Gerunds Practice

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"Collecting stamps was her hobby since then"

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"His priority is attaining global peace."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"Everybody must get involved in attaining peace in our country."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"Writing news article is his forte."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"She does eating every night."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"I enjoyed volunteering at the church, making jingles, cleaning windows and mopping the floors."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"I am confident in saying that I am well-adapted and prepared to succeed and be involved in the community."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Determine if the sentence that has gerund is used as a subject, subjective complement, object of the preposition, direct object or appositive.

"My cat's favorite activity is sleeping."

• SUBJECT

• SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

• OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

• DIRECT OBJECT

• APPOSITIVE

Dancing takes many forms.

• Subject

• Predicative Nominative

• Object of Preposition

• Direct Object

• Object of Possessive

The grandest movement of ballet is leaping.

• Subject

• Predicative Nominative

• Object of Preposition

• Direct Object

• Object of Possessive