This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's tail.What part of speech is the red word? A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 2. What is the prepositional phrase:That book is on the bathroom floor. A) That book. B) That book is. C) On the bathroom floor. D) On the bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the bathroom floor. 3. Adverbs describe ..... in a sentence. A) Conjunctions. B) Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. C) Prepositions. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. 4. The Siamang is going to sleep on a treetop ..... . A) Then. B) Yesterday. C) Tonight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tonight. 5. Find the participle:The injured bird could not fly away. A) Away. B) Injured. C) Bird. D) Could not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Injured. 6. Choose the best conjunction for the following sentence:I want to make good grades, ..... I am going to study every night. A) But. B) So. C) Or. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 7. Identify the underlined parts of speech. Our neighbor down the road grows strawberries and green beans. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Prepositional phrase. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositional phrase. 8. What is the preposition in the sentence? She peered slowly around the doorway. A) Slowly. B) The. C) Peered. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 9. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?I saw different sights outside my window. A) I saw. B) Outside my window. C) Outside my. D) Different sights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside my window. 10. What is the singular form of boxes? A) Boxen. B) Boxs. C) Box. D) Boxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Box. 11. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The city council concurred with the excellent recommendations of the library committee. A) Stopped. B) Rejected. C) Argued. D) Agreed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agreed. 12. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? He drove to the park in less than five minutes. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 13. I like Persian carpets, for they are beautiful and wear well. A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase:Has your house ever lost power during a thunderstorm? A) During a thunderstorm. B) Lost power during. C) Your house. D) No prepositonal phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During a thunderstorm. 15. Which word is the antecedent for the red word in the following sentence:The student did well on his test because he took good notes and asked relevant questions. A) Well. B) The. C) Did. D) Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Student. 16. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?The host talked among his guests. A) Talked among his guests. B) The host talked. C) Among his guests. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Among his guests. 17. Identify the adverbs i n the sentence.Aiden quickly ran to answer the door. A) Quickly. B) Ran. C) Answer. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 18. What is the prepositional phrase?The baker with the large cake almost slipped and fell. A) With the large. B) With the large cake. C) The baker. D) Almost slipped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the large cake. 19. We ate some yummy ice-cream at the park. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 20. My father usually goes to bed at midnight. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 21. Mr. Johnson has a long beard. What word is the adjective? A) Long. B) Has. C) Mr. Johnson. D) Beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 22. It will save me much work. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 23. What part of speech is the underlined word?The doctor checked my hurt foot. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 24. What is the preposition in the sentence? His idea will not work after sunrise. A) His. B) Will. C) After. D) Sunrise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After. 25. Identify the preposition is this sentence.Last summer we camped in a redwood forest. A) Summer. B) Last. C) Camped. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 26. The Bears are practicing for the first game. What is the be verb? A) Are. B) Practicing. C) Game. D) Bears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 27. What part of speech is the underlined word?John and Drew made enormous dragons. A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 28. The science experiment was a failure. What is the be verb? A) Failure. B) Was. C) Experiment. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 29. Find the appositive:A former President, Gerald Ford, spoke at graduation. A) A former president. B) Gerald Ford. C) Spoke at graduation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerald Ford. 30. What is the singular form of classes? A) Clas. B) Class. C) Classis. D) Classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class. 31. PAST PARTICIPLE OF BUY A) BOUGHT. B) BUYED. C) BUYING. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BOUGHT. 32. What is the object of the preposition in the prepositional phrase.I saw different sights outside my window. A) Sights. B) Different. C) Outside. D) Window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Window. 33. What is the preposition in the sentence? Will you put these cookies on the tray? A) Will. B) You. C) On. D) These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 34. Choose an appropriate preposition:Meet me ..... the bank because I need to withdraw money first. A) On. B) Out of. C) At. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 35. Which of the choices is a prepositional phrase?We went to the park, but I forgot money, so I had to watch the game through the fence. A) We went. B) To watch. C) I forgot money. D) Through the fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through the fence. 36. Computers and, oh, all that electronic stuff seem so easy for you, Brittany. A) Interjection. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interjection. 37. Identify the adverb in this sentence:You can leave your money here. A) Leave. B) Can. C) Your. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Here. 38. What is the object of the preposition:By 2000, many people already had cell phones. A) By. B) 2000. C) Phones. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2000. 39. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:I threw your phone in the yard. A) I threw. B) In the yard. C) Your phone in. D) Threw your. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the yard. 40. They boys walked carefully down the slope. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 41. What is the object of the colored preposition:I like all subjects except math. A) Subjects. B) Math. C) Like. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Math. 42. The tiger saw the boy scouts. ....., he followed them at a safe distance. A) Then. B) Now. C) Today. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 43. Identify the adjective:Mrs. Anton brought a Swiss clock back from Europe. A) Brought. B) Swiss. C) Back. D) Clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swiss. 44. What is the object of the preposition in the prepositional phrase.The train speeds over land and water A) Train. B) Speeds. C) The. D) Land and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land and water. 45. Select the correct comparison form to complete the sentence using the word ().This seal swims ..... of all the seals. (deep) A) More deep. B) Deeper. C) Deepest. D) Deeply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deeper. 46. In the following sentence, does the adverb tell HOW, WHEN, or WHERE?We will not have school tomorrow. A) How. B) When. C) Where. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 47. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?The teacher gave directions for the exam and then sat down at the back of the room. A) For the exam. B) At the back. C) Of the room. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. Which of the following is NOT one of the four demonstrative pronouns? A) That. B) This. C) She. D) These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She. 49. What is the prepositional phrase?Jack bought the flowers for his mother. A) Bought the flowers. B) Jack bought. C) Bought the flowers for his mother. D) For his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For his mother. 50. Find the adverb in the sentence.She looked cheerfully at Jen and me. A) She. B) Looked. C) Cheerfully. D) At Jen and me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheerfully. 51. Identify the underlined phrase:We could see inside the house. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) Adverb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb phrase. 52. Is the following underlined verb action, linking, or helping?Thankfully, the children were not in it at the time. A) Action. B) Linking. C) Helping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking. 53. I went there ..... A) Still. B) Yet. C) Yesterday. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yesterday. 54. Identify the adverbJobe never runs in the hall. A) Never. B) Hall. C) Runs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 55. Tommy is wearing a blue shirt. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 56. Choose the prepositional phrase A) After a run. B) Yes, please!. C) Mom walked away. D) Ran quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After a run. 57. Identify the underlined phrase:The old lantern with the glass shade was broken. A) Gernund phrase. B) Adjective phrase. C) Adverb phrase. D) Participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective phrase. 58. "John I see you ..... at Phil's home?" "Yes, I'll meet you there at 10.00pm" A) Today. B) Tonight. C) Tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tonight. 59. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The house by the store is for sell. A) By the. B) The house. C) Is for. D) By the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the store. 60. The plane from Venezuela nears the terminal and taxis down the runway. A) Conjunction. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. ← 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