This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the sentence:The student with the highest grade will get an award. A) The student with. B) With the highest grade. C) Will get an award. D) The highest grade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the highest grade. 2. How many prepositions are in the following sentence?:I love to go for a run on the beach in the summer. A) 5. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 3. What is the preposition?Julian eats his lunch at the table. A) Julian. B) Table. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 4. Identify the preposition in the sentence.This film used sound for the first time. A) The. B) First. C) For. D) Film. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 5. Select the answer choice that finishes the sentence with a prepositional phrase and identifies the preposition in the sentence.Mark climbs ..... A) Up the ladder.(preposition:up). B) The ladder up.(preposition:the). C) Quickly the ladder.(preposition:quickly). D) Over ladder the.(preposition:over). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up the ladder.(preposition:up). 6. Helen goes to school ..... the morning. A) In. B) At. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 7. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?You should come over after school. A) You should. B) School. C) After school. D) Come over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After school. 8. Kim ran ..... the street to the other side. A) For. B) Across. C) In. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Across. 9. Which preposition is used to indicate movement towards a place? A) To. B) From. C) Into. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 10. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:'The library books are ..... the bookshelf.' A) On. B) Over. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 11. How many prepositional phrases are in the sentence below?During class, her teacher explained the process of elimination to her students. A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 12. True or False:'Before' can be used as a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Identify the preposition in the sentence. She sat next to me. A) Next. B) She. C) Sat. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next. 14. In the sentence 'The dog ran through the park', what is the preposition? A) Under. B) Over. C) Through. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through. 15. On the whole, I had a happy childhood. (Identify the prepositional phrase) A) Had a happy childhood. B) On the whole. C) A happy childhood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the whole. 16. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:The photos on the wall were taken in Paris. A) The photos. B) On the wall. C) Were taken. D) In Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the wall. 17. How many prepositional phrase do you see in this sentence?"During the game, the kids ran around the stadium." A) 1. B) 2. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 18. Ruby couldn't concentrate ..... the performance. She had a lot ..... her mind. A) In, on. B) At, with. C) On, in. D) For, about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On, in. 19. Choose the sentence that uses the preposition "between" correctly. A) She walked between the park. B) He chose between apple and orange. C) Between the rain, we saw a rainbow. D) I sat between John and Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I sat between John and Mary. 20. You make a good case ..... pay rise, but we cannot afford it. A) At. B) For. C) In. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 21. Find the prepositional phrase:A man with red hair joined me. A) With red hair joined me. B) With red hair. C) Man with red hair. D) A man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With red hair. 22. From the list below, select the word that is a preposition. A) Quickly. B) Behind. C) And. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind. 23. Complete the sentence with the most appropriate prepositional phrase:We discovered a new species ..... A) In the rain forest. B) At the mall. C) On the bus. D) During lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the rain forest. 24. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:The dog slept beside the fireplace. A) Dog slept. B) Beside the fireplace. C) The fireplace. D) The dog slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside the fireplace. 25. A prepositional phrase always begins with a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:A frog hops beneath the tree. A) Beneath. B) Frog. C) Hops. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beneath. 27. Fill in the blank:The secret is just between you and ..... A) Me. B) Myself. C) She. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me. 28. Select the preposition.San Diego is a big city in California. A) A. B) In. C) Is. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 29. Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence:They traveled across the country in a van. A) Across the country, in a van. B) In a van. C) Traveled across. D) Across the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across the country, in a van. 30. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?We climbed into the car. A) We climbed into. B) Into the car. C) The car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into the car. 31. Choose the prepositional PHRASE:Over the river lies my grandmother's house. A) Over. B) Over the river. C) River lies. D) Lies my grandmother's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over the river. 32. Identify the prepositional phrase:What did you do during vacation? A) During. B) During vacation. C) What did. D) You do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During vacation. 33. What was the main educational focus of the video? A) Studying adjectives. B) Understanding prepositional phrases. C) Learning about verbs. D) Exploring adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understanding prepositional phrases. 34. What is the prepositional phrase?We went to the park yesterday. A) To the park. B) We went to. C) The park yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the park. 35. In the sentence "The book is under the table, " what is the object of the preposition? A) Under. B) The. C) Table. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Table. 36. Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun:'My mom sent a text message to my sister and ..... ' A) I. B) Me. C) My. D) Myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 37. Which option best combines these two ideas into one sentence using a prepositional phrase? 'The movie started. We quickly found our seats.' A) The movie started and we quickly found our seats. B) We quickly found our seats, the movie started. C) Before the movie started, we quickly found our seats. D) We quickly found our seats, but the movie started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before the movie started, we quickly found our seats. 38. The water roars with a powerful sound.This prepositional phrase describes a ..... A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 39. Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase at the beginning? A) After dinner, we went for a walk. B) They played games during recess. C) She found her keys under the couch. D) The dog chased the cat around the yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After dinner, we went for a walk. 40. In which sentence is the word 'to' used as a preposition, not as part of an infinitive verb? A) I need to finish my homework soon. B) My friend is walking to the corner store. C) She loves to sing in the shower. D) Do you want to go with us?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend is walking to the corner store. 41. My mother has always acted ..... a friend and a mentor to me. A) For. B) With. C) Like. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As. 42. Complete the sentence with the best multi-word preposition:'We can't go to the park ..... the rain.' A) Instead of. B) In front of. C) Next to. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of. 43. Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun:My brother shared the last cookie between you and ..... A) Me. B) Myself. C) My. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me. 44. Which preposition is used to indicate a location? A) On. B) From. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 45. What is the preposition in the sentence:'Donatello and Brunelleschi went to Rome together to study the ancient ruins'? A) To. B) Study. C) Went. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 46. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "After the movie, we went to eat." A) Eat. B) To. C) After. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After. 47. ..... the chair sat our sleepy kitten. A) Over. B) Among. C) Beneath. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beneath. 48. Choose the prepositional phrase in this sentence:The book on the desk is mine. A) The book. B) On the desk. C) Is mine. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the desk. 49. Find the prepositional phrase:The sun shone in the sky A) The sun. B) The sky. C) In the sky. D) The sun shone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the sky. 50. My cousin Jesse wore a bandage on his arm to cover his wound. A) On his arm. B) To cover his wound. C) Wore a bandage. D) A bandage on his arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On his arm. 51. Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?Jill leaned against the barn door. A) Jill. B) Against. C) Leaned. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 52. Give an example of a preposition. A) Above. B) Quickly. C) Beautiful. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 53. The chairperson should reach the venue ..... for o'clock. A) By. B) Within. C) On. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 54. What is the object of the preposition?There is a rider coming down the road. A) Rider. B) Down. C) Road. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Road. 55. Find the preposition in the sentence below.Alice fell down the rabbit hole. A) Fell. B) Down. C) Alice. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 56. Identify the preposition in each sentence.Live without fear. A) Live. B) Without. C) Fear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without. 57. Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase of place? A) The cat is very sleepy. B) The cat slept under the table. C) The cat meowed loudly. D) The cat is a Siamese. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat slept under the table. 58. I would rather have coffee ..... tea. A) Instead of. B) Instead from. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instead of. 59. Identify the prepositions in the following sentence:My brother lives near a museum in New York. A) My, a. B) Lives, near. C) In, brother. D) Near, in. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Near, in. 60. I put my markers ..... my desk. A) In. B) Put. C) Desk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 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