This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the rule of using bare infinitives:I let my son watch the documentary about the volcano eruption in Pompeii. A) Giving advice. B) After modals. C) Talking about preference. D) Giving permission. E) Forcing sb to do sth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giving permission. 2. Those screenshots are amazing for the presentation.In this sentence amazing is an example of ..... A) Preposition. B) Gerund. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 3. Which sentence uses a gerund. A) He likes watching scary movies. B) I'm proud of come first. C) I prefer to go on the school bus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He likes watching scary movies. 4. They are consumed with acting . What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 5. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? A very good hobby is running marathons. A) Very. B) Good. C) Good hobby. D) Running marathons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running marathons. 6. Please, forgive me ..... you. It was so rude. A) For interrupting. B) To interrupt. C) I will interrupt. D) Interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For interrupting. 7. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? My daughter really loves playing soccer and volleyball. A) My daughter. B) Really loves. C) Playing soccer and volleyball. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playing soccer and volleyball. 8. Drinking a healthy amount of water every day is extremely important.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 9. Find the gerund? The rocks were pulverized by the bulldozers. A) Rocks. B) Pulzerized. C) Bulldozers. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 10. A participle is a verbal that acts as a A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Pronoun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 11. The car stopping at the red light was hit by the truck. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Verb. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 12. A gerund is a type of: A) Verb. B) Verbal. C) Independent clause. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal. 13. Josephine's bad habit is gritting her teeth. What is the gerund's function? A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predicate nominative. 14. Function of gerund:Reading mystery novels is my favorite activity. A) Object of the preposition. B) Subject complement. C) Subject. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 15. Why is the word in blue a gerund? Whomping the children was Mrs. Brennan's job on 'Drama day' because she was dressed as the Willow from Harry Potter. A) Because it comes first. B) Because it is a fun word. C) Because it is the subject of the sentence. D) Because it is the object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it is the subject of the sentence. 16. The runner collapsed by breathing hard. This sentence has an example of a gerund as: A) Preposition. B) Subject. C) Object. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object. 17. Her most important achievement was winning the national championship.Identify the gerund. A) Achievement. B) Winning. C) National. D) Championship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winning. 18. I am afraid of ..... from high places. A) Fall. B) Falling. C) Fallen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling. 19. Where is the gerund? The winning team was distained by the opposing side. A) Winning. B) Distained. C) Opposing. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winning. 20. Fill in the blank by using a gerund.We started ..... dinner without you. A) Eat. B) Eating. C) To eat. D) To starve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 21. Which word is the gerund? I try to avoid cutting the grass when the weather is dry. A) Weather. B) Avoid. C) Cutting. D) Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cutting. 22. His arms were sore after kneading the dough for ten pizzas. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object of the preposition. 23. The following sentence is an example of ..... "Trembling with fear, Greg hid in the corner." A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 24. Identify the function of the underlined gerund phrase.BJ compares temperatures in Mrs. Kennedy's class to living in an igloo. A) Simple Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Predicate Nominative / Subject complement. D) Object of the Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of the Preposition. 25. What is a gerund phrase? A) The clock was on the wall. B) Follow the rules. C) Reading her book. D) I like to eat food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading her book. ← 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