This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is the gerund being used? More people should consider saying hello to others in the hallways. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Predicate nominative. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 2. How is the gerund in the sentence being used? Josephine's bad habit is gritting her teeth. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predicate nominative. 3. In the sentence below, traveling is the gerund. What is its function in the sentence? Traveling gives one a chance to observe many wonderful places. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 4. In the sentence, "Removing his glasses, the professor shook his head with disappointment, " what is the underlined phrase? A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Appositive phrase. D) Participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participial phrase. 5. A gerund functions as a ..... A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 6. Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long untamed hair. A) Eating ice cream. B) Eating ice cream on a windy day. C) Can be a messy experience. D) If you have long untamed hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating ice cream on a windy day. 7. Fill in the blank using a gerund.When do you practice ..... the piano? A) Touching. B) To touch. C) Playing. D) To play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playing. 8. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Grandma thanked me for cooking dinner. A) Grandma thanked me. B) For cooking dinner. C) Cooking dinner. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooking dinner. 9. Gerunds always act like what? A) Nouns. B) Adjectives. C) Adverbs. D) All three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nouns. 10. Choose the gerund phrase in this sentence:You should stop texting; you're going to cause an accident. A) You should stop texting. B) Stop texting. C) You're going to cause. D) Going to cause an accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going to cause an accident. 11. The students are looking forward to ..... Level 6. A) Finishing. B) Finish. C) Finished. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finishing. 12. What type of verbal is in red? Interrupted lessons would distress them both. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 13. Through planning you can make studying easier, and you end up becoming more efficient with your time. What are the gerunds? A) Planning, studying, becoming. B) Planning, end, becoming. C) Studying, can make. D) Planning, studying. E) Can make, end up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planning, studying, becoming. 14. Opening the door, he looks inside.Which word is a participle? A) Opening. B) Looks. C) Door. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opening. 15. In the sentence below, swimming is the gerund. What is its function in the sentence? My favorite sport is swimming. A) Subject. B) Subj Compl. C) Object of the Preposition. D) Direct Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subj Compl. 16. Identify the gerund(s):Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. A) Acting. B) Keeping. C) Coughing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. Curling up and reading a book is an enjoyable way of spending a rainy day. What is/are gerund phrase(s)? A) Curling up. B) Reading a book. C) Curling up and reading a book, spending a rainy day. D) Spending a rainy day. E) Is an enjoyable way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curling up and reading a book, spending a rainy day. 18. Fill in the blank by using a gerund.I hate ..... carrots in my soup. A) To have. B) Having. C) All. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having. 19. What is the function of these gerunds? Jack Ruch loves eating corn as much as Shawn loves looking at memes. A) PN. B) Direct object. C) Indirect object. D) Appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 20. A gerund always ends with a ..... A) -ing. B) -ed. C) -d. D) -t. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 21. Identify the underlined word group.Mrs. Newell enjoys hiking with her family . A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 22. The teacher simply cannot excuse sleeping in class. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Verb. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 23. What is always present before an infinitive? A) "a". B) "an". C) "to". D) "the". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "to". 24. Identify the gerund. A) Halim. B) Was. C) Punished. D) Cheating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheating. 25. The subject in "Swimming in the ocean has been Sharon'spassion since she was five years old." is: A) Sharon. B) Ocean. C) Swimming. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swimming. ← 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