Gerund Phrases Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Gerund Phrases – Quiz 19
1. "sleeping" is:.
A) The subject.
B) A direct object.
C) A predicate nominative.
D) The object of a preposition.
2. What is a participle?.
A) Verb pretending to be an adjective.
B) Adjective pretending to be a verb.
C) Noun pretending to be a noun.
D) Verb pretending to be a noun.
3. What is the gerund phrase?Coming from an English and Cuban background influenced the American poet William Carlos Williams.
A) Coming from an English and Cuban background.
B) Influenced the American poet William Carlos Williams.
C) American poet William Carlos Williams.
D) None of above.
4. Running in the heat is dangerous. In this sentence, the gerund is functioning as a(n) _____ .
A) Predicate noun.
B) Object of the preposition.
C) Direct object.
D) Subject.
5. A gerund is a _____ ending in-ing.
A) Verbal.
B) Noun.
C) Verb.
D) Adjectival.
6. _____ planets is Thanos's favourite hobby.
A) Destroying .
B) To destroy.
C) Destroy.
D) None of above.
7. What is another way to say:"asking someone's age is often considered rude"?.
A) It's often considered rude to ask someone's age. .
B) To ask someone's age is considered rude often.
C) Asking someone's age rude is often considered.
D) None of above.
8. What is the function of the gerund in the following sentence? We started working on the project yesterday.
A) Direct Object.
B) Object of a preposition.
C) Predicate noun.
D) Subject.
9. Find the infinitive phrase:My little brother Joey loves to play basketball inside the house.
A) To play basketball inside the house.
B) Joey.
C) To play basketball.
D) Inside the house.
10. My grandfather and his friends enjoy swimming at the beach.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
11. In the following sentence, what is the gerund phrase?The captain during touchdown worried about skidding left and right with sparks flying everywhere.
A) Skidding left and right with sparks flying everywhere.
B) The captain.
C) During touchdown.
D) Worried about.
12. What type of phrase is in red? Trembling with rage, she stalked out.
A) Infinitive.
B) Compound sentence.
C) Participial.
D) Gerund.
13. What is the phase in red below:Bernard hates buttering toast with a fork.
A) Gerund.
B) Participial.
14. Definition of a gerund.
A) Noun ending in-ing that becomes the subject of the sentence.
B) Verb ending in-ing that becomes the subject of the sentence.
C) Verb ending in-ing that becomes the main verb of the sentence.
D) None of above.
15. She is nervous about singing tonight. In this sentence, the gerund phrase is functioning as a(n) _____ .
A) Direct object.
B) Predicate noun.
C) Object of the preposition.
D) Subject.
16. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S). Eating ice cream on a hot day can be a good way to cool off.
A) Hot.
B) Ice.
C) Cool.
D) Eating.
17. _____ a house is not affordable.
A) Buys.
B) To buy.
C) Buy.
D) Buying.
18. "flying" is:.
A) A direct object.
B) An indirect object.
C) A predicate nominative.
D) A subject.
19. Select the gerund phrase from this sentence' Working hard can help in achieving goals.
A) Working hard and achieving goals.
B) Help and goals.
C) Working and goals.
D) Hard and achieving.
20. The police arrested him for speeding. The gerund is used as _____ .
A) Predicate nominative.
B) Indirect object.
C) Object of the preposition.
D) Subject.
21. Identify the gerund phrase:Throwing money at the problem ignores the fact that the system is broken.
A) Throwing money at the problem.
B) Throwing.
C) Throwing money.
D) Throwing money at the problem ignores.
22. Find the participle:The boiling clouds poured down rain on the seething sea.
A) Boiling.
B) Poured.
C) None of above.
23. Eating small meals throughout the day can help you avoid hunger pains.
A) Eating small meals throughout the day.
B) Throughout the day.
C) Eating small meals throughout the day can help.
D) Can help you avoid hunger pains.
24. The growling of the chained dogs made me uneasy.
A) Participial phrase.
B) Gerund phrase.
25. Going to the beach this summer will be a lot of fun.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.