This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The doctor saw her adding too much salt to her food. In this sentence, the gerund phrase is functioning as a(n) ..... A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of the preposition. D) Predicate noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 2. Find the infinitive in the following sentence. Nona was not allowed to play guitar for band. A) Was not allowed. B) To play. C) For band. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To play. 3. The employee got in trouble for faking an injury to avoid work. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Indirect Object. E) Predicate Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of the Preposition. 4. Identify the gerund phrase. Many people have started making an effort. A) Started. B) Many people. C) Making an effort. D) Started making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making an effort. 5. Mr. Nelson never tires of talking about William Shakespeare. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Indirect Object. E) Predicate Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of the Preposition. 6. Identify the infinitive-I gave you my love to borrow A) Gave you. B) I gave. C) My love. D) To borrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To borrow. 7. Which sentence contains a gerund phrase used as predicate noun? A) We make writing three poems a requirement to pass our course. B) Exercise is futile without eating healthily. C) Her favorite thing was listening to music. D) Travelling across France should be a rite of passage for all writers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her favorite thing was listening to music. 8. Mrs. Kettle enjoys sipping hot cocoa on cold mornings. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Indirect Object. E) Predicate Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Object. 9. Saying nice things about others is customary for the complimenter. A) It is customary for complimenter to saying nice things about others. B) It is customary for complimenter to say nice things about others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is customary for complimenter to say nice things about others. 10. I remember wanting to visit the museum. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Indirect Object. E) Predicate Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Object. 11. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. The most amusing event, catching a greased pig, was the highlight of the fair. A) Amusing event. B) Catching a greased pig. C) Was the highlight of the fair. D) Most amusing event, catching a greased pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catching a greased pig. 12. How is the Gerund phrase used in the following sentence?Eating a slice of pie quickly is a recipe for disaster. A) Direct object. B) Subject. C) Appositive phrase. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 13. Find the infinitive in the following sentence. Mitchell did not want to go camping with his sister. A) To go. B) With his sister. C) Did not want to go camping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 14. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out. A) Patrick. B) Answers. C) Test. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patrick. 15. Explain how to identify a gerund in a sentence. A) By looking for verbs that end in-ed and are used as nouns in the sentence. B) By looking for nouns that end in-ing and are used as verbs in the sentence. C) By looking for adjectives that end in-ing and are used as nouns in the sentence. D) By looking for verbs that end in-ing and are used as nouns in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By looking for verbs that end in-ing and are used as nouns in the sentence. 16. Is the bold word a verb or a gerund? The teacher was collecting the class's assignments. A) Verb. B) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 17. What is the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence?Sleeping through the night is difficult for me. A) Object. B) Appositive. C) Object of a preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject. 18. Which part of the following sentence is the gerund phrase?The doctor suggested drinking warm milk for sleeping through the night A) Suggested drinking warm milk. B) For sleeping through the night. C) Drinking warm milk. D) The doctor suggested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinking warm milk. 19. Identify the infinitive-I don't expect you to care A) To care. B) Don't expect. C) Expect you to care. D) I don't expect you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To care. 20. Which of the following is a infinitive phrase? A) She is running. B) I wanted to go to the store. C) Selma made cookies. D) I like eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I wanted to go to the store. 21. Identify the function of the gerund. Since the family bought a camper, camping has been fun. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 22. Which of the following sentences best restates the given sentence in the passive voice?Jerry clumsily knocked over the lamp. A) Clumsily, Jerry had knocked over the lamp. B) The lamp was clumsily knocked over by Jerry. C) The lamp has been knocked clumsily by Jerry. D) The lamp was being clumsily knocked over by Jerry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lamp was clumsily knocked over by Jerry. 23. What is the verb in the sentence? Conserving energy can protect Earth's resources. A) Conserving. B) Can protect. C) Energy. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can protect. 24. 'Working for peace is very important', identify the gerund phrase. A) Important. B) Working for peace. C) Is very important. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working for peace. 25. "Hey ..... Silvana, " Mrs. Brennan was calling as she wandered the streets of D.C. The word in blue is a ..... A) Gerund. B) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 26. Find the INFINITIVE PHRASE in the following sentence. We tried to plant a tree in the front yard. A) To plant a tree. B) In the front yard. C) We tried to plant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To plant a tree. 27. Rewrite the following sentence using a gerund as the object:'She enjoys playing the piano.' A) She enjoys to play the piano. B) She enjoys played the piano. C) She enjoys play the piano. D) She enjoys playing the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She enjoys playing the piano. 28. Rewrite the following sentence using a gerund as the subject:'To travel the world is my dream.' A) Travel the world is my dream. B) To traveling the world is my dream. C) Traveling the world is my dream. D) Traveled the world is my dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traveling the world is my dream. 29. Identify the verb. A key to success is reducing our trash. A) Is. B) Reducing. C) Success. D) Key. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 30. Is the highlighted word/phrase a VERB or a PARTICIPLE? Jill and Terry were tired from working out in the yard. A) Verb/verb phrase. B) Participle/participle phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle/participle phrase. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesGerund Phrases Quiz 1Gerund Phrases Quiz 2Gerund Phrases Quiz 3Gerund Phrases Quiz 4Gerund Phrases Quiz 5Gerund Phrases Quiz 6Gerund Phrases Quiz 7Gerund Phrases Quiz 8Gerund Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books