This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Gerund Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gerund Phrases Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:'Walking in the park is relaxing.' A) Walking. B) In the park. C) Walking in the park. D) Relaxing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking in the park. 2. He apologized for forgetting to call his friend. A) Apologizing. B) Calling. C) Forgetting. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apologizing. 3. Seeing a spider is enough ..... Iris scream. A) To make. B) Making. C) Make. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make. 4. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Cooking dinner, she listened to music. A) She listened. B) Dinner cooking. C) Cooking dinner. D) To music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooking dinner. 5. Find the infinitive phrase. "To wait for dinner doesn't bother me at all." A) Wait. B) To wait for dinner. C) For dinner. D) To wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To wait for dinner. 6. A baby's ftrst teeth ..... are generally the lower incisors. A) Appearance. B) Appear. C) To appear. D) In appearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To appear. 7. The purpose of cost accounting is ..... involved in producing and selling a good or service A) As a determination of its costs. B) The costs determined. C) That determines the costs. D) To determine the costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To determine the costs. 8. What words begins a participial phrase? A) A word with a verb word ending. B) A, an, the. C) Prepositions. D) A noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word with a verb word ending. 9. What is the phase in red below:Bernard hates buttering toast with a fork. A) Gerund. B) Participial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 10. Choose the gerunds in this sentence:Eating strawberries without washing them might make you sick. A) Eating strawberries. B) Washing them. C) Eating strawberries without washing them. D) Washing them might make you sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating strawberries without washing them. 11. ..... SPORTS IS THE BEST WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT. A) TO WRITE. B) WRITING. C) TO PLAY. D) PLAYING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PLAYING. 12. In the sentence, "Constantly checking your phone can be distracting, " which part is the gerund phrase? A) Can be distracting. B) Your phone. C) Constantly checking your phone. D) Checking your phone can be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constantly checking your phone. 13. Identify the gerund in the sentence:'Swimming is my favorite hobby.' A) Swimming. B) Hobby. C) Is. D) Favorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 14. We call participial, gerunds, and infinitives verbals because ..... A) They are the main verbs of the sentence. B) They are verbs that act as a different part of speech. C) They are all nouns in the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are verbs that act as a different part of speech. 15. 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. 16. I remember how my father loved flying kites. A) Gerund. B) Participle. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerund. 17. Find the Gerund Phrase:Some people keep Valentine's Day by sending heart-shaped cards to friends. A) By sending heart-shaped cards. B) Sending heart-shaped cards. C) To friends. D) Sending heart-shaped cards to friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sending heart-shaped cards to friends. 18. Choose the gerund that should go in the blank. She loves ..... in smaller towns. She has been living there all her life. A) To live. B) Live. C) Living. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living. 19. Identify the gerund in the following sentence:Swimming is her favorite hobby. A) Swim. B) Swimming. C) Swims. D) Swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 20. Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence:Some major universities began offering courses to higher-level students during high school. A) During high school. B) Offering courses. C) Began offering courses to higher-level students. D) Offering courses to higher-level students during high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offering courses to higher-level students during high school. 21. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?His mom had warned Ricky about going down the staircase backward. A) His mom. B) Had warned Ricky about. C) Going down the staircase backward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going down the staircase backward. 22. IT'S IMPORTANT ..... HOW TO DRIVE BEFORE BUYING YOUR OWN CAR. A) TO KNOW. B) KNOWING. C) TO SPEAK. D) SPEAKING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TO KNOW. 23. True or False:The sentence "The smiling child waved at me from the bus" contains a gerund. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Smiling proudly, the little boy pointed to his new toys. A) Participial phrase. B) Gerund phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participial phrase. 25. In the sentence 'She loves dancing in the rain', what is the function of the gerund phrase? A) Adverb. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Direct object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct object. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesGerund Phrases Quiz 1Gerund Phrases Quiz 3Gerund Phrases Quiz 4Gerund Phrases Quiz 5Gerund Phrases Quiz 6Gerund Phrases Quiz 7Gerund Phrases Quiz 8Gerund Phrases Quiz 9Gerund Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books