This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:My least favorite chore last week was cleaning the toilet. A) My least favorite chore. B) Cleaning the toilet. C) Week was cleaning the toilet. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleaning the toilet. 2. How is the underlined word functioning? Katy was washing her clothes when her mom came home. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 3. Fill in the blank by using a gerund.Mike likes ..... nature. A) To see. B) Photographing. C) All about. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photographing. 4. Our mission is ..... the best education possible for all our students. A) To provide. B) Providing. C) Provides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide. 5. Choose the role of the gerund in each sentence:My uncle is afraid of flying. A) Comes after a preposition. B) Comes after verbs as an object. C) No gerunds here. D) Subject of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comes after a preposition. 6. Identify the participle:The flying insect was a nuisance. A) Flying. B) Nuisance. C) Insect. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flying. 7. Much like the sentence below, where do participial phrases end? A) After the adverb. B) After the adjective. C) When they get to the noun they are describing. D) When they get to the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When they get to the noun they are describing. 8. No one can keep me from ..... my dream! A) Fulfill. B) Fulfilling. C) Fulfilled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fulfilling. 9. What are the different tenses of participles? A) Past, Future. B) Present, Past, Future. C) Past, Present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past, Present. 10. Identify the gerunds:Eating piping hot cookies before cooling is causing swelling to my tongue. A) Eating, piping, cooling, causing, swelling. B) Eating, cooling, swelling. C) Piping, cooling, swelling. D) Eating, cooling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating, cooling, swelling. 11. What is the letter for the rhyme scheme of line 20 in "Paul Revere's Ride? " (page 731) A) G. B) H. C) I. D) J. E) K. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 12. Lina and Bree were rolling their eyes when their teachers tried to trick them and said a bowl of peeled grapes were human eyeballs.The word in blue is a ..... A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Gerund. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 13. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:They missed practice because they were sleeping at home. A) Sleeping at home. B) Because they were sleeping at home. C) They missed practice. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping at home. 14. Fill in the blank by using the correct formI always eat breakfast before ..... to school. A) Is go. B) To go. C) Is going. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going. 15. How is the infinitive being used? Alan had trained to run this race for months. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 16. Find the geruds.The intrigueing students ploted a prank on thier friend. A) Students. B) Ploted. C) Intrigueing. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intrigueing. 17. Please stop your dog from ..... at me! A) Barked. B) Bark. C) Barking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barking. 18. What is an example of a gerund? A) Jog. B) Shoulder. C) Leaf. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading. 19. Identify the participle(s). Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower. A) Smiled. B) Wilting. C) Smiled, wilting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wilting. 20. What is the gerund/gerund phrase? A) Gave diving at the reef. B) Diving at the reef. C) Staying in Costa Rica. D) Staying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diving at the reef. 21. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? Many people are finding that they can decrease stress by walking. A) Many people. B) Finding. C) Can beat stress. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking. 22. Which word is the gerund? I enjoy eating outdoors on these cool fall afternoons. A) Afternoons. B) Cool fall. C) Enjoy. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating. 23. They planned to make the variety show an annual event. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infinitive. 24. What is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something? A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Subject Complement. D) Object of Prepostitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 25. The annoyed proprietor yelled at the unpleasant customer. What is the participle? A) Proprietor. B) Yelled. C) Annoyed. D) Unpleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed. ← 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