This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the gerund in the sentence:I love playing the guitar. A) Love. B) Guitar. C) The. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Playing. 2. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? My family is accustomed to eating a small dinner. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Predicate noun. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of a preposition. 3. Identify the gerund phrase.We were noticing people's character by their way of eating jelly beans. A) Eating jelly beans. B) Noticing people's character. C) By their way of eating jelly beans. D) Were noticing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating jelly beans. 4. Identify the complete gerund phrase in the sentence:'I appreciate you helping me with my science project.' A) Helping me. B) With my science project. C) You helping me with my science project. D) Helping me with my science project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helping me with my science project. 5. In the sentence "My little brother loves building with LEGOs, " which word is the gerund? A) Loves. B) Building. C) Little. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Building. 6. Shaken by the events, Tony was taken home. A) Infinitive. B) Gerund. C) Present participle. D) Past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past participle. 7. Identify the gerund in this sentence:'She enjoys baking cookies on weekends.' A) Enjoys. B) Baking. C) Cookies. D) Weekends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baking. 8. "Wishing you'd get slimmer despite not doing any exercise everyday is a pipe dream." "Wishing you'd get slimmer despite not doing any exercise everyday" is a gerund phrase which functions as ..... in the sentence. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Complement. D) Object of the prep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 9. I hate ..... raw onions and garlic. A) Smelling. B) To smell. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 10. In the sentence "Carefully planning your project is the first step, " what is the complete gerund phrase? A) Carefully planning. B) Planning your project. C) Carefully planning your project. D) Is the first step. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully planning your project. 11. -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. 12. 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. 13. Identify the gerund in the sentence.Cru enjoys sketching people. A) Cru. B) Enjoys. C) Sketching. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sketching. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Complete the sentence:' ..... is more fun with friends.' A) Play. B) Playing. C) Played. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing. 20. What is the gerund in this sentence? A) Could. B) Playing. C) Baseball. D) There is no gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. I'm ..... pop music. A) On. B) At. C) Into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← 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