Gerund & Participle
1. A ‘Gerund’ does the work of- [BSMRSTU 14-15]
a) A verb and a noun
b) A verb and an adjective
c) A verb and an adverb
d) A verb and conjunction
Ans: a
2. Working in the morning is good for health. Here ‘working’ is a/an-
a) Pronoun
b) Present participle
c) Gerund
d) Adjective
Ans: c
3. John likes gardening. ‘Gardening’ in the sentence is- [IU 12-13]
a) Gerund
b) Infinitive
c) Past participle
d) Present participle
Ans: a
4. He avoided making the same mistakes again. The underlined word is a/an-
a) Auxiliary verb
b) Object
c) Participle
d) Gerund
Ans: d
5. I have no objection to walking. The underlined part is an example of- [KU 19-20]
a) An infinitve
b) A gerund
c) A participle
d) A morpheme
Ans: b
6. Giving is better than receiving. Here the ‘receiving’ is a/an- [RU 11-12]
a) Common noun
b) Adjective
c) Gerund
d) Present participle
Ans: c
7. ‘He is fond of riding’. Here gerund is used as-
a) The subject of verb
b) The object of verb
c) Part of compound noun
d) The object of preposition
Ans: d
8. My favourite activity is reading. Here ‘reading’ 0is a-
a) Object
b) Complement
c) Gerund
d) Verbal noun
Ans: c
9. Seeing is believing. Here ‘believing’ is-
a) Object of preposition
b) Object of transitive verb
c) Complement of verb
d) Object of subject
Ans: c
10. ‘The old man has a walking stick.’ The underlined is example of- [COU 19-20]
a) Participle
b) Gerund
c) Verbal noun
d) Adverbial
Ans: b
11. A rolling stone gathers no moss. What ‘rolling’ is?
a) Gerund
b) Verbal noun
c) Participle
d) Adjective
Ans: c
12. Education is the most pressing need of time. Here the word ‘pressing’ is- [RU 11-12]
a) Verbal adjective
b) Gerund
c) Pronoun
d) None of them
Ans: a
13. Do not get into the running train. The underlined word is- [RU 15-16]
a) Adjective
b) Verb
c) Adverb
d) Conjunction
Ans: a
14. A swimming snake bit him in the leg. Here‘swimming’ is a-
a) Verbal noun
b) Gerund
c) Infinitive
d) Participle
Ans: d
15. The rain came pouring down in torrents. [RU 06-07]
a) Present participle
b) Perfect participle
c) Past participle
d) None
Ans: a
16. ‘She went away dancing.’ Here ‘dancing’ is:
a) An adjective
b) A gerund
c) An infinitive
d) A present participle
Ans: d
17. The underlined words here-‘I have doubts about this happening at all’ [RU 02-03]
a) Gerund
b) Participle
c) Possessive case
d) Verb
Ans: b
18. Suddenly finding himself alone, he became frightened.
a) Gerund
b) Past participle
c) Present participle
d) Adverb
Ans: c
19. Riding a horse he went to a distant place. Here riding is-
a) A gerund
b) Verbal noun
c) Gerundial infinitive
d) Present participle
Ans: d
20. Opening the file, the detective took out a newspaper cutting. Here ‘opening’ is a/an-
a) Gerund
b) Noun
c) Present participle
d) Adjective
Ans: c
