Gerund Phrases Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Gerund Phrases – Quiz 16
1. Participials are what part of speech?.
A) Nouns.
B) Adjectives.
C) Conjunctions.
D) Adverbs.
2. A serious danger to motorists is driving under the influence.
A) Driving under the influence .
B) A serious danger.
C) Motorists is driving.
D) None of above.
3. What is the best definition of a gerund?.
A) A verb that ends in-ing and functions as a noun.
B) A verb phrase with an-ing word.
C) A combination of helping verbs and other words.
D) The word "to" plus a verb.
4. Spending too much money on frivolous objects is a a good way to build debt.
A) Predicate Noun.
B) Direct Object.
C) Subject.
D) Object of the Preposition.
E) Indirect Object.
5. What is the subject of the sentence?.
A) Planning.
B) Umbrella.
C) School.
D) David.
6. Crying could be heard coming from the next room. How is the gerund or gerund phrase functioning?.
A) Object.
B) Subject.
7. I will give laughing every day my upmost attention.
A) No.
B) Yes.
8. "Trying to escape is useless, " screamed Michael as he laughed at Josh who was wriggling in the trap laid out for him on Halloween. The word in blue is a _____ .
A) Verb.
B) Gerund.
9. In the following sentence, what purpose does the infinitive phrase serve?The house to visit at Halloween is the one on the corner that hands out full-sized candy bars.
A) Adjective.
B) Direct object.
C) Adverb.
D) Subject.
10. What is the appositive(s)? Two of my friends, John and Steve, made it on the soccer team, Barcelona.
A) John and Steve; Barcelona.
B) John and Steve.
C) Two of my friends.
D) Barcelona.
11. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. During the summer, Hal taught writing and coding.
A) Writing & coding.
B) During the summer.
C) Taught writing and coding.
D) Writing.
12. Winning the drama award thrilled my sister.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
13. What part of the sentence is the gerund? John enjoyed swimming in the lake after dark.
A) Object of the preposition.
B) Direct object.
C) Predicate nominative.
D) Subject.
14. What is the best way to join the following two sentences using a participial phrase?Mia was speaking very softly. She explained what happened.
A) Speaking very softly, Mia explained what happened.
B) Mia, who was speaking very softly, explained what happened.
C) While Mia explained what happened, she was speaking very softly.
D) She explained what happened, and Mia was speaking very softly.
15. Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. What is the gerund in the sentence?.
A) Giving and taking.
B) Giving.
C) Taking.
D) Generosity.
16. Choose the sentence that is correct.
A) We appreciated him being honest with us _____.
B) We appreciated his being honest with us.
17. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? Carol's problem is caring too much what people think about her.
A) Object of a preposition.
B) Direct Object.
C) Predicate noun.
D) Subject.
18. Pretending to listen, the student was actually writing a love letter to his classmate.
A) Yes.
B) No.
19. Sophia likes jumping on the trampoline.
A) Jumping on the trampoline.
B) Sophia likes.
C) Sophia likes jumping.
D) On the trampoline.
20. Identify the gerund phrase:After the accident, Laura was afraid of driving her car.
A) Driving her car.
B) After the accident.
C) Laura was afraid.
D) Afraid of driving.
21. How does the noun infinitive phrase function? To find the missing puzzle piece was a challenge for AnLan.
A) Object of the preposition.
B) Predicate nominative.
C) Direct object.
D) Subject.
22. Some colleges began offering courses on popular culture.
A) Subject.
B) Direct Object.
23. " My young brother enjoys playing video games." The gerund phrase in this sentence fuctions as a/an.
A) Object.
B) Subject.
C) Object to a Preposition.
D) Predicate Nominative.
24. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. Caring for pets is a good way of earning money.
A) Earning money.
B) Caring for pets.
C) Is a good way.
D) Caring for pets & earning money.
25. Identify the function of the gerund or gerund phrase in each sentence:Watching his impossibly high leaps was an unforgettable experience.
A) Subject Complement.
B) Object of the Preposition.
C) Direct Object.
D) Subject.