Gerunds: Practice Questions

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence regarding writing strategies:

Students should practice __________ different communication modes to convey meanings in multimodal texts.

In the following sentence, identify the grammatical function of the underlined word:

Planning for the listening task is a crucial metacognitive strategy.

Consider this sentence about Language across the Curriculum (LaC):

Schools should continue to set Reading to Learn as a sustainable task while promoting Language across the Curriculum.

Which of the following explains the use of promoting?

Identify the sentence where the gerund acts as the subject of the sentence.

In which of the following sentences is the word ending in -ing used as a gerund functioning as the object of a preposition?

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb (waste):
"You should avoid ______ time on social media when you have an essay to finish."

In the context of conducting a Science experiment, rewrite the following instruction using a gerund as the subject of the sentence:
"It is necessary to clean the food thoroughly before you begin the cooking process."

Identify the correct form of the verb (smoke) in the following sentence based on standard grammatical rules for gerunds:
"The local government has recently banned ______ in all public parks to improve air quality."

Read the following short paragraph and complete the task below:

"The school concert is coming soon. The students enjoy to practice their musical instruments every day. They have decided performing a variety of jazz pieces. Most of them suggested to hire a professional photographer to record the event."

Identify the three errors in the use of Gerunds and To-infinitives in the text. Rewrite the sentences correctly and explain why the gerund form is necessary for those specific verbs.

A junior secondary student is writing an argumentative article about environmental conservation for the school magazine. Read the draft sentences below and complete the tasks on gerunds.

Sentence 1: "(1. reduce) ______ single-use plastics is vital for our oceans."
Sentence 2: "The committee suggested (2. implement) ______ a strict recycling policy next term."
Sentence 3: "Many residents are worried about (3. contaminate) ______ the local drinking water."

(a) Provide the correct gerund form of the verbs in brackets for blanks 1, 2, and 3. (3 points)

(b) Identify the exact grammatical function of each gerund in Sentences 1, 2, and 3 by selecting from the following syntactic roles: Subject of the sentence, Direct object of a transitive verb, or Object of a preposition. (3 points)