This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is "swerving" in this sentence? A) Verb. B) Participle. C) Gerund. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participle. 2. Find the participial phrase. "A banana peel lying on the ground caused the comedian to slip." A) Lying on the ground. B) Comedian to slip. C) Ground caused. D) None of the under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lying on the ground. 3. People gathered outside the theater to witness whether the magician would perform an incredible trick. The infinitive phrase acts as a/an A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 4. Is this a gerund phrase? Having witnessed such ridiculous bickering by their children, the parents threw up their hands and walked out of the room. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 5. The program's goal is providing students with a variety of artistic opportunities. A) Subject. B) Predicate Nominative. C) Direct Object. D) Object of Prepositiion. E) Indirect Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicate Nominative. 6. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:We will start providing interventions and extra tutoring time for students who are not meeting promotion requirements. A) We will start providing interventions. B) Providing interventions. C) Tutoring time for students. D) Providing interventions and extra tutoring time for students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Providing interventions and extra tutoring time for students. 7. Tammy hates cutting the grass.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. 8. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence.His household chores were setting the table before dinner and washing the dishes afterwards. A) Setting the table. B) His household chores. C) Setting the table & washing the dishes. D) Setting the table before dinner & washing the dishes afterwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting the table before dinner & washing the dishes afterwards. 9. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?He started waking up before the alarm that week fresher in the morning and stronger. A) He started. B) Waking up. C) Before the alarm that week. D) Fresher in the morning and stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waking up. 10. Jasnae's main interest is working with computers. A) Interest is working with computers. B) Jasnae's main interest. C) Working with computers. D) Is working with computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working with computers. 11. I love reading books in my free time. A) Reading. B) Cooking. C) Swimming. D) Dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading. 12. '' What she does not like doing is listening to classic music."The gerund phrase in this sentence functions as a/an A) Subject. B) Object. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Object to Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate Nominative. 13. What role does the gerund phrase play in this sentence:They are considering renovating the house. A) It functions as the indirect object of the verb 'renovating'. B) It acts as an adverb modifying 'considering'. C) It serves as the subject of the sentence. D) It functions as the direct object of the verb 'considering'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It functions as the direct object of the verb 'considering'. 14. Classify the phrase 'Painting the fence' as participial or gerund. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Participle. D) Gerund. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gerund. 15. I am swimming in the ocean. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. What is the difference between a gerund and a present participle? A) Gerunds always end in-ing, while present participles end in-ed. B) Gerunds are used in formal writing, while present participles are used in informal writing. C) Gerunds are used in the past tense, while present participles are used in the future tense. D) The main difference is in their grammatical functions:gerunds act as nouns, while present participles act as adjectives or adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The main difference is in their grammatical functions:gerunds act as nouns, while present participles act as adjectives or adverbs. 17. Identify the gerund phrase.A key to success is reducing our trash. A) A key to success. B) Reducing. C) Reducing our trash. D) Is reducing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reducing our trash. 18. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence.During the summer, Hal taught writing and coding. A) During the summer. B) Taught writing and coding. C) Writing & coding. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing & coding. 19. Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice? A) I poured the solution into the beaker and heated it to 100$^\circ$F. B) The dog chases the ball. C) Shira likes birdwatching. D) He Philippines is known for its marine biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He Philippines is known for its marine biodiversity. 20. Talking about topics that interest you is fun. A) It is fun to talk about the topics that interest you. B) It is fun to talking about the topics that interest you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is fun to talk about the topics that interest you. 21. The birds enjoy flying in the open skies. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Indirect Object. E) Predicate Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Object. 22. Volunteering at the local animal shelter is one of my hobbies. A) Subject. B) Object of the Preposition. C) Direct Object. D) Indirect Object. E) Predicate Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 23. '' What she does not like doing is listening to classic music." The gerund phrase in this sentence functions as a/an A) Subject. B) Object. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Object to Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate Nominative. 24. True or False? If a word ends in-ed or-ing, it must be a verb. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. What is the gerund phrase? When monsters are thirsty, they drink from the hose pipe. A) When monsters are thirsty. B) They drink. C) From the hose pipe. D) There is no gerund phrase. 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