Verbals Quiz

What is the gerund in this sentence?

My favorite summer activity is sleeping in.

• favorite

• activity

• sleeping

• in

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What is the gerund in this sentence?

Raising your hand is the best way to get your teacher's attention.

• raising

• way

• get

• attention

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What is the gerund in this sentence?

Billy could not wait to start playing baseball.

• could

• playing

• baseball

• there is no gerund

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Gerunds look like what?

• to + verb

• end in ONLY -ing

• end in -ing AND -ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings

• none of the above

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Gerunds always act like what?

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• all three

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What is the gerund in this sentence?

I am interested in hiring someone to replace the gutters on my house.

• I am interested

• hiring

• someone

• replace

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What is the gerund in this sentence?

Planning began months ago for their concert.

• began

• months

• planning

• concert

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What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence?

Making a grilled cheese sandwich is pretty easy.

• Making

• Making a grilled cheese

• Making a grilled cheese sandwich

• is pretty easy

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What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence?

He won the award for spelling correctly.

• spelling correctly

• spelling

• for spelling correctly

• for spelling

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What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence?

Learning a new language is taking longer than I expected.

• Learning a new language

• a new language is taking

• is taking longer than

• longer than I expected

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CCSS.L.8.1A