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Gerund Vs Present Participle Distinction TestSet 4

1Add-ing to stop
2..... to offend anyone, she said both cakes were equally good.
3Some really lovely people with beautiful voices write and sing quite sad songs in the late afternoon after working all day to make themselves happier.What are the non-finite verbs?
4Owning property was a goal for many of them.
5ING form of the verb (cut)
6I ..... to being spoken to like that!
7Choose the answer that correctly describes the capitalized word in the following sentence: CHEATING never gets you anywhere.
8"running" functions as
9The guests stood around, ..... loudly, not ..... the strange noises outside.
10Inflected Endings:Which one is correct "writing" ?
11What time are you ..... home?
12Gerunds and ParticiplesIs smoking a gerund or present participle in the following sentence:Smoking is bad for your health.
13Would you please show me ..... yahoo messenger?
14I want to hear what you have to say.
15After too, enough
16Kendall enjoys baking cookies for the class.
17Her signature dance move, tumbling, always delights the audience.
18Crossing the brook would be difficult.
19What type of verbal?Traveling gives you a chance at visiting the world.
20I have got to ..... (stop/buy) clothes my wardrobe is full!
21In the sentence 'I like swimming', is 'swimming' a gerund or an infinitive?
22I'd love ..... (meet) my friends and go ..... (shop) with them, but I can't.
23Conjugate the verb 'to swim' with a gerund and infinitive.
24The blue word is ..... Giggling, Layla skipped home from school.
25The smiling child waved at me.
26Please don't hesitate ..... if you need my assistance.
27I'm always the first ..... the teacher's questions.
28Gerund or Participle?I want to see a decorated house next week.
29We planned to meet this afternoon, but I can't come today. Can we need to postpone ..... until next week?
30Create a gerund phrase using the verb 'swim'.
31Martha doesn't like to have her picture taken. She avoids (photograph) .....
32What kind of phrase is in red? I have talked to almost everyone about the talent show.
33Nicole has spent the last four weekends ..... the hundreds of photographs that she has so that she can put them into separate album.
34Employees ..... late to work for the first time will just be warned according to the company's policy.
35After making a hole in one, Ed decided he should quit golfing.
36Is this a gerund sentence?I hate to run.
37What is one of the things you should look at to identify verbals in a sentence?
38Do you mind ..... a bit quieter during the movie?
39..... of my classroom! I won't tolerate your bad behavior!
40This book recommends ..... people you already know.
41The boy was laughing so hard during the movie.
42Choose a word which does not belong in the group: exercising, exciting, interesting, good-looking.
43Which of the following is common between a gerund and an infinitive?
44Flying to close to the sun got Icarus in trouble.
45Which sentence correctly distinguishes between a gerund and a present participle?
46Newtonian physics accounts for the observing orbits of the planets and the moons.
47..... at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.
48I bought it, thinking that it was a best-seller.
49Which verb in the sentence 'Eating ice cream on a hot day' is nonfinite?
50What is the difference between a present participial phrase and a gerund phrase?
51Participle OR gerund? Escaping was the only thought he had.
52They won an award for caring for sick animals.
53READING HIS BOOK, MY LEFT FOOT, will teach you much about love and courage.
54They want to try jumping from an airplane without a parachute.
55Every hour I stop ..... a little rest.A. working / to have B. to work / to have C. working / having D. to work / having
56In this sentence is swimming a gerund, infinitive, or a verb? We were swimming in the pool.
57Identify the finite verbWe found a burning candle!
58One of the more fascinating things to do would be to exploring the caves in Sequoia National Park. How is to exploring correctly written?
59Is singing a gerund, participle, or a verb in the sentence?The singing girl formed a crowd.
60Jeremy plays poker and gambles in Las Vegas. One time, he risked ..... $ 10,000 in one game!
61True or False:In the sentence 'The running water looked clean, ' the word 'running' is a gerund.