This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Los bomberos casi nunca llegan tarde a los incendios. A) The firefighters always work as a team to put out the fires. B) The firemen usually drive big trucks. C) The firefighters almost never arrive late to the fires. D) The firefighters never lost any people in the buildings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The firefighters almost never arrive late to the fires. 2. An adverb is a word that ..... A) Describes a preposition. B) Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. C) Describes a noun or pronoun. D) Describes a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. 3. We learnt about the change ..... the timetable this morning. A) Of. B) In. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 4. "She finished her homework ..... and went to bed." A) Carelessly. B) Quickly. C) Slowly. D) Later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly. 5. What is the preposition in this sentence:The cat is under the bed? A) Beside. B) Inside. C) Under. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 6. Which of these are a preposition? A) The table. B) Under. C) Is. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 7. What is the preposition in the sentence below:The children are going to the cinema after school A) Going. B) The. C) To. D) To the cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 8. "I ocassionally drink coffee" this sentence has an adverb of: A) Manner. B) Frequency. C) Time. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manner. 9. Find the preposition:They were probably used during very cold weather. A) They. B) During. C) Used. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During. 10. What is the preposition in the sentence?The radio talk show host spoke among his guests. A) Host. B) Guests. C) Spoke. D) Among. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Among. 11. The object of the preposition is a ..... A) Verb or adverb. B) Pronoun or adjective. C) Noun or pronoun. D) Verb or noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun or pronoun. 12. You can add er or est to adverbs to compare actions. Fill in the blank:I am ..... than Milly. A) Smart. B) More smart. C) Smartest. D) Smarter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smarter. 13. Find the adverb and the word it modifies:My aunt nurtures a lovely topiary outside. A) Lovely modifies topiary. B) Lovely modifies outside. C) Outside modifies topiary. D) Outside modifies nurtures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outside modifies nurtures. 14. ***Identify the preposition in each sentence.***My aunt and uncle live above a restaurant. A) Above. B) Live. C) My. D) Restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 15. Which is an example of an adverb A) Over. B) Sometimes. C) Calmly. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sometimes. 16. Choose the correct comparative form of the adjective "happy." A) Happier. B) Happiest. C) Most happyTagsTEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV. D) More happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happier. 17. 'Pete gets angry.' (never). A) Pete is never getting angry. B) Pete gets angry never. C) Pete never gets angry. D) Never Pete gets angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pete never gets angry. 18. Identify the prepositions in the following sentence:The frightened cat ran under the car in the driveway. A) Under, in. B) Cat, car. C) Ran, under. D) Frightened, car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under, in. 19. Find the prepositional phrase and the preposition in the following sentences.The BFG awoke this morning before sunrise, A) Awoke this morning morning. B) This morning around sunrise around. C) Before sunrise before. D) BFG awoke awoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before sunrise before. 20. "When I was doing my homework quietly, my cousind called me to say that they were coming tomorrow" in this sentence there are adverbs of: A) Manner and Degree. B) Frequency and manner. C) Time and place. D) Manner and time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manner and time. 21. 'They watch TV in the afternoon.' (never). A) They are never watching TV in the afternoon. B) Never they watch TV in the afternoon. C) They never watch TV in the afternoon. D) They watch never TV in the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They never watch TV in the afternoon. 22. Identify the ADVERB in the sentence:After riding their bikes, the boys jumped off and rushed down the riverbank. A) Jumped. B) Down. C) Off. D) Bikes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Off. 23. Choose the adverb from this sentence. "Jane never runs in the hall. '' A) Never. B) Hall. C) Runs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 24. What word in the sentence is a PREPOSITION? I always go over my homework. A) Homework. B) Always. C) Go. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over. 25. Use the proper form of the adverb to complete the sentences.Our class cheered ..... of all when Sophie won. A) More loudliest. B) Most loudly. C) Most louder. D) More loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most loudly. 26. Ralph (has/hasn't) no homework. A) Has. B) Hasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 27. No, I haven't been camping with my friends ..... A) Already. B) Yet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yet. 28. Differentiate between the adjective and adverb in the sentence: "The dog barked loudly at the stranger." A) Loudly-Adverb, Dog-Adjective. B) Dog-Adjective, Loudly-Adverb. C) Barked-Adjective, Stranger-Adverb. D) Loudly-Adverb, Stranger-Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loudly-Adverb, Dog-Adjective. 29. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?The basketball player has scored 20 points during the game. A) The basketball player. B) Has scored. C) During the game. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the game. 30. We saw her through the window. A) Adverb. B) Preposition. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. ← 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