Interactive Verbal Quiz 2

1. David's new plants, battered by the wind and rain, are not likely to make it to spring.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

2. She credited her success to working hard for years to reach her goal.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

3. The workers rejected the contract offered to them by the company.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

4. Placing a penny on a railroad track is dangerous if a train is coming.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

5. Milo hopes to win the eight grade spelling bee this year.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

6. When asked, the captain insisted that he was not drunk when he grounded the tanker.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

7. Hoping to reach the summit by nightfall, the expedition pushed onward.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

8. Depressed by the lack of sales at his booth, Lowell reconsidered his career as a candle maker.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

9. The doctors insist that treating the tumor with chemotherapy is the only viable solution.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

10. The stray cat devoured any and all food that Susi left out for it.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

11. Following a set of complicated instructions, the participants finally reached the buried treasure.
     a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

12. Hoping to catch a glimpse of the lead singer, Elise squeezed near the front of the stage.
     a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

13. Hillary suggested that the question posed by the journalist was rude and unfair.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

14. Before the director was willing to end the rehearsal, she demanded that the actors get the scene right.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

15. The child's delighted face is a testament to how thrilled she is by your mask.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

16. The coaches did all of the driving.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

17. Has Will given up playing in every golf tournament that he hears about?
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

18. The team chosen by the judges turned out to be quite weak.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

19. Fiona preferred going to movies more than watching television.
     a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

20. She wants to buy a new car that gets better gas mileage than her truck.
    a. gerund     b. infinitive     c. participle    d. verb

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