Verbals Quiz 2025

Identify the verbal in the following sentence:

I am thinking of painting my house.

• Verb: Thinking

• Gerund: Thinking

• Participle: Thinking

• Gerund: Painting

Identify the verbal in the following sentence:

Charlie wants to write an essay about his best friend.

• Infinitive: to write

• Gerund: to write

• Gerund: wants to

• Participle: about

Is the verbal in this sentence a gerund or participle?

Reading is an important skill.

• Gerund

• Participle

In which sentence does "cleaning" act as a gerund?

• The aquarium needs a good cleaning.

• I am cleaning the aquarium thoroughly.

Identify the verbal in the following sentence:

The flying insects were a nuisance for many of the people at the park.

• Gerund: flying

• Participle: flying

• Participle: nuisance

• Verb: flying

Identify the modifier and participle in the following sentence:

Running quickly to catch the bus, Sarah forgot her lunch at home.

• The modifier is "running", which modifies the participle "quickly."

• The modifier is "quickly", which modifies the participle "running."

Past participles end in ________?

• ed, en, or t

• to + ing

• ing

• to + verb

Present participles end in ________?

• ed, en, or t

• ing

• to + ing

• to + verb

What is the form of infinitives?

• ing

• ed, en

• to + noun

• to + verb

Gerunds end in ________?

• ed, en

• to + ing

• ing

• to + verb