This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Gerunds – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerunds Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the rule of using bare infinitives:You had better stay away from fire. A) Giving advice. B) After modals. C) Talking about preference. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving advice. 2. A gerund is a verbal that acts as a A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 3. What is the function of the gerund? Many successful students give organizing and studying the most time in their day. A) Predicate nominative. B) Direct object. C) Appositive. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect object. 4. What is the gerund in this sentence? Raising your hand is the best way to get your teacher's attention. A) Raising. B) Way. C) Get. D) Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raising. 5. Identify the participle:The annoyed proprietor yelled at the unpleasant customer. A) Proprietor. B) Annoyed. C) Yelled. D) Unpleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annoyed. 6. "By reading, we can explore new worlds." A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Subject Complement. D) Object of Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Object of Preposition. 7. The exhausted children napped on the floor.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 8. Find the gerund:farming is important in Switzerland . A) Switzerland. B) Farming. C) Important. D) Is / in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. 9. Identify the function of the gerund.Staying in Costa Rica, we gave diving at the reef a try. A) Subject. B) Indirect object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Predicate nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect object. 10. In this sentence is swimming a gerund, infinitive, or a verb? We were swimming in the pool. A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) Verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 11. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:His favorite activities are playing soccer and video games. A) His favorite activities. B) Are playing. C) Playing. D) Playing soccer. E) Playing soccer and video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Playing soccer and video games. 12. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Andy's least favorite chore last week was cleaning the toilet. A) Andy's least favorite chore. B) Cleaning the toilet. C) Chore last week. D) Was cleaning. E) Was cleaning the toilet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleaning the toilet. 13. Identify the participle(s). The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water. A) Drowning. B) Struggled. C) Drowning, struggled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drowning. 14. Identify the sentence weather gerunds, infinitive and participate. I made him speak. A) Gerund. B) Infinitive. C) Participle. D) Past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 15. What is the underlined word functioning as in this sentence? Winning became his obsession. A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 16. Choose the correct gerund phrase below A) I wish I had time to go to the park. B) Laughing at the car, Mark tripped. C) Directing a play can be a hard job. D) Mr, Williams arrived to get a good treat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directing a play can be a hard job. 17. What are gerunds and infinitives? A) A verb that follow other. B) A verb complement with form +ing. C) Forms of verbs that act as nouns. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forms of verbs that act as nouns. 18. My good friend Jeannie is a determined actress and auditions frequently.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participle. 19. Acting is very important to Yolanda.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) Not a verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 20. How is the gerund functioning? James went hiking in the woods by his house. A) Subject. B) Object of the preposition. C) Direct object. D) Appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct object. 21. Paul really enjoyed being the editor of the yearbook at school. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 22. I procrastinated on completing my homework.What is in red in the sentence above? A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Not a verbal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not a verbal. 23. What is the function of the GERUND? My favorite memory from childhood is baking with my mom. A) Direct object. B) Predicate nominative. C) Subject. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicate nominative. 24. The following sentence is an example of ..... "Going to the park will take more than an hour." A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 25. What type of phrase is underlined? Cruze enjoys sketching people. A) Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. ← 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