This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the word in red? He called them all budding artists. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 2. What is/are the gerund(s) in the following sentence? Many people find that they can relieve stress by walking. A) People. B) Find. C) Stress. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking. 3. To finish your essay by Wednesday will be an easy task.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 4. How is the underlined word functioning? The football team practiced tackling. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 5. What is the gerund in the sentence? An inspiring career for you might be nursing. A) Career. B) Inspiring. C) Nursing. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nursing. 6. WHAT IS A GERUNDIO? A) A VERB THAT BECOMES THE OBJECT OR SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE. B) A VERB THAT BECOMES THE OBJECT OR SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE. C) It is the verb tense that is used in the English language to narrate events that occurred at a specific time in the past. D) It is used as both a main verb and an auxiliary verb and is irregular in the present and the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A VERB THAT BECOMES THE OBJECT OR SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE. 7. Josh is responsible ..... collecting the answer sheets. A) For. B) About. C) Of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 8. How is the underlined word functioning? The deserted town was said to have many ghosts. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 9. What is the gerund? Bernard hates buttering toast with a fork. A) Bernard. B) Hates. C) Buttering. D) Toast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buttering. 10. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) A) I'm. B) Thinking. C) Painting. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting. 11. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) in this sentence: A) Acting. B) Keeping. C) Coughing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Fill in the blank by using a gerund.My teacher said my essay needs ..... by tomorrow. A) Correcting. B) To be corrected. C) Incorrecting. D) Flavor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correcting. 13. What's the verbal? I feel falling rain upon my head. A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 14. Identify the gerund phrase. A) Washing machine. B) Piling too much laundry into a washing machine. C) Piling too much laundry. D) Was causing it to malfunction. E) Causing it to malfunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piling too much laundry into a washing machine. 15. What is the function of the gerund? My grandma and grandpa love walking on the beach and collecting shells on vacation. A) Predicate nominative. B) Direct object. C) Indirect object. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 16. We use the infinitive + to, in all the following cases, EXCEPT: A) As the subject of a sentence. B) After adjectives. C) To express a reason or purpose. D) After some verbs, e.g.:want, need, learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the subject of a sentence. 17. What is the Gerund Phrase in this sentence:Running four miles everyday is normal to me. A) Running four miles. B) Running. C) Running four miles everyday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running four miles everyday. 18. You ask yourself the question "Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'? " during what? A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Subject Complement. D) Object of Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 19. How is the following gerund or gerund phrase (in red) functioning in the sentence? Even though she was worried about some of the dangerous animals, Cara decided to give safariing through the jungle a try. A) Subject. B) Subject complement. C) Direct object. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect object. 20. We can use the gerund or the infinitive as an object, subject or complement of a sentence, but in general, it is much more common to use the gerund as a: A) Object. B) Subject. C) Complement of a sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 21. Which of the following is an example of Subject Complement? A) "Her talent in volleyball is bumping the ball to a teammate.". B) "I received an award for earning an A on my book report.". C) "For most birds, flying is a way to escape predators.". D) "Shoveling snow was his punishment for lying.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Her talent in volleyball is bumping the ball to a teammate.". 22. I'll go on ..... for as long as I can-I love being a student A) Study. B) To study. C) Studying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studying. 23. You can make someone's day simply by smiling at her. A) Object of preposition. B) Indirect object. C) Direct object. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of preposition. 24. IDENTIFY THE GERUND in this sentence: A) Listening. B) Gave. C) Me. D) Headache. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening. 25. What is the gerund in the following sentence? Becoming a doctor takes years of serious study. A) Takes. B) Becoming. C) Years. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becoming. ← 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