Gerund Phrases Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Gerund Phrases – Quiz 3
1. _____ at home requires only three types of chemicals, several pieces of simple equipment, and running water.
A) In developing film.
B) For the development of film.
C) When film is developed.
D) To develop film.
2. A gerund can act as an adjective in a sentence.
A) False.
B) True.
3. What has a gerund phrase?.
A) The tolling of the bells is getting on my nerves.
B) I love to read.
C) I was on the volleyball team before.
D) I think it is cool to surf.
4. Birds learn flying in high winds at a young age.What is the gerund phrase?.
A) At a young age.
B) Learn flying.
C) Flying in high winds.
D) Birds learn.
5. What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy.
A) To keep healthy.
B) Eating a balanced diet.
C) Balanced.
D) Allows a person.
6. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
A) Giving and taking.
B) Giving.
C) Taking.
D) None of the above.
7. Identify the subject. A key to success is reducing our trash.
A) Reducing our trash.
B) A key to success.
C) A.
D) Is.
8. IT'S GOOD _____ YOUR HOMEWORK AT NIGHT.
A) TO DO.
B) TO TAKE.
C) DOING.
D) TAKING.
9. What is the appositive(s)? Roald Dahl, a famous children's author, wrote many of his books in pencil on yellow legal pads.
A) Yellow legal pads.
B) Roald Dahl.
C) Wrote many of his books.
D) A famous children's author.
10. True of False? A gerund phrase always begins with an-ing word.
A) False.
B) True.
11. Last week, I made _____ my priority.
A) To studying.
B) To study.
C) Study.
D) Studying.
12. The dog, wagging his tail wildly, bounded out to meet us.
A) Gerund phrase.
B) Participial phrase.
13. Find the participial phrase:Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.
A) Opening the book to the last page.
B) The last page.
C) Sally read the ending.
D) Ending first.
14. Find the participle:The ship sailed within striking distance.
A) Sailed.
B) Striking.
C) Ship.
D) Distance.
15. Identify the gerund phrase:Selling food at reasonable prices is possible when schools work with local farmers.
A) Selling food.
B) Selling food at reasonable prices is.
C) Selling.
D) Selling food at reasonable prices.
16. She'd be good at _____ games.
A) Testing.
B) Test.
C) To test.
D) None of above.
17. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
A) Eating.
B) Jellybeans.
C) Tell.
D) Can.
18. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING GERUND PHRASES. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence. She is good at remembering trivia.
A) She is good.
B) Good at remembering trivia.
C) At remembering trivia.
D) Remembering trivia.
19. Identify the infinitive.-My cat is going to sleep all day.
A) To sleep.
B) Is going.
C) My cat.
D) To sleep all day.
20. Identify the gerund phrase.The frowning artist was thinking of painting my house.
A) Frowning artist.
B) Artist was thinking of painting.
C) Was thinking.
D) Painting my house.
21. Identify the gerund phrase:Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program will only create a larger junk-food distribution system.
A) Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program.
B) Increasing funding.
C) Increasing.
D) Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program will only.
22. What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence?Praying the rosary is a powerful form of prayer.
A) Praying the rosary.
B) Praying the rosary is.
C) Praying.
D) Powerful form of prayer.
23. _____ clothes is not a man's job.
A) Designing.
B) Design.
C) Designed.
D) None of above.
24. To hurl stones at flowers is silly.
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
25. I'M THINKING IN _____ MY VACATION NEXT WEEK.
A) TAKING.
B) DOING.
C) TO DO.
D) TO TAKE.