This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of speech is a gerund? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 2. Dad hopes ..... a better job, but it won't be easy. You know, the crisis ..... A) Find. B) Finding. C) To find. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To find. 3. What is the underlined word functioning as in this sentence? I'm winning my battles but losing the war. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 4. Identify the rule of using bare infinitives:If we try, we can help the environment. A) Giving advice. B) After modals. C) Talking about preference. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After modals. 5. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word(s).The twins are running around the kitchen. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Gerund. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 6. Watching the game will be difficult because my team is missing its star player. What is the gerund? A) Watching. B) Will be. C) Is missing. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching. 7. My dad always made inflating bicycle tires look like a piece of cake.What is the gerund phrase in the sentence? A) Always made. B) Inflating bicycle tires. C) Like a piece of cake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflating bicycle tires. 8. What is the gerund in this sentence? Billy could not wait to start playing baseball. A) Could. B) Playing. C) Baseball. D) There is no gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing. 9. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? Few things are better for relaxing than an interesting hobby. A) Things. B) Better. C) Relaxing. D) Interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relaxing. 10. Identify the gerund phrase:Hoping to get a good grade in this class will not be enough to earn you a good grade. A) Hoping to get a good grade. B) Hoping to get a good grade in this class. C) Hoping to get a good grade in this class will not be. D) Hoping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hoping to get a good grade in this class. 11. What part of speech is a gerund phrase functioning as? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 12. Identify the gerund or gerund phrase. A) Reading between the lines. B) Reading between. C) To have. D) Important skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading between the lines. 13. (find the gerund ) he is fond of eating ice creams A) He. B) Fond. C) Eating. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating. 14. Painting is my favorite hobby.This an sentence has an example of a(n) ..... in it. A) Preposition. B) Infinitive. C) Participle. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gerund. 15. Function of gerund:I got this bruise from fencing with my instructor. A) Object of the preposition. B) Subject complement. C) Subject. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of the preposition. 16. How is the following gerund or gerund phrase (in red) functioning in the sentence? Sheila likes creating cakes for weddings. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Indirect object. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 17. Which word is a gerund? Do you like singing folk songs? A) You. B) Singing. C) Like. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing. 18. Looking out the window, Lisa took a deep breath. She couldn't wait to get the results of her exam, as she was studying very hard the previous night.Which of these does the sentence not contain? A) Gerund. B) Present Participle. C) Past Participle. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Participle. 19. The following sentence contains what type of verbal? :Presenting in front of the class is one of my major fears. A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) Participle. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 20. It's a good idea ..... your passwords to stronger ones that include capitalletters and numbers A) Changging. B) Changing. C) To change. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change. 21. What does a modifier provide in a sentace? A) An ajective. B) A verb. C) A question. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Description. 22. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Scoring the game-winning basket was the greatest part of the evening. A) Scoring the game-winning basket. B) Game-winning basket was the greatest. C) Part of the evening. D) Scoring the game-winning basket was the greatest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoring the game-winning basket. 23. IDENTIFY THE FUNCTION OF THE GERUND PHRASE: A) Direct object. B) Appositive. C) Object of a preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 24. Identify the verbal:The bent rake was difficult to use. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Verb phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 25. Rhonda's favorite summer activity is going skiing and hiking at Patoka Lake. What is/are the gerund(s)? A) Is going. B) Skiing. C) Hiking. D) Skiing and hiking. E) Going, skiing, hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skiing and hiking. ← 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