This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Preposition And Prepositional Phrase – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Preposition And Prepositional Phrase Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the missing preposition:The policeman told the journalist that the corrupt politicians were ..... investigation. A) With. B) Under. C) Through. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 2. Select the prepositional phrase(s) from the sentence below. Mark ALL that apply.The cars outside my window are so loud that they keep me awake. A) Are so loud. B) The cars. C) That they keep me awake. D) Outside my window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outside my window. 3. What is the preposition in this sentence?The little brown and white dog ran around the playground. A) Little. B) And. C) Ran. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 4. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.Please take your elbows off the table. A) Off. B) Takes. C) Please. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Off. 5. How many prepositional phrases?Everyone except Lucy can go to the dance after school tomorrow. A) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 6. Choose the preposition that can replace "across" without changing the meaning of the following sentence: "Mike ran across the park without stopping to play." A) Through. B) Behind. C) After. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through. 7. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.They go to bed at 10 PM. A) They. B) 10 PM. C) Go. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 8. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? Enter the number of prepositional phrases.On Wednesday, we celebrated at my mom's house for two hours. A) Four. B) Two. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 9. Which of the following is not a compound preposition? A) During. B) Because of. C) By means of. D) As of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During. 10. Which of the following is a correct example of a prepositional phrase showing time? A) At the store. B) Before the class. C) On the roof. D) Over the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before the class. 11. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.You can see the city with the binoculars. A) Can-. B) City. C) Binoculars. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 12. Identify the preposition that tells DIRECTION in the sentence below.The football rolled down the hill. A) Hill. B) Down. C) The. D) Rolled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 13. Choose the prepositional phrase that can BEST be added to the following sentence: "The clouds began to form." A) Next to the dark sky. B) In the dark sky. C) With the dark sky. D) Beside the dark sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the dark sky. 14. What is the preposition in the sentence below? The unicorns ran through the Bubble Gum Rain Forest. A) Bubble gum. B) Through. C) Ran. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through. 15. A ..... is a group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. A) Preposition. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 16. He buys notebook after the class. Which of the following is the object of the preposition in the sentence. A) Class. B) Buys. C) The. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class. 17. Choose the part of the following sentence that is the prepositional phrase: "I always eat popcorn at the movies." A) I always. B) Eat popcorn. C) At the movies. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the movies. 18. Susan ran behind the bushes when she played hide and seek. A) When she played. B) Susan ran behind. C) Played hide and seek. D) Behind the bushes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behind the bushes. 19. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? Our family attends worship service on Sundays? A) Our family. B) Worship service. C) Attends. D) On Sundays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On Sundays. 20. What is the preposition in this sentence?My dog curls up with me every day. A) Every. B) With. C) Up. D) Curls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 21. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?During our math test, I kept hearing strange noises in the ceiling. A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 22. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.Our dog is under the table. A) Table. B) Under. C) Our. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 23. Find the preposition in the sentence below. She heel clicked twice in the air. A) In the air. B) She heel clicked. C) Clicked twice. D) Twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the air. 24. TRUE or FALSE:Prepositional phrases are EXTRA and may be removed from a sentence. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 25. What is the object of the preposition?During the last class the teacher expected us to write 30 minutes nonstop. A) Write. B) Class. C) Last. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class. 26. Identify the preposition that tells TIME in the sentence below.She had dance lessons at five o'clock. A) Lessons. B) At. C) Dance. D) Five o'clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 27. Identify the preposition in this sentence:I listened to their comments. A) Their. B) To. C) Listened. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 28. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.We hiked about two miles. A) About. B) Two. C) Miles. D) Hiked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 29. Which preposition can be used to show location? A) On. B) In. C) From. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 30. She sits in her backyard.Choose the prepositional phrase. A) She sits. B) Backyard. C) In her. D) In her backyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In her backyard. 31. Which of the following refers to the emotion expressed through the words and lines in the poem? A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Form. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 32. In the sentence "She walked down the street, " which word is the preposition? A) She. B) Walked. C) Down. D) Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down. 33. What is the preposition in this sentence?If she wants to nap, she must sleep under the covers. A) Under. B) Must. C) If. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 34. What is the object of the preposition in the following prepositional phrase? Taylor Swift will play a concert this weekend in Atlanta. A) Concert. B) Atlanta. C) Taylor Swift. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atlanta. 35. What is the function of the preposition "under" in the sentence "The keys are under the mat" ? A) Shows time. B) Shows location. C) Shows direction. D) Shows possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shows location. 36. Identify the preposition in this sentence:Sally met me after lunch. A) Sally. B) Met. C) After. D) Lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After. 37. Which refers to the pattern of sound created when reading or reciting a poem? A) Rhythm. B) Figurative language. C) Rhyme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 38. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. After breakfast, Jonathan and his grandfather discussed the latest weather report. A) After breakfast. B) Jonathan and his grandfather. C) Discussed. D) The latest weather report. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After breakfast. 39. Select the appropriate preposition to fill in the blank: "The bird flew ..... the clouds." A) Above. B) Through. C) Between. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 40. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:Students must stay inside the classroom. A) Inside the classroom. B) Must stay. C) The classroom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside the classroom. 41. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.Sammy is playing at the park. A) Playing. B) At. C) Park. D) Sammy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 42. The pencil that fell off the desk was yellow. A) Fell off the desk. B) Off the desk. C) Pencil that fell. D) Was yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off the desk. 43. Identify the preposition(s):After lunch we will go somewhere else. A) Lunch. B) After. C) Else. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 44. Identify the PREPOSITION used in each sentence.We went into the dark cave. A) We. B) Into. C) Dark cave. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into. 45. What is the preposition that will complete this sentence? I sleep ..... 9 o'clock in the evening always. A) At. B) Between. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 46. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: "The squirrel ran ..... the tree." A) On. B) Above. C) Beside. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside. 47. The car travelled at a high speed. A) The car. B) At a high speed. C) Travelled at a. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At a high speed. 48. The boy walked the dog down the busy street. A) Dog down the busy. B) The busy street. C) Walked the dog. D) Down the busy street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down the busy street. 49. Fill in the missing preposition:We may play soccer. It depends ..... the weather. A) To. B) On. C) For. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 50. Where can a prepositional phrase appear in a sentence? A) At the end of a sentence. B) In the middle of a sentence. C) At the beginning, in the middle, OR at the end of a sentence. D) At the beginning of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the beginning, in the middle, OR at the end of a sentence. 51. Which of the following is a compound preposition? A) By the means of. B) Beyond. C) By. D) Underneath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the means of. 52. My history book was ..... the shelf. A) Near. B) Shelf. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near. 53. TRUE or FALSE:A preposition may be by itself in a sentence. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 54. What is the preposition that will complete this sentence? The ball was shoot ..... the basket. A) Onto. B) By. C) Up. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Into. 55. Identify the compound preposition. Because of the water drought, everyone is thirsty. A) Because of. B) Everyone is thirsty. C) Everyone. D) Water drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of. 56. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: "The spider crawled ..... the wall." A) On. B) Above. C) Beside. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 57. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. The man in the yellow hat often helped a little monkey named Curious George. A) The man. B) Named Curious George. C) Often helped. D) In the yellow hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the yellow hat. 58. What is the preposition in this sentence?My sister painted the walls of her bedroom. A) Her. B) Of. C) The. D) Sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 59. What is the prepositional phrase?The Eagle won their game against the Cowboys this Sunday. A) This Sunday. B) The Chiefs. C) Won their game. D) Against the Falcons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against the Falcons. 60. Choose the preposition that can replace "inside" without changing the meaning of the following sentence: "Because it was raining, we moved the party inside the house." A) Into. B) Through. C) Units. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into. Next →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPreposition And Prepositional Phrase Quiz 2Preposition And Prepositional Phrase Quiz 3Preposition And Prepositional Phrase Quiz 4Common Prepositions With Verbs QuizDependent Prepositions After Adjectives QuizDependent Prepositions After Verbs, Adjectives, Or Nouns QuizDependent Prepositions QuizEnding Sentence With A Preposition Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books