Gerund vs Participle Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1Which sentence uses an -ing form as part of a progressive verb phrase rather than as a gerund?
  • The lamp is flickering beside the sofa.
  • The reading lamp is beside the sofa.
  • The flickering lamp needs a new bulb.
  • Flickering can indicate a loose connection.
• 2In “Baking in the hot kitchen, Luis opened a window,” what does the opening phrase do?
  • It acts as a gerund phrase and names the sentence’s subject
  • It acts as a participial phrase modifying “Luis”
  • It serves as the direct object of “opened”
  • It forms a progressive verb with “opened”
• 3In “The barking dog woke the baby,” how is “barking” used?
  • As a gerund naming an activity that woke the baby
  • As the sentence’s finite main verb
  • As a present participle modifying “dog”
  • As a gerund functioning as the object of “woke”