Gerund Phrases Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Gerund Phrases – Quiz 13
1. Identify the appositive phrase:The fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, can travel more than 100 miles per hour at certain times.
A) The fastest animal.
B) Can travel more than 100 miles per hour.
C) The peregrine falcon.
D) At certain times.
2. Identify the gerund. If there are no gerunds, choose none. She enjoys baking.
A) Baking.
B) She.
C) Enjoys.
D) None.
3. Identify the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in each sentence:The dance world in London, Paris, and New York competed in praising his performances.
A) Object of the Preposition.
B) Direct Object.
C) Subject Complement.
D) Subject.
4. Cole's teammate tried setting a pick for him.
A) Setting a pick for him.
B) Cole's teammate tried.
C) Teammate tried.
D) Tried setting a pick for him.
5. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? My family is accustomed to eating a small dinner.
A) Subject.
B) Direct Object.
C) Object of a preposition.
D) Predicate noun.
6. What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?Tara was getting worried that she may not pass the math test, thinking how little she knew about equations.
A) She.
B) Test.
C) Tara.
D) Equations.
7. It's rude to ignore your conversation partner.
A) Ignoring your conversation partner is rude.
B) Ignoring your conversation partner are rude.
8. Contacting firms is the director's role.
A) Object of Preposition.
B) Subject.
C) Indirect Object.
D) Direct Object.
E) Predicate Nominative.
9. Learning a new language and speaking it fluently requires a lot of practice.
A) Direct Object.
B) Subject.
C) Indirect Object.
D) Object of the Preposition.
E) Predicate Noun.
10. By studying hard in the evening, the student improved in his schoolwork.
A) Yes.
B) No.
11. Thinking is an important part of writing. What is the gerund or gerund phrase?.
A) Thinking.
B) Thinking, writing.
C) Important.
D) Writing.
12. What is the subject of the sentence?.
A) Car.
B) Tree.
C) Road.
D) None of above.
13. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? Telling Jenna the truth was a mistake.
A) Direct Object.
B) Predicate noun.
C) Subject.
D) Object of a preposition.
14. What is the gerund phrase?Painting and reading are my favorite hobbies.
A) Painting and reading.
B) My favorite hobbies.
C) Painting and reading are.
D) None of above.
15. In the following sentence, what is the function of the infinitive phrase?The house to visit at Halloween is the one on the corner that hands out full-sized candy bars.
A) Adverb.
B) Subject.
C) Direct object.
D) Adjective.
16. Identify the gerund:Bernard hates buttering his toast with a fork.
A) Buttering his toast with a fork.
B) Buttering.
C) His toast.
D) Buttering his toast.
17. Identify the appositive:Sidd chose the artist, Michelangelo, to study for his art project in Mrs. Butler's class.
A) Art project.
B) Michelangelo.
C) Artist.
D) Mrs. Butler's class.
18. An infinitive is.
A) "to" + noun.
B) "to".
C) Verb.
D) "to" + verb.
19. Identify the gerund phrase:Learning a new language is taking longer than I expected.
A) Learning a new language.
B) Longer than I expected.
C) A new language is taking.
D) Is taking longer than.
20. Identify what the gerund phrase is functioning as in this sentence.My sister knows a lot about growing vegetables.
A) Direct object.
B) Subject.
C) Object of the preposition.
D) Predicate nominative.
21. Identify the gerund phrase. A key to success is reducing our trash.
A) Reducing our trash.
B) A key to success.
C) Reducing.
D) Is reducing.
22. Give an example of using a gerund as a subject in a sentence.
A) Running is a great way to stay in shape.
B) Jumping over the fence is how the dog escaped.
C) Eating dinner is my favorite part of the day.
D) Swimming is my favorite exercise.
23. A gerund phrase (can / cannot) be removed from a sentence without destroying is basic sense.
A) Cannot.
B) Can.
24. What are the two ways a participle can end?.
A) -ly.
B) -ing.
C) -ness.
25. One of the best exercises is swimming. What is the gerund or gerund phrase?.
A) There is no gerund or gerund phrase.
B) Exercises.
C) Exercises is swimming.
D) Swimming.