This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We've been here ..... hours. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 2. Choose the word that best completes the double negative in this sentence:Nobody never told me how hard gardening was. A) Anybody. B) Ever. C) Is. D) Spoke about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ever. 3. We go out for Japanese food ..... A) Willingly. B) Perfectly. C) Normally. D) Weekly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weekly. 4. Give my regards to Ravana. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 5. Find the adverb:The cat jumped high over the fence. A) Cat. B) High. C) Fence. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High. 6. Choose the adverb:I quickly answered the questions on the test. A) Answered. B) Test. C) Questions. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quickly. 7. Identify the prepositional phrase:I want to eat there, so please go sit next to your friends. A) To your friends. B) Sit. C) There. D) Your friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To your friends. 8. "I know I saw them together yesterday" in this sentence there is an adverb of: A) Place. B) Degree. C) Time. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 9. "We are lost, " said Rachael. "We need help ..... now." (desperately). A) More desperately. B) Less desperately. C) Desperate. D) Desperating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More desperately. 10. What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?Above the trees flew a beautiful bald eagle. A) Above. B) Flew. C) Eagle. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eagle. 11. Prepositions come A) Before the noun. B) After the verb. C) Before the verb. D) After the noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the noun. 12. Find the preposition:This large glove was found on Earth. A) This. B) Was. C) Earth. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 13. Choose the adverb in the sentence. They watch the sky nightly. A) Sky. B) They. C) Watch. D) Nightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nightly. 14. The car just broke down ..... the way to the airport. A) On. B) In. C) Beside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 15. What part of speech is the blue word in the sentence?The raccoon fell into the trashcan. A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 16. Identify the adverb in this sentence:She ran quickly to the store. A) Quickly. B) Ran. C) To. D) Store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 17. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:Putting her papers under her desk, Mrs. Konchita felt like her desk was clean. A) Felt like her desk. B) Under her desk. C) Desk was clean. D) Putting her papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under her desk. 18. A word or a phrase that combines words, phrases, sentences, and even paragraphs is called a connective word. That's why, "although" in "She kept eating spicy foods although the doctor told her not to." is a connective word. The statement above is ..... A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Use the proper form of the adverb to complete the sentences.Sophie worked the ..... of any student in the orphanage. (hard) A) Hardest. B) Hard. C) Most hardest. D) Harder. E) More harder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardest. 20. Choose the adverb:In art class he worked skillfully. A) Skillfully. B) In. C) Class. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skillfully. 21. 'They read a book.' (sometimes) A) They are sometimes reading a book. B) Sometimes they read a book. C) They sometimes read a book. D) They read sometimes a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They sometimes read a book. 22. ..... is a part of speech that describes nouns or pronouns. A) Adverbs. B) Prepositions. C) Articles. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjectives. 23. What word in the sentence is a PREPOSITION? I am looking for a roommate. A) I. B) Looking. C) Am. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 24. A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb is a ..... A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Noun. E) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 25. "My keys are under the table but I did not know they were there" in this sentence there is preposition: A) There. B) The. C) Under. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 26. Identify the adverb(s):Ruben and Jeanine often write quietly on our white boards. A) Often, quietly. B) Write. C) Boards. D) Quietly, white. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Often, quietly. 27. ***Identify the preposition in each sentence.***We climbed aboard the sailboat. A) We. B) Sailboat. C) Climbed. D) Aboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aboard. 28. "After" is a preposition? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. 'Tom is very friendly.' (usually)? A) Usually Tom is very friendly. B) Tom is usually very friendly. C) Tom is very usually friendly. D) Tom usually is very friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom is usually very friendly. 30. Find the verb and adverb in the sentence. Tell if the adverb answers how, when or where.The whizzpoppers floated around . A) Whizzpoppers around how. B) Floated around how. C) Floated around where. D) Whizzpoppers floated when. 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