Gerund Phrases Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Gerund Phrases – Quiz 10
1. What is the appositive(s)? I ate a huge bowl of my favorite ice cream, Blue Bell peppermint, last night.
A) Of my favorite ice cream.
B) Blue Bell peppermint.
C) Last night.
D) I ate a huge bowl.
2. Find the Gerund Phrase:Playing jokes on people seems a strange way to celebrate a holiday.
A) To celebrate a holiday.
B) To celebrate.
C) Playing jokes on people.
D) Playing jokes.
3. 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.
4. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.
A) Ran.
B) Test.
C) Patrick.
D) Answers.
5. Explain how to identify a gerund in a sentence.
A) By looking for verbs that end in-ing and are used as nouns in the sentence.
B) By looking for verbs that end in-ed and are used as nouns in the sentence.
C) By looking for nouns that end in-ing and are used as verbs in the sentence.
D) By looking for adjectives that end in-ing and are used as nouns in the sentence.
6. Is the bold word a verb or a gerund? The teacher was collecting the class's assignments.
A) Verb.
B) Gerund.
7. Identify the appositive phrase:Mr. Angel, my new English teacher, drives a 1969 Dodge Charger.
A) My new English teacher.
B) Mr. Angel.
C) English teacher.
D) 1969 Dodge Charger.
8. What is the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence?Sleeping through the night is difficult for me.
A) Appositive.
B) Object.
C) Subject.
D) Object of a preposition.
9. We talked _____ in another city.
A) About studying.
B) Study.
C) Studying.
D) Of study.
10. Which part of the following sentence is the gerund phrase?The doctor suggested drinking warm milk for sleeping through the night.
A) The doctor suggested.
B) Suggested drinking warm milk.
C) Drinking warm milk.
D) For sleeping through the night.
11. _____ overtime is quite common in this company.
A) Working.
B) To work.
C) Work.
D) None of above.
12. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? Elaine and Rita are singing in the chorus performance tonight in the performing arts center.
A) Singing in the chorus.
B) Elaine and Rita are.
C) Performance tonight in.
D) The performing arts center.
13. Identify the gerund phrase.Ethan was narrowly avoiding driving off the cliff.
A) Was narrowly avoiding.
B) Ethan was narrowly avoiding.
C) Off the cliff.
D) Driving off the cliff.
14. In this sentence, the gerund phrase "Conserving energy" functions as the _____ of the sentence.
A) Predicate.
B) Subject.
C) Verb.
D) Adjective.
15. What is the function of the gerund phrase?Learning a new language is taking longer than I expected.
A) Subject (S).
B) Direct object (DO).
C) Indirect object (IO).
D) Object of the preposition (OP).
E) Subject complement (SC).
16. Riding my bike around town is my favorite hobby.
A) Riding my bike around town.
B) My favorite hobby.
C) Around town is my favorite.
D) None of above.
17. Practicing his basketball moves, Lucas dribbled effortlessly down the court.
A) No.
B) Yes.
18. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?Feeling so much better after the nap relieved Gunster.
A) Feeling so much better.
B) After the nap.
C) Relieved Gunster.
D) None of above.
19. Find the participle:The man shielded his eyes from the blinding sun as he stepped out of the movie theater.
A) Stepped.
B) Blinding.
C) Shielded.
D) Eyes.
20. Campfires built with your own hands give you a sense of accomplishment.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
21. What is the best definition of a gerund?.
A) A verb that ends in-ing and functions as a noun.
B) The word "to" plus a verb.
C) A combination of helping verbs and other words.
D) None of above.
22. IT'S INTERESTING _____ A BOOK WHEN YOU HAVE A BRAINSTORMING.
A) WRITING.
B) PLAYING.
C) TO WRITE.
D) TO PLAY.
23. Kobe's teammate tried setting a pick for him.
A) Setting a pick for him.
B) Kobe's teammate tried setting.
C) Pick for him.
D) None of above.
24. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?His mom had warned Ricky about going down the staircase backward.
A) Going down the staircase backward .
B) His mom.
C) Had warned Ricky about.
D) None of above.
25. Gerund verbal phrases act like _____ .
A) Adjectives.
B) Nouns.