This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Preposition Or Adverb – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Preposition Or Adverb Quiz 1 (18 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's the adverb or preposition? She peeked inside a hollow tree. A) Inside. B) Inside a hollow. C) Inside a hollow tree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside a hollow tree. 2. What is the prepositional phrase? Jack bought the flowers for his mother. A) Jack bought. B) Bought the flowers for his mother. C) For his mother. D) Bought the flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For his mother. 3. Which answer is not a characteristic of a prepositional phrase? A) Begins with a preposition. B) The sentence won't make sense without one. C) Relates one object to another in a sentence. D) Ends with a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence won't make sense without one. 4. What is the prepositional phrase? I went by my friend's house to see if she was home. A) By my friend's house. B) By my friend's. C) To see. D) Was home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By my friend's house. 5. I am ashamed ..... myself. A) For. B) About. C) Of. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 6. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence? Lindsay lives in a remodeled house originally built in 1898. A) Lives in a remodeled house. B) In a remodeled house. C) In 1898. D) Both "in a remodeled house" AND "in 1898". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both "in a remodeled house" AND "in 1898". 7. What is the prepositional phrase? She can help that old lady across the street. A) That old lady across the street. B) That old lady. C) Across the street. D) She can help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across the street. 8. What's the adverb or preposition? Kim lost her bracelet in the grass. A) In. B) In the grass. C) Grass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the grass. 9. What is the prepositional phrase? The baker with the large cake almost slipped and fell. A) With the large cake. B) With the large. C) Almost slipped. D) The baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the large cake. 10. What does a preposition have that an adverb doesn't? A) A pronoun. B) An object. C) An article. D) A noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An object. 11. What's the adverb or preposition? Her dog tagged alone. A) Alone. B) Tagged. C) Tagged alone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alone. 12. What's the adverb or preposition? We looked around. A) Looked around. B) Around. C) Looked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around. 13. What's the adverb or preposition? Kim walked around our picnic area. A) Around our picnic area. B) Our picnic. C) Area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around our picnic area. 14. What's the adverb or preposition? Her dog tagged along. A) Along. B) Tagged. C) Tagged along. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along. 15. What is the prepositional phrase? He was angered when he wrecked his car into the sign. A) When he wrecked. B) Wrecked his car. C) He was angered. D) Into the sign. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Into the sign. 16. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence? The teacher gave directions for the exam and then sat down at the back of the room. A) For the exam. B) At the back. C) Of the room. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. What can never be found in a prepositional phrase? A) Linking verb. B) Subject. C) Verb. D) Object of a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 18. If you begin a sentence with a prepositional phrases, you must use what punctuation mark after? A) Comma. B) Parentheses. C) Period. D) Colon. E) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCommon Prepositions With Verbs QuizDependent Prepositions After Adjectives QuizDependent Prepositions After Verbs, Adjectives, Or Nouns QuizDependent Prepositions QuizEnding Sentence With A Preposition QuizEnding Sentences And Prepositions QuizIdiomatic Expressions With Prepositions QuizIdiomatic Phrases And Prepositions Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books