Comprehensive Grammar: Gerund Phrases Challenge Quiz

Gerunds always end in -ing and function as nouns, not as main verbs.

Gerund phrases act like nouns, so a regular noun can often take their place in the sentence.

The phrase tells what we practiced, so it is the direct object of practiced.

The gerund Exercising makes the phrase 'Exercising every day' a clear subject.

In B, 'Studying late at night' is a clear gerund phrase acting as the subject of helps.

A gerund phrase starts with a gerund and the whole phrase acts like a noun in the sentence.

Gerund phrases behave like nouns, so they can fill several noun roles in a sentence.

An -ing phrase that describes a noun is a participial phrase, not a gerund phrase.

The phrase is what does the action of lets, so it is the subject of the sentence.

After suggested we normally use a gerund, so 'suggested starting the project' is correct.

In A, C, and E the gerund phrases follow prepositions about, for, and of.

Here were running is the main verb of the sentence, so running is not being used as a noun.

In B, 'Running every morning before school' is the subject of the verb helps.

The phrase tells what he enjoys, so it is the direct object of enjoys.

The phrase follows the preposition about, so it is the object of the preposition.

In A, C, and E the -ing phrases act as a subject, predicate noun, or object of a preposition.

The phrase describes the students, so it functions as a participial phrase, not a gerund phrase.

Here the phrase names an activity that helps, so it is a gerund phrase used as the subject.

The phrase comes after the linking verb is and renames dream, so it is a predicate noun.

A and B correctly use the gerund cheating after admitted, with or without the preposition to.