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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Becoming a doctor takes years of serious study.
takes
becoming
years
study
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Becoming a doctor takes years of serious study.
takes years
study
doctor
becoming
- 4. Multiple Choice
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
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Kino's specialty is cooking mushrooms and onions.
onions
specialty
cooking
is
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Kino's specialty is cooking mushrooms and onions.
mushrooms and onions
cooking
specialty
Kino's
- 7. Multiple Choice
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
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
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
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the gerund in the following sentence?
Marie's favorite event is swimming.
Marie's
event
favorite
swimming
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the subject in the following sentence?
Marie's favorite event is swimming.
event
Marie's
favorite
swimming
- 13. Multiple Choice
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
- 14. Multiple Choice
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
- 15. Multiple Choice
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
- 16. Multiple Choice
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
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a preposition?
in
an
above
about
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a preposition?
by
to
for
also
- 19. Multiple Choice
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
- 20. Multiple Choice
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
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