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Gerunds & Gerundives

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A gerund is a verbal

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

pronoun

2.

A gerund(ive) can be recognized by the letters (a)   in the middle

3.

Find the gerund(ive): ego et frater meus ad certandum missi sumus.

a)

sumus

b)

frater

c)

meus

d)

certandum

e)

missi

4.

Find the gerund(ive): nulla spes habendi liberos iam manet.

a)

habendi

b)

nulla

c)

spes

d)

liberos

e)

manet

5.

Find the gerund(ive): investigando Turia cognovit quid accidisset.

a)

investigando

b)

Turia

c)

cognovit

d)

quid

e)

accidisset

6.

Find the gerund(ive): in omnibus athletis ingens cupido vincendi inest.

(a)  

7.

Translate: consul os ad respondendum aperuit

a)

for the response

b)

for the purpose of responding

c)

to the responding person

8.

Translate: optimam occasionem effugiendi nunc habemus.

a)

of escaping

b)

I escaped

c)

to escape

d)

with an escape

9.

Translate: cantando et saltando, puellae hospites delectaverunt.

a)

by singing and dancing

b)

I sing and dance

c)

with the song having been sung

d)

with a song and a dance

10.

Translate: poetae nihil de arte navigandi sciunt.

a)

poets don't know how to sail skillfully

b)

poets know nothing from the artistic sailor

c)

poets know nothing about the art of sailing

d)

poets don't know how to sail from art

11.

Find the gerund(ive): pueri patrem evaserunt ludendo in horto.

a)

ludendo

b)

pueri

c)

evaserunt

d)

in

e)

horto

12.

Find the gerund(ive): e periculo effugere conamur in urbe manendo.

a)

periculo

b)

effugere

c)

conamur

d)

urbe

e)

manendo

13.

Find the gerund(ive): mater domum ad dormiendum redit.

a)

mater

b)

domum

c)

dormiendum

d)

ad

e)

redit

14.

Translate: discendo et laborando, multa cognoscimus.

a)

by learning and working

b)

to learn and work

c)

for learning and working

d)

from learning and working

15.

Translate: hoc tempus bonum est ambulando.

a)

by walking

b)

for walking

c)

of walking

d)

for the purpose of walking

16.

Translate: iuvenes post murum se celaverunt melius audiendi causa.

a)

by hearing

b)

for hearing

c)

of hearing

d)

for the purpose of hearing

17.

Translate: ars bene loquendi non omnibus est facilis

a)

by speaking

b)

for speaking

c)

of speaking

d)

for the purpose of speaking