This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The prepositional phrase starts with a ..... and ends with an ..... A) Preposition; adverb. B) Adverb; preposition. C) Preposition; object. D) Object; preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition; object. 2. In the following sentence, does the adverb tell HOW, WHEN, or WHERE?Please place your phones here. A) How. B) When. C) Where. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 3. Which best completes this sentence?That pup dives ..... than its mother does. A) Oftenest. B) Oftener. C) Most often. D) More often. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More often. 4. What part of speech is the underlined word?The cat stretched lazily on the couch. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 5. The fast runner won the race easily. A) Noun. B) Conjunction. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 6. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?From the high bridge, I saw sailboats. A) From the high bridge. B) I saw sailboats. C) The high bridge. D) From the high. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the high bridge. 7. Identify the preposition is this sentence.We passed 275-foot-tall redwoods along the trails. A) 275-foot-tall. B) Along. C) Passed. D) Trails. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Along. 8. Let's go outside for awhile. A) Adverb. B) Preposition. C) Conjunction. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 9. They are in Vancouver ..... the moment. A) On. B) At. C) For. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 10. Sarah was my great-grandmother. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 11. What part of speech is the red word?He ran to the corner to buy a Coke. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 12. What part of speech is the underlined word?Sarah was my great-grandmother. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 13. Which of the choices is a prepositional phrase? 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. 14. What part of speech is the underlined word?I had two bananas for breakfast. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 15. A preposition always has an ..... that follows it. A) Object (adjective). B) Object (verb). C) Object (noun). D) Object (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object (noun). 16. Find the Adverb:Mr. Humphrey gladly gave the announcements. A) Gladly. B) Announcements. C) Mr. Humphrey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gladly. 17. Our class usually starts ..... 7.30 pm. A) No preposition. B) At. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 18. What is the preposition in the sentence?He put the quarters into his piggy bank. A) Into. B) His. C) The. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into. 19. What is the preposition:We were startled by the black snake in the garden. A) Startled. B) Black. C) The. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 20. What part of speech are the following words:a, an, the A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 21. Identify the underlined part of speech. She scooped the ice cream onto the waffle cone. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Adverbial phrase. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 22. Identify the adjective from the following options: A) About. B) The. C) Test. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The. 23. What part of speech is the underlined word?We walked under the bridge. A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 24. I quickly ran down the hallway. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 25. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.A man of few words, he is known for his brevity. A) Silence. B) Laughter. C) Loud talking. D) Skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silence. 26. Identify the preposition is this sentence.We felt so small beside the towering trees! A) Small. B) Felt. C) Beside. D) Towering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside. 27. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?During spring break, friends from my hometown and I went to Sunset Beach. A) During spring break. B) From my hometown. C) To sunset beach. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. Which line is incorrect? A) No mistakes. B) Derek sang bad. C) He'll be well soon. D) Because he has a cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derek sang bad. 29. I saw a ghost walk ..... the door. A) Into. B) Outside. C) Through. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through. 30. What is the subject of this week's sentence?There are fewer students in Mrs. Carman's class now. A) There. B) Students. C) Fewer. D) Mrs. Carman's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students. 31. Which is plural for dress? A) Dresss. B) Shoes. C) Dresses. D) Dress'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dresses. 32. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff. A) Lazily. B) Dangerously. C) Hopefully. D) Carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carefully. 33. A preposition can answer which questions: A) Where and when. B) How and why. C) Why and when. D) Where and who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where and when. 34. What is the prepositional phrase:The class bought flowers for their nice teacher. A) For their nice teacher. B) For their. C) Bought flowers. D) The class bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For their nice teacher. 35. She made spaghetti for dinner. A) Pronoun. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 36. What is the missing interrogative pronoun from this list?WhatWhichWhomWhose A) This. B) That. C) Who. D) These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 37. Katie is an artist, so she can paint ..... A) Quickly. B) Beautifully. C) Beautiful. D) Quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautifully. 38. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:I walked through a spider web. A) Walked. B) Through. C) Web. D) Spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through. 39. Find the appositive phrase:We bought a new car, a silver Dodge Journey. A) We bought. B) A new car. C) A silver Dodge Journey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A silver Dodge Journey. 40. What is the prepositional word in the sentence.A group joined hands around an enormous trunk. A) Around. B) An. C) Group. D) Enormous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around. 41. If a verb has a direct object then it is ..... A) A linking verb. B) Transitive. C) Intransitive. D) A helping verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transitive. 42. An adverb phrase is a prepositional phrase that ..... A) Describes a verb. B) Describes a noun. C) Describes a pronoun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describes a verb. 43. Is the underlined verb helping, action, or linking? The kids had spent weeks building a treehouse. A) Action. B) Linking. C) Helping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping. 44. Do you work ..... the evening? A) At. B) On. C) In. D) No preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 45. Fill in the verb in the correct tense.The choir ..... the song well. A) Sang. B) Will sing. C) Sings. D) Singed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sings. 46. Identify the adverbs i n the sentence.Kahne read that book yesterday. A) Kahne. B) Yesterday. C) Read. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday. 47. What is the preposition in the sentence? The champion will compete against other dogs from the club A) Against and from. B) From and the. C) Will and from. D) Against and the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against and from. 48. You will enjoy this book about inventions. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 49. Choose an appropriate preposition:The TV is ..... the corner of the room. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 50. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The pristine water came from a high mountain stream where there was no pollution. A) Dirty. B) Ugly. C) Clean. D) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clean. 51. Which word best completes this sentence?This seal swims ..... of all the seals. A) Deeper. B) Most deep. C) More deep. D) Deepest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deepest. 52. I always leave my mask in the sun. A) I sometimes leave my mask on the rain. B) I always leave my mask on the sun. C) I never leave my mask on the floor. D) I usually leave my mask inside the bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I always leave my mask on the sun. 53. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:I fell asleep beneath the tree. A) Asleep beneath the. B) The trees. C) Fell asleep. D) Beneath the trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beneath the trees. 54. Select the adverb that describes the verb.A mother lion sometimes leaves her cubs. A) Mother. B) Lion. C) Her. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sometimes. 55. What part of speech is the underlined word?The dogs barked all night. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 56. In the next sentence. The prepositional phrase describes:Please buy the scarf with dots. A) Buy. B) The scarf. C) Please. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scarf. 57. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?A trip by train is an adventure. A) A trip by train. B) By train is. C) By train. D) An adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By train. 58. What type of verb is "are" in our DGP this week?There are fewer students in Mrs. Carman's class now. A) Are. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) Fewer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking verb. 59. Identify the adverbs i n the sentence.Mom firmly scolded for having a messy room. A) Firmly. B) Mom. C) Messy. D) Scolded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firmly. 60. What is the conjunction in this sentence:May loves to cook, for she has a special talent for it. A) For. B) Cook. C) She. D) It. 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