Gerunds Practice ESL

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