This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'When he was 30 years old, Leonardo da Vinci moved to Milan.' A) 30 years old. B) To Milan. C) When he was. D) Moved to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Milan. 2. Lex acted bravely during the chase but the suspect eluded him. A) Lex acted. B) During the chase. C) Acted bravely. D) The suspect eluded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the chase. 3. Select the sentence with a prepositional phrase:A) I like ice cream B) She sings loudly C) The car is parked beside the house D) They play soccer A) They play soccer. B) I like ice cream. C) The car is parked beside the house. D) She sings loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The car is parked beside the house. 4. What is the preposition?Jasmine put the cup on the counter. A) Put. B) This. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 5. What is the prepositional phrase?The view from the window is clear. A) Is clear. B) The view. C) From the window. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From the window. 6. Please bear ..... us while we try to fix the computer system A) On. B) From. C) For. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 7. Identify the preposition in each sentence.We work near you. A) You. B) We. C) Work. D) Near. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Near. 8. Use a preposition to complete the sentence:The ball rolled ..... the fence. A) Under. B) Over. C) Through. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 9. Which of these is NOT a prepositional phrase? 'by the river', 'he ran fast', 'in the house' A) Under the table. B) He ran fast. C) In the house. D) By the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ran fast. 10. Object of preposition of the sentence "I wrote an article about the new club" is? A) Club. B) About. C) I wrote. D) An article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Club. 11. True or False:A prepositional phrase always starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun called the object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What is the preposition in the following phrase? against the brick wall A) The. B) Against. C) Wall. D) Brick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 13. Janell stood in line ..... Olivia as she waitedher turn. A) During. B) Around. C) Behind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behind. 14. The Milky Way looks beautiful on a clear night. A) On a clear night. B) The Milky Way. C) Looks beautiful. D) A clear night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a clear night. 15. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:'When he was 30 years old, Leonardo da Vinci moved ..... Milan.' A) In. B) At. C) To. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 16. My mom swam under the waterfall. Choose the preposition in each sentence: A) Mom. B) Under. C) Swam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 17. Identify the preposition in this sentence:'The book was hidden beneath the pile of papers.' A) Pile. B) Papers. C) Beneath. D) Hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beneath. 18. Choose the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'She placed the vase on the table beside the window.' A) Placed the. B) Beside the window. C) The vase. D) On the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the table. 19. How could you best revise this sentence to make it more concise? 'Where are you going to?' A) Where are you going?. B) To where are you going?. C) You are going where to?. D) The sentence is correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where are you going?. 20. In the sentence 'Mariah put the leftover pizza inside the refrigerator, ' what is the object of the preposition? A) Pizza. B) Inside. C) Refrigerator. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrigerator. 21. What was Mr. Whiskers supposed to be doing during the lesson? A) Watching. B) Sleeping. C) Playing. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleeping. 22. True or False:'In the morning' is not a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Which of these is a prepositional phrase? A) The boys' game. B) What you see. C) Over the top. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over the top. 24. Identify the preposition in the sentence:The apple fell from the tree. A) Under. B) From. C) Beside. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 25. We solved the problem ..... a new device developed by our engineers. A) By means of. B) By means to. C) By means to. D) By means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By means of. 26. Find the preposition in the sentence below.They will be safe inside the house. A) Will. B) House. C) Inside. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside. 27. Select the correct prepositional phrase to complete the sentence:We are meeting ..... lunchtime. A) By. B) On. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 28. Identify the prepositional phrase:The dog ran across the yard. A) The yard. B) Ran across. C) The dog. D) Across the yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Across the yard. 29. What is the prepositional phrase?The girl in the pink dress is tall. A) In the pink dress is tall. B) The girl. C) In the. D) In the pink dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the pink dress. 30. Give an example of a sentence with a prepositional phrase. A) The dog barked at the mailman. B) The cat slept under the bed. C) She runs quickly to the store. D) He is taller than his brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat slept under the bed. 31. Check the word that is NOT a preposition. A) Under. B) Around. C) Classroom. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classroom. 32. What is the prepositional phrase?Dad left ..... on Wednesday. A) In the air. B) Off her seat. C) Of blocks. D) Without his hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without his hat. 33. Identify the prepositional phrase:The host talked among his friends. A) Talked among. B) Among his friends. C) His friends. D) The host talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among his friends. 34. Choose the correct preposition for this phrase:The cat is hiding ..... the sofa. A) under B) quickly C) loudly D) easily A) Quickly. B) Loudly. C) Easily. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 35. Identify the prepositional phrase:According to research, most teens eat or drink too much sugar. A) According to research. B) Too much sugar. C) Eat or drink. D) To research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According to research. 36. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "He walked through the park." A) Park. B) He. C) Walked. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 37. Lily showed Myka a book about tree houses. What question does the prepositional phrase answer? A) What kind of book. B) When the book was written. C) Where the book was written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What kind of book. 38. Choose the correct prepositionto complete the sentence.Gina ran ..... the door so shecould get inside before it lockedautomatically. A) Before. B) Under. C) Toward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toward. 39. Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentence:The picture hangs ..... the wall near the window. A) Above. B) Along. C) Below. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Along. 40. Sheila is always late ..... meetings. A) For. B) To. C) On. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 41. Identify the object(s) of the preposition in the following sentence.We will go to the movies this summer. A) Movies, summer. B) Movies. C) Will go to. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movies. 42. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:The bird flew into the window but was okay. A) Bird. B) Okay. C) Into. D) Flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 43. What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: "The painting above the fireplace is beautiful." A) The painting. B) Above. C) The fireplace. D) Is beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fireplace. 44. True or False:A prepositional phrase must always start with a noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. What is the preposition in the following phrase? down the slippery hill A) The. B) Hill. C) Slippery. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down. 46. She has two cars and a boat, ..... her bicycle. A) Beside. B) Besides. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Besides. 47. Complete the sentence:He is fascinated ..... astronomy. A) By. B) At. C) For. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 48. Complete the sentence:The cat is hiding ..... the couch. A) under B) at C) with D) for A) With. B) For. C) At. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 49. I have ordered food ..... the new restaurant down the street. A) From. B) At. C) In. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From. 50. The eagle sat ..... the telephone pole. A) Through. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 51. Fill in the blank with the most precise preposition:The concert starts exactly ..... 8:00 PM. A) By. B) In. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 52. Select the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The cat slept under the warm blanket.' A) Under the warm blanket. B) Slept under. C) Warm blanket. D) The cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the warm blanket. 53. Fill in the blank to correctly use a gerund as the object of a preposition:My dad is thinking about ..... a new car. A) Buying. B) To buy. C) Buy. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buying. 54. Identify the prepositional phrase as "adjectival" or "adverbial."I left the rake inside the tool shed. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 55. Find the prepositional phrase:Hawks flew over the treetops. A) The treetops. B) Hawks flew. C) Hawks flew over. D) Over the treetops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over the treetops. 56. Identify the preposition in each sentence.We finished the assignment on time. A) Finished. B) On. C) We. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 57. Pick the preposition that tells about DIRECTION to complete the following sentence:The dog chased the cat ..... the stairs. A) In. B) For. C) Of. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up. 58. Identify the prepositional phrase that shows reason:I stayed indoors because of the storm. A) Indoors because. B) I stayed. C) The storm. D) Because of the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of the storm. 59. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "After the movie, we went to dinner." A) The. B) After. C) To. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 60. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.It was a beautiful day for a pool party. A) For a pool party. B) A beautiful day. C) Pool party. D) Was a beautiful day. 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