Verbals: Infinitives, Gerunds, And Participles Question Preview (ID: 55076)
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Gerunds, infinitives, and participles are formed from
a) verbs
b) prepositions
c) adjectives
d) pronouns
A gerund is a
a) pronoun functioning as a noun
b) noun functioning as a verb
c) verb functioning as a noun that ends in -ing
d) noun functioning as an adverb
An infinitive requires ____ along with the base verb to function.
a) like
b) -ed
c) -ing
d) to
A present participle always ends with ____.
a) en
b) ed
c) n
d) ing
Participles are used as _______ .
a) adjectives
b) adverbs
c) nouns
d) prepositions
What is the gerund in this sentence? Jumping is quite fun.
a) is
b) jumping
c) fun
d) quite
What is the gerund in this sentence? He truly enjoys skiing.
a) He
b) truly
c) enjoys
d) skiing
What is the gerund in this sentence? Often while whistling, he walks strangely.
a) Often
b) while
c) whistling
d) walks
What is the infinitive in this sentence? To stay safe, please watch where you're going.
a) To stay
b) please
c) watch
d) going
What is the infinitive in this sentence? I like to ski in fresh powder.
a) like
b) to ski
c) in
d) powder
What is the infinitive in this sentence? I have something to offer him tomorrow.
a) have
b) something
c) to offer
d) tomorrow
What is the participle in this sentence? The dancing parrot entertained us.
a) dancing
b) parrot
c) entertained
d) us
What is the participle in this sentence? The wrecked ship was the Titanic.
a) The
b) wrecked
c) was
d) Titanic
What is the participle in this sentence? The boy had a burnt toe.
a) boy
b) had
c) burnt
d) toe
What is the gerund in this sentence? Skipping is her favorite way to travel.
a) skipping
b) favorite
c) travel
d) way
What is the infinitive in this sentence? She likes to skip rocks on Tuesdays.
a) likes
b) to skip
c) rocks
d) Tuesdays
What is the participle in this sentence? The campers walked by the running river.
a) campers
b) walked
c) running
d) river
What is the participle in this sentence? He was frightened by the crying baby.
a) was
b) frightened
c) crying
d) baby
What is the participle in this sentence? The learned behavior of the student was punishable.
a) learned
b) behavior
c) punishable
d) student
What is the gerund in this sentence? Studying for this test is crucial.
a) studying
b) this test
c) is
d) crucial
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