This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 16 (58 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? The boy with the hat is very nice. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 2. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The slovenly boy never cleaned his room or washed his hands. A) Dirty. B) Careful. C) Little. D) Proud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dirty. 3. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?Tacoma Community College is hosting a writers' conference in November. A) Is hosting a writers' conference. B) In November. C) Both A and B. D) Neither A or B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In November. 4. Name the type of pronoun that is highlighted in RED .They made themselves some turkey sandwiches. A) Intensive Pronoun. B) Personal Pronoun. C) Reflexive Pronoun. D) Relative Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflexive Pronoun. 5. Identify the adverb:The girl read the book silently. A) Book. B) Silently. C) Girl. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silently. 6. What is the conjunction in this sentence:Racoons must push lids off of garbage cans, or they will go hungry. A) Off. B) Or. C) They. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or. 7. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? I ran to the bridge and I am exhausted. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 8. In the next sentence. The prepositional phrase describes:Karen stepped on to the boat. A) Karen. B) Stepped. C) The boat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stepped. 9. The Inuit hunters ate their meal inside the igloo. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Interjection. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 10. Find the adverb in the sentence.We would go with her to the carnival tomorrow. A) To the carnival. B) With her. C) Would go. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tomorrow. 11. If a word is on your prepositions list, but it is not followed by a noun, it is most likely a what? A) Adverb. B) Antecedent. C) Object of the preposition. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 12. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?We rode our bikes along the road. A) Rode our bikes. B) Along the road. C) Bikes along the road. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Along the road. 13. I saw the birds' nest outside my window. A) Adverb. B) Interjection. C) Preposition. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 14. What is the correct preposition in the following sentence?This book is very special ..... me. A) At. B) For. C) With. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 15. What is the preposition in the sentence? The puppies wander around the fenced yard. A) Is. B) Wander. C) Around. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 16. What part of speech is the underlined word?The children threw the ball to each other. A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 17. Identify the preposition.Over the next hill, they discovered a small stream. A) Over. B) Small. C) Next. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 18. Select the adverb that describes the verb.She looks everywhere for food. A) She. B) Everywhere. C) Food. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everywhere. 19. Identify the adverb in this sentence:I always go to the grocery store on Wednesday. A) Always. B) Store. C) Go. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Always. 20. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.When he didn't understand the instructions, the students asked the teacher to clarify them. A) Remove. B) Call. C) Explain. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explain. 21. Canada became a country ..... 1867 A) On. B) In. C) No preposition. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 22. Is the following underlined verb action, linking, or helping?The next day, they decided to rebuild the house. A) Action. B) Linking. C) Helping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 23. The singing birds prevented me from falling asleep. A) Singing. B) Prevented. C) Falling. D) Asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singing. 24. Identify the preposition(s): ..... Please put the soda ..... the counter. A) On. B) In. C) Through. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 25. An adverb can answer which of the following questions. A) How, when, where, and to what extend/degree. B) How many and what kind. C) How, why, when, and to what degree. D) Where and who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How, when, where, and to what extend/degree. 26. Identify the underlined part of speech. Sophia's grandma lives near the red barn. A) Adverbial phrase. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prepositional phrase. 27. What is the object of the preposition? Marcy received a gift from her grandma. A) Received. B) Grandma. C) A. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandma. 28. A reflexive pronoun REFLECTS the action of the verb toward the subject.What is the reflexive pronoun in this sentence;Jane poured herself a glass of water. A) Glass. B) Herself. C) Poured. D) Jane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herself. 29. What is the past tense of the word:SAY A) Said. B) Says. C) Saying. D) Sayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 30. What part of speech is the underlined word?Mom made spaghetti for dinner. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 31. Find the adverb in the sentence.Suddenly the apartment door opened. A) Suddenly. B) Apartment. C) Opened. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suddenly. 32. Identify the adverb in the following sentence.Will you sit close to me? A) Close. B) Sit. C) Will. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Close. 33. What is the adverb in this sentence?Mother walked inside with the groceries. A) Inside. B) With. C) Groceries. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside. 34. What is the adverb in this sentence?Suddenly the apartment door opened. A) Door. B) Suddenly. C) Apartment. D) Opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suddenly. 35. Choose an appropriate conjunction:Should we go by train, ..... should we take the bus? A) Or. B) And. C) But. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 36. Identify the adjective (other than articles): A) Down. B) Brother. C) Beaten. D) Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beaten. 37. PAST PARTICIPLE OF FORGET A) FORGOTTEN. B) FORGOT. C) FORGETED. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FORGOTTEN. 38. What is the correct preposition in the following sentence?I don't agree ..... you. A) To. B) With. C) For. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 39. What word is the underlined adverb describing?We would go with her to the carnival tomorrow. A) Would. B) Go. C) With. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 40. ..... Siti went to Cameron Highland. A) Tomorrow. B) Today. C) Yesterday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yesterday. 41. Identify the prepositional phrase. The students were instructed to enter the room in an orderly fashion. A) Were instructed. B) In an orderly fashion. C) To enter the room. D) To enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In an orderly fashion. 42. Choose the best conjunction for the following sentence:I wanted to go to bed early, ..... I am still awake at 1:00 a.m. A) Nor. B) So. C) Or. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yet. 43. Choose the best conjunction for the following sentence:Do you need help, ..... do you have your hand raised for another reason? A) Or. B) But. C) And. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 44. What is the missing demonstrative pronoun?Demonstrative Pronouns; This, That, These, and ..... ? A) Those. B) Them. C) Whose. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those. 45. What is the past tense of:SING A) Sang. B) Singed. C) Sung. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sang. 46. Which is the preposition:Fred opened his mailbox and received a letter from his dad. A) Letter. B) From. C) Mailbox. D) Opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 47. I had two bananas for breakfast. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 48. What is an example of articles A) When, Why. B) Cow. C) How, Where. D) A, An, The. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, An, The. 49. Identify the adjective prepositional phrase the sentence has:My uncle with the lake house invited us on summer vacation A) On summer vacation. B) With the lake house. C) With. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the lake house. 50. What are the nouns in this sentence?In the summer we go to the lake. A) We, lake. B) Lake. C) Summer, lake. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summer, lake. 51. Identify the adverb in this sentence:Edward left early for the party. A) Early. B) Party. C) Left. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early. 52. What is the prepositional word in the sentence.We passed 275-foot-tall redwoods along the trails. A) Passed. B) Along. C) Trails. D) Foot-tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Along. 53. What is the preposition:The children saw a monster under their bed. A) Bed. B) Monster. C) Saw. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 54. Which of the choices is a prepositional phrase? The dogs were chasing me and I tripped over the bush and landed on my face. A) Dogs were chasing. B) I tripped. C) Over the bush. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over the bush. 55. What is the pronoun for the word in RED?The principal spoke to the teacher about the student that was sent out of her class. A) Her. B) About. C) That. D) Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 56. The student did well on his test because he took good notes and asked relevant questions.What part of speech is the red word? A) Adverb. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 57. What part of speech is the underlined word?The twins giggled at the funny movie. A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 58. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? I went to the store. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. ← PreviousRelated 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