20 questions
What is a gerund?
a gerund looks like a verb but is used as a preposition
a gerund looks like a verb but is used as a adverb
a gerund looks like a verb but is used as a adjective
a gerund looks like a verb but is used as a noun
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Becoming a doctor takes years of serious study.
takes
becoming
years
study
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Becoming a doctor takes years of serious study.
takes years
study
doctor
becoming
What is the underlined gerund being used as in the following sentence?
Becoming a doctor takes years of serious study.
subject
direct object
object of the preposition
predicate noun
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Kino's specialty is cooking mushrooms and onions.
onions
specialty
cooking
is
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Kino's specialty is cooking mushrooms and onions.
mushrooms and onions
cooking
specialty
Kino's
What is the underlined gerund being used as in the following sentence?
Kino's specialty is cooking mushrooms and onions.
subject
direct object
object of the preposition
predicate noun
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Mr. Riley enjoys the crackling of a campfire on a winter's evening.
enjoys
evening
campfire
crackling
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Mr. Riley enjoys the crackling of a campfire on a winter's evening.
Mr. Riley
campfire
winter's evening
enjoys
What is the underlined gerund being used as in the following sentence?
Mr. Riley enjoys the crackling of a campfire on a winter's evening.
subject
direct object
object of the preposition
predicate noun
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Marie's favorite event is swimming.
Marie's
event
favorite
swimming
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Marie's favorite event is swimming.
event
Marie's
favorite
swimming
What is the underlined gerund being used as in the following sentence?
Marie's favorite event is swimming.
subject
direct object
object of the preposition
predicate noun
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Charlie wants to write an essay about the art of playing video games.
essay
playing
write
Charlie
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Charlie wants to write an essay about the art of playing video games.
video games
playing
Charlie
essay
What is the underlined gerund being used as in the following sentence?
Charlie wants to write an essay about the art of playing video games.
subject
direct object
object of the preposition
predicate noun
Which of the following is NOT a preposition?
in
an
above
about
Which of the following is NOT a preposition?
by
to
for
also
Which is a preposition in the following sentence?
For our next vacation, we may give riding on a train a try.
our
on
may
we
Which is a preposition in the following sentence?
Watching the countryside roll by from the window of a train would be fun.
the
would
be
from