by the noise" describing? Startled by the noise, the puppy scrambled under the chair. A) The puppy. B) The man. C) The chair. D) The wrong answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The puppy. 5. Jamal's confusing message did nothing to solve the mystery. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 6. Which sentence uses a gerund phrase as a direct object? 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: D) Wyatt loves singing grammar songs. 7. What is the function of the gerund in the sentence? My neighbor's occupation is farming. A) Subject. B) Object of the preposition. C) Direct object. D) Predicate nominative (noun). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predicate nominative (noun). 8. How is the gerund being used? Learning can be difficult for some people. A) Object of preposition. B) Subject. C) Direct object. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 9. How is the gerund in the sentence being used? You should give talking less a try. A) Direct object. B) Indirect object. C) Object of preposition. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect object. 10. Eating on the run is one of the most unhealthy habits. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Verb. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 11. Ice skating is my favorite sport.This an sentence has an example of a(n) ..... in it. A) Preposition. B) Gerund. C) Participle. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 12. For America's 16 million soldiers, returning home at the end of World War II in 1945 was difficult. How is the underlined word used in this sentence? A) As an adjective modifying a noun. B) As the subject of the sentence. C) As the object of a prepositional phrase. D) As the main verb in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As the subject of the sentence. 13. Which word is the participle? The crying baby was being soothed by his mother. A) Crying. B) Baby. C) Soothed. D) Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying. 14. Participles, gerunds, and infinitives are all ..... A) Verbs. B) Verbals. C) Phrases. D) Passive Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbals. 15. What part of speech is shown in the list below? Love, jump, run, spoke, sang A) Action Verbs. B) Linking Verbs. C) Prepositions. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action Verbs. 16. How is the gerund being used? You can make someone's day simply by smiling at her. A) Object of preposition. B) Indirect object. C) Direct object. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of preposition. 17. Thinking is an important part of writing. What is the gerund(s) or gerund phrase? A) Thinking. B) Important part. C) Writing. D) Thinking, writing. E) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thinking, writing. 18. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? Swimming in the pool is my favorite activity in the summer. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Predicate nominative/noun. D) Object of prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 19. What is the part of speech of a gerund? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 20. I'd like to go swimming today instead ..... going boating. A) For. B) From. C) Of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 21. BONUS QUESTION!!!Which sentence uses a gerund. A) I'm proud of coming in first place. B) I'm proud of come first. C) I'm proud to come first. D) I'm proud of comed in first place,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'm proud of coming in first place. 22. He was running in a desperate attempt to catch his flight.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. 23. What is the word in red? The excited crowd roared loudly. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Not a verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not a verbal. 24. What does a gerund do? A) Takes the place of a pronoun. B) Acts as a noun. C) Acts as a verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acts as a noun. 25. What is the gerund in the following sentence:Hanging the photo frames proved more difficult than Tom thought. A) Hanging. B) Frames. C) Tom. D) Difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hanging. 26. Can a word like ethical be a gerund? A) No, it is not an verb. B) Yes, any word can be a gerund. C) Mabye, depends on what it sounds like. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, it is not an verb. 27. Identify the function of the underlined gerund phrase.Colin has achieved his greatest goal, taming wild turtles. A) Direct Object. B) Appositive. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Indirect Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appositive. 28. Function of gerund:Julie's best subject is creative writing. A) Object of the preposition. B) Subject complement. C) Subject. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject complement. 29. What is the Infinitive Phrase in this sentence:To run a under four minute mile is my goal. A) Is my goal. B) To run a under four minute mile. C) To run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To run a under four minute mile. 30. Singing is my favorite thing to do. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Object of the Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. ← 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