Verbals Quiz: Gerunds, Participles, And Infinitives
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English grammar can be a little tricky and one needs to know how to insert words to a sentence so as to give the intended message. Take up the quiz below to test out if you can identify if the underlined word is a Gerunds, Participle, Infinitive of a verb.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
- A.
Gerund
- B.
Participle
- C.
Infinitive
- D.
Verb
- 2.In the following sentence, identify the underlined word or words as a gerund, participle, infinitive, or verb: Jennifer said the best place to go on Friday is Playtime Pizza.
- A.
Infinitive
- B.
Gerund
- C.
Participle
- D.
Verb
- 3.In the following sentence, identify the underlined word or words as a gerund, participle, infinitive, or verb: The plan accepted by the committee involves a tax cut.
- A.
Gerund
- B.
Participle
- C.
Verb
- D.
Infinitive
- 4.In the following sentence, identify the underlined word or words as a gerund, participle, infinitive, or verb: Getting up early in the morning is sometimes a challenge.
- A.
Participle
- B.
Verb
- C.
Gerund
- D.
Infinitive
- 5.In the following sentence, identify the verbal: Hector wants to be an acrobat when he grows up.
- A.
Wants
- B.
To be
- C.
Grows
- D.
Up
- 6.
- A.
One
- B.
Of
- C.
Taking
- D.
Pictures
- 7.Identify the verbal in the following sentence: You can save some time by removing the shells first.
- A.
First
- B.
Can save
- C.
Time
- D.
Removing
- 8.Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence: Feeling sick from the Tilt-a-Whirl, Samantha staggered to the park bench.
- A.
Samantha staggered
- B.
To the park bench
- C.
Feeling sick from the Tilt-a-Whirl
- D.
To the
- 9.Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence: Ruth listened to the pleasant strumming of the Spanish guitar.
- A.
Ruth listened
- B.
Of the Spanish guitar
- C.
To the pleasant strumming of the Spanish guitar
- D.
To the
- 10.Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: Jacob was the first student to volunteer for the cleanup crew.
- A.
To volunteer for the cleanup crew
- B.
Jacob was
- C.
The first student
- D.
To volunteer
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