This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The teacher has gone upstairs. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 2. Find the prepositional phrase(s)!Mrs. Deal shoved all of the chocolate in her mouth. A) Mrs. Deal shoved. B) All of the. C) In her mouth. D) Of the chocolate, in her mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of the chocolate, in her mouth. 3. Sam is not married ..... A) Still. B) Already. C) Just. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yet. 4. The toy aeroplane can take ..... the ground because it is made ..... good quality. A) On by. B) Off of. C) Of off. D) Off from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off of. 5. "The flowers are clearly dry" in this sentence there is an adverb of: A) Manner. B) Time. C) Evaluation. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaluation. 6. Find the adjective in the following sentence:Ray sat next to a purple elephant on his trip to Neverland! A) Sat. B) Purple. C) Next To. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purple. 7. Find the preposition in the following sentence:The students hid the book underneath the table. A) Students. B) Table. C) Underneath. D) Hid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Underneath. 8. What is the past tense of the word:RUN A) Ranning. B) Runned. C) Ran. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ran. 9. They were tired, yet they did not quit working. A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Conjunction. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunction. 10. A word that takes the place of another noun to avoid repetition. A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Conjunction. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 11. What part of speech is the underlined word?I have two umbrellas. A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 12. What is the preposition in this sentence:Jim checked for his book in his desk A) His. B) Book. C) Checked. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 13. How many adjectives in the following sentence:The tiny cat ran across the busy street. A) Zero. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 14. Identify the underlined word in the given sentence.Rahul speaks politely to his teachers. A) Adverb of Place. B) Adverb of Time. C) Adverb of Frequency. D) Adverb of Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb of Manner. 15. Based on context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street. A) Singers. B) Walkers. C) Pedals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walkers. 16. Which of the following are hints or clues that help define the meaning of unknown words A) Context clues. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context clues. 17. Identify the adverb: A) After. B) Quick. C) Will. D) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outside. 18. Select the adverb that describes the verb.Patiently they wait for their mother. A) Their. B) They. C) Patiently. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patiently. 19. What is the preposition in the sentence? At a minimum, you will spend three hours on each assignment. A) At and you. B) At and each. C) At and on. D) You and assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At and on. 20. Does this adverb tell how, when, or where? (Adverb is in red.)She went outside to do her homework. A) How. B) When. C) Where. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 21. Identify the adverbs i n the sentence.The mother patiently waited for the child. A) Waited. B) Mother. C) Patiently. D) Child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patiently. 22. Which of the choices is a prepositional phrase?Mrs. Deal shoved all of the chocolate in her mouth. A) Mrs. Deal shoved. B) All of the. C) In her mouth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In her mouth. 23. What is the noun or pronoun found at the end of a prepositional phrase called? A) Antecedent. B) Object of the preposition. C) Subject of the preposition. D) Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of the preposition. 24. Oh ! I just spilled tomato soup on the new white tablecloth! A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interjection. 25. Which of the choices is a prepositional phrase? Angry as she was, Angie kept control of her temper. A) Angry as she was. B) Angie kept control. C) Of her temper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of her temper. 26. PAST PARTICIPLE OF SPEAK A) SPEAKED. B) SPOKEN. C) SPOKE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SPOKEN. 27. What part of speech is the underlined word?The cattle are grazing on the hill. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 28. What is the object of this sentence?A group joined hands around an enormous trunk. A) Trunk. B) Enormous. C) Joined. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trunk. 29. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? I was distracted by the loud students. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 30. This part of speech modifies (changes, enhances, limits, describes, or intensifies) a verb, adjective, or adverb. A) Preposition. B) Antecedent. C) Object. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 31. What part of speech is the underlined word?Tommy is wearing a blue shirt. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 32. Find the prepositionThe plane swooped and circled over the beach. A) Plane. B) Swooped and circled. C) Over. D) Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 33. What is the conjunction in this sentence:May loves to cook since she has a special talent for it. A) Since. B) It. C) She. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 34. What is the preposition in this sentence?Andre enjoyed eating his lunch at his desk. A) His. B) At. C) Enjoyed. D) Desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 35. I met him ..... April. A) In. B) No preposition. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 36. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:She ran after the small child. A) Ran. B) Child. C) After. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After. 37. What is a preposition in this sentence:Stan shops at the store. A) Store. B) Shops. C) The. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 38. What is the prepositional phrase?He was angered when he wrecked his car into the sign. A) Into the sign. B) Wrecked his car. C) When he wrecked. D) He was angered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into the sign. 39. Find the appositive phrase:The winner, one of the five semifinalist, will be announced tomorrow. A) The winner. B) One of the five semifinalists. C) Will be announced tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of the five semifinalists. 40. Name the type of pronoun that is highlighted in RED .I don't know anyone who would say such a thing. A) Indefinite Pronoun. B) Reflexive Pronoun. C) Intensive Pronoun. D) Interrogative Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indefinite Pronoun. 41. "The buffalo already crossed the river ....., "said the bear to the tiger. "It is long gone by now" . A) Yesterday. B) Today. C) Tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday. 42. Identify the adverb:Tom and Cody walked above the moving cars. A) Walked. B) Above. C) Cars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Above. 43. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? I love to swim in the ocean. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 44. The course starts ..... September and finishes ..... the end of May. A) On on. B) In at. C) In in. D) On at. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In at. 45. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The sweet fragrance from the flowers was very nice. A) Pollen. B) Bees. C) Smell. D) Dirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 46. What part of speech is the underlined word?I ran down the scary hallway. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 47. Which one of the words is NOT a preposition? A) Among. B) My. C) To. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My. 48. Identify the prepositional phrase:Some animals hunt only between dusk and dawn. A) Some animals. B) Hunt. C) Only between dusk. D) Between dusk and dawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between dusk and dawn. 49. PAST PARTICIPLE OF DO A) DOED. B) DONE. C) DID. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DONE. 50. It was snowing when Julie went out.Which word is the adverb? A) Was. B) Out. C) It. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out. 51. Either geraniums or daisies would grow well in that sunny corner of the garden. A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. 52. Find the adverb in the sentence.Mother walked inside with the groceries. A) Mother. B) Walked. C) Inside. D) With the groceries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside. 53. What part of speech is the underlined word?Please put the marbles back in the box. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 54. Identify the prepositional phrase. The little dog barked throughout the night. A) Little dog barked. B) Throughout the night. C) Throughout. D) Barked throughout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throughout the night. 55. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun. A) Sunbathed. B) Ate. C) Slept. D) Burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burned. 56. Jayden lost her book.What part of speech is the red word? A) Pronoun and adverb. B) Pronoun and adjective. C) Preposition and adverb. D) Object and antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun and adjective. 57. Find the adverb.I looked up and saw a small airplane. A) Saw. B) Up. C) Airplane. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Up. 58. What part of speech is the underlined word?Bitsy's carrot rolled beneath the chair. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 59. In the following sentence, does the adverb tell HOW, WHEN, or WHERE?Jill wrote slowly. A) How. B) When. C) Where. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How. 60. What is the object of the preposition in the prepositional phrase.A trip by train is an adventure. A) Adventure. B) Train. C) Is. D) Trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Train. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAdverbs And Prepositions Quiz 1Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 2Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 3Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 4Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 5Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 6Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 7Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books