This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Preposition Identification – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Preposition Identification Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the preposition in this sentence:The cat jumped off the chair? A) On. B) In. C) Under. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Off. 2. Select the preposition from the following options. A) Sing. B) Dance. C) Play. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 3. Identify the preposition in this sentence: "She walked through the park." A) Through. B) She. C) Walked. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through. 4. The boy went down the slide. A) Down. B) Boy. C) Went. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down. 5. Circle the preposition in the sentence:Place your crayons on the desk. A) Your. B) Desk. C) On. D) Crayons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 6. Circle the preposition in the sentence:My friends ran down to the beach. A) Beach. B) Down. C) Ran. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 7. Which is the preposition? A) Down. B) Show. C) Carrot. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down. 8. Find the preposition in the sentence: "The keys are in the drawer." A) Drawer. B) Keys. C) Are. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 9. Which word is the preposition in this sentence: "They are going to the store." A) To. B) Going. C) Are. D) Store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 10. Circle the preposition in the sentence:We ate popcorn at the movie theater. A) At. B) Popcorn. C) Movie. D) Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 11. Select the preposition from the following. A) Jump. B) Skip. C) At. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 12. Circle the preposition in the sentence:Lillian walked home after the meeting. A) Meeting. B) After. C) Home. D) Lillian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 13. Choose the preposition in the sentence below: "He reads before bedtime." A) Before. B) Reads. C) He. D) Bedtime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 14. With few exceptions, they all voted very early. A) Very. B) They. C) Few. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 15. Find the preposition:They sat beside each other. A) Against. B) Under. C) Between. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beside. 16. Choose the preposition from the options given. A) Slowly. B) Beside. C) Happily. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside. 17. Mr. Jimmy told me that he put the pencil on the desk. A) On. B) Told. C) Put. D) Pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 18. Identify the preposition:The dog jumped over the fence. A) Over. B) Beside. C) Through. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 19. For many years, they worked extremely hard. A) Extremely. B) Many. C) For. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 20. The painting hung between the windows. A) Between. B) Painting. C) Hung. D) Windows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 21. Go over to Joe's house and ask if he can spare a cup of sugar. A) Ask. B) Over. C) Spare. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 22. Identify the preposition from the list below. A) Dark. B) Light. C) During. D) Bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During. 23. Circle the preposition in the sentence:The squirrel ran up the old oak tree. A) Squirrel. B) Ran. C) Up. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up. 24. Select the preposition in the sentence: "We will meet after lunch." A) Lunch. B) After. C) Will. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 25. The dog ran between the chairs. A) Chairs. B) Between. C) Dog. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 26. Until September, our practices will last three hours. A) Until. B) Our. C) Will. D) Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Until. 27. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? Tell me again how you use to run behind the school and down to the store. A) Again. B) Tell. C) Behind. D) Store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behind. 28. The trashcan is ..... the door. A) Since. B) Behind. C) In. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind. 29. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "The picture is above the sofa." A) Picture. B) Above. C) Sofa. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Above. 30. Since Friday, he has been very depressed. A) He. B) Since. C) Been. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 31. Joe and Sally rolled down the hill. A) Rolled. B) The. C) Down. D) Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down. 32. The girls had a picnic by the lake. A) Had. B) A. C) By. D) Girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 33. Can you throw this ..... the trash, please. A) Over. B) Under. C) Into. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 34. Circle the preposition in the sentence:The horses came toward us. A) Us. B) Toward. C) Horses. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward. 35. Select the preposition in the sentence: "He sat beside his friend." A) His. B) Friend. C) Beside. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside. 36. You can stand beside me. A) You. B) Can. C) Stand. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beside. 37. There are some sandwiches ..... the fridge. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 38. Identify the preposition in the list. A) Fast. B) Slow. C) Beyond. D) Quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beyond. 39. Find the preposition in this sentence: "We walked along the river." A) Along. B) Walked. C) River. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along. 40. The tiny Olympian gymnast who performed the nearly flawless beam routine is from Brazil. A) Beam. B) Who. C) Tiny. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From. 41. What is the preposition in:The car is parked near the house? A) Beside. B) Near. C) In front of. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near. 42. Circle the preposition in the sentence:A rabbit lives beneath that bush. A) Lives. B) Bush. C) Rabbit. D) Beneath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beneath. 43. Find the preposition:The flowers are in the vase. A) In. B) On. C) Beside. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 44. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? The bird flew over the barn. A) Over. B) Flew. C) The. D) Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 45. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? Sarah looked under the couch and found something terrifying. A) Terrifying. B) Under. C) Found. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 46. Circle the preposition in the sentence:Mark climbed onto the boat. A) Onto. B) Boat. C) Climbed. D) Mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onto. 47. In the morning, I normally walk five miles. A) In. B) Normally. C) Walk. D) Miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 48. Identify the preposition:The ball rolled down the hill. A) Across. B) Down. C) Through. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 49. Circle the preposition in the sentence:Taylor hid under the deck. A) Taylor. B) Under. C) Deck. D) Hid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 50. I'm sure I left my sunglasses ..... the kitchen table. A) On. B) By. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 51. Choose the preposition in the following sentence: "The flowers are for you." A) For. B) You. C) The. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 52. Select the preposition in the sentence: "He jumped into the pool." A) Pool. B) Jumped. C) He. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Into. 53. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? Dad and Tom went to the back of the store. A) To. B) The. C) Store. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 54. Leave your phone ..... the side table. A) At. B) For. C) On. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 55. Identify the preposition:They traveled to the city. A) In. B) For. C) With. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 56. Circle the preposition in the sentence:By midnight, we were all tired. A) Midnight. B) We. C) By. D) Tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 57. They walked to the car. A) To. B) They. C) Car. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 58. Find the preposition in the sentence: "The letter is from my cousin." A) Cousin. B) Letter. C) Is. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From. 59. Jim isn't home. He is still ..... school. A) By. B) At. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 60. Circle the preposition in the sentence:Peter arrived before noon. A) Arrived. B) Peter. C) Before. D) Noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 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