This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the complete gerund phrase in the sentence 'Trying new foods is an adventure'? A) Trying new foods. B) Is an adventure. C) New foods. D) Trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying new foods. 2. Read the two sentences:1. He is building a model airplane. 2. Building a model airplane is his hobby. How is the word 'building' used in each sentence? A) Gerund in both sentences. B) Part of a verb in sentence 1; a gerund in sentence 2. C) A gerund in sentence 1; part of a verb in sentence 2. D) Part of a verb in both sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Part of a verb in sentence 1; a gerund in sentence 2. 3. My family and I really enjoy ..... (GO) to the park on weekends. A) Going. B) Go. C) Goiing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 4. What is the grammatical function of the gerund phrase?Before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson played football for a semi-professional team in Hawaii. A) It is a subject. B) It is an object of a verb. C) It is an object of a preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is an object of a preposition. 5. What is the function of the gerund in the sentence:Her singing is hurting my ears. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Indirect object. D) Object of the preposition. E) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 6. Is this a gerund sentence?I hate run. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. -I'm very good at cooking.- A) So do I. B) Neither am I. C) Oh, I'm not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oh, I'm not. 8. Identify the gerund(s) in the sentence:'Swimming in the ocean can be very relaxing.' A) Ocean. B) Swimming. C) Relaxing. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 9. Gerund is an-ing form of a verb that functions as a ..... in a sentence. A) Verb. B) Verbal. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 10. What is the function of the red words in the following sentence:People may find it easy to accept new ideas. A) It is functioning as a noun. B) It is functioning as a verb. C) It is functioning as an adverb describing the adjective easy. D) It is functioning as an adjective describing people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is functioning as an adverb describing the adjective easy. 11. Complete the sentence with a gerund:'She avoided ..... the question.' A) Answer. B) Answers. C) Answering. D) Answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Answering. 12. Choose the correct term to match the following definition:A verbal that ends in-ing and functions as a noun. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 13. I want to drive to the movie theater A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 14. Exercise 1:Identifying Gerunds and Gerund PhrasesIdentify the Gerund or Gerund Phrase in the sentence.10. The clown's best trick was juggling. A) Best trick. B) Was juggling. C) Clown's best trick. D) Juggling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juggling. 15. -I'm interested in jazz.- A) So do I. B) Oh, I can. C) So am I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So am I. 16. How is the gerund/gerund phrase functioning in the sentence?Swimming in the ocean every morning is my favorite way to stay active and healthy because it refreshes both my body and mind. A) Object of the Preposition. B) Subject Complement. C) Subject. D) Direct Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 17. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? Telling Jenna the truth was a mistake. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Predicate noun. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 18. Complete the sentence:The coach suggested ..... extra drills after practice. A) We to practice. B) Practice. C) Practicing. D) To practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Practicing. 19. Complete the sentence:We were all talking about ..... to the new skate park this weekend. A) Going. B) Went. C) Go. D) To go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 20. Choose the appropriate word to complete the sentence.Jeff can't stand ..... for people. A) Waiting. B) To wait. C) Wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waiting. 21. Look at the following sentence:Marsha enjoys singing Mexican corridos, or ballads . What purpose does the word "singing" serve in the sentence? A) Singing serves as a direct object. B) Singing is a gerund and acts as the object (noun) of a preposition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singing serves as a direct object. 22. One of the best exercises is swimming. What is the gerund or gerund phrase? A) Exercises. B) Swimming. C) Exercises is swimming. D) There is no gerund or gerund phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 23. $_{Find the infinitive in each sentence.Being stranded in the blizzard, all Kira wanted was to survive. }$ A) Being stranded. B) In the blizzard,. C) All Kira wanted was. D) To survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To survive. 24. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence: "Her passion for painting landscapes is evident." A) Her passion. B) For painting landscapes. C) Painting landscapes. D) Is evident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting landscapes. 25. What is the function of the gerund phrase (in red)?Every evening Tom enjoys running a few laps. A) Subject of the sentence. B) Object of the verb. C) Object of the preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of the verb. ← 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