Identify Parts of Speech of the Gerunds

Identify the gerund(s) in the following sentence:

Starting school on Friday is weird, but I am hoping the day goes quickly.

• Starting

• hoping

• am hoping

• Starting, hoping

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) 
Ethan narrowly avoided driving off the cliff.

• narrowly
• driving
• Ethan
• cliff

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) 
Eating ice cream on a hot day can be a good way to cool off.

• cool
• hot
• day
• eating

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) 
I'm thinking of painting my house.

• I'm 
• thinking
• painting
• house

Identify the gerund(s):

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

• acting
• keeping
• coughing
• all of the above

A gerund is a form of a verb that acts as a _____.

• adjective
• verb
• adverb
• noun

What does a gerund end in?

• -ing
• -t
• -ed
• to

When I am trying to save money, I hate buying clothes.
What is the gerund?

• am trying
• buying
• to save
• hate

_{Visiting our relatives is a pleasant activity.} 

• subject
• direct object
• object of the preposition
• subject complement

What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?
Swimming is good exercise.

• Swimming
• is
• good 
• exercise.