This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the preposition.The dog hid under the bridge. A) Dog. B) Under. C) Bridge. D) Hid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 2. What is the prepositional phrase?Six kids on the team are here. A) Six kids. B) On the team are here. C) On the team. D) Are here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the team. 3. Chose the preposition:Grade's bookbag is in my locker. A) In. B) Locker. C) Bookbag. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 4. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'Mary's mother found her keys between two books.' A) Mary's mother. B) Found her keys. C) Her keys. D) Between two books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between two books. 5. The baby ran towards her smiling grandmother. A) Towards her smiling grandmother. B) The baby ran. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towards her smiling grandmother. 6. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The book is under the table? A) Above the ceiling. B) Beside the door. C) On the chair. D) Under the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the table. 7. They could build a tree house by themselves. What question does the prepositional phrase answer? A) How they could build. B) Where they could build. C) When they could build. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How they could build. 8. Which of the following contains a prepositional phrase indicating time? A) We laughed at his joke. B) She sings beautifully. C) They danced gracefully. D) He runs every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He runs every morning. 9. Which part of the sentence 'The dog with the fluffy tail wagged it happily' is the complete prepositional phrase? A) With the fluffy tail. B) The dog. C) Wagged it. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the fluffy tail. 10. Fill in the blank:My new skateboard is leaning ..... the wall in my room. A) Because. B) It. C) Against. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Against. 11. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:Ms. Gorman put new white ghost lights on the tree. A) White ghost lights. B) On the tree. C) Ms. Gorman. D) Put new white ghost lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the tree. 12. Identify the preposition in the sentence. He put his backpack behind his chair. A) Chair. B) Put. C) Backpack. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behind. 13. Identify the prepositional phrase.The toys remain loyal to their owner. A) Their owner. B) Toys remain loyal. C) The toys. D) To their owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To their owner. 14. The princess looked out the window and saw a garden of tools. A) Looked. B) Window. C) Saw. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out. 15. In the sentence 'After the game, we all went for pizza, ' the prepositional phrase 'After the game' modifies which word? A) We. B) All. C) Went. D) Pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 16. What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: "She walked to the store." A) She. B) Walked. C) The store. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The store. 17. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?After Rendi climbed up the shelves to get the rice bowl he fell into the jade gang. A) Up the shelvesto getinto the jade. B) After Rendito getinto. C) After Rendiup the shelvesinto the jade gang. D) Climbed uphe fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After Rendiup the shelvesinto the jade gang. 18. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The squirrel climbed up the tree. A) Up tree. B) Up the tree. C) Squirrel climbed. D) Climbed the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Up the tree. 19. The cat burglar jumped over the barbed wire fence and kept running. A) Over the barbed wire. B) Jumped over. C) Kept running. D) Cat burglar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the barbed wire. 20. Identify the preposition(s):Kaylah sat between Daytona and Ashlie A) Between. B) Sat. C) Kaylah. D) Daytona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 21. What is the prepositional phrase?Make sure you stay with your mother, so that you don't get lost. A) With your mother. B) Don't get lost. C) Make sure. D) Stay with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With your mother. 22. Complete the sentence with a preposition:'The cat hid ..... the couch.' A) Happily. B) Loudly. C) Quickly. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 23. What does the prepositional phrase 'with Ben' indicate in the context of the sentence provided? A) Time. B) Purpose. C) Companionship. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Companionship. 24. True or False:The phrase 'on top of the mountain' is a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which sentence correctly uses a prepositional phrase? A) She is the best player in the team. B) She is the best player of the team. C) She is the best player by the team. D) She is the best player at the team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is the best player in the team. 26. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence below?At dinner, we will make an announcement. A) Announcement. B) Make. C) At. D) Dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dinner. 27. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?Police dogs can smell drugs in suitcases. A) In suitcases. B) Police dogs. C) Can smell drugs. D) Drugs in suitcases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In suitcases. 28. Complete the sentence:She looked ..... the mirror to check her hair. A) In. B) Through. C) Beside. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 29. Choose the preposition:Ethan, Payton, and James sat at their desks. A) Their. B) They. C) At. D) Desks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 30. Which word in the following list is a preposition? A) Quickly. B) Ran. C) Through. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through. 31. What is the object of the preposition?The patriots looked across the river. A) Across. B) Looked. C) River. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River. 32. What is the Preposition:Vicky always leaves her backpack beside the front door. A) Leaves. B) Always. C) Beside. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside. 33. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The boy fell onto the sidewalk and scraped his knee.' A) The boy fell. B) Onto the sidewalk. C) Scraped his knee. D) Fell onto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onto the sidewalk. 34. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence below? Please go inside the room and begin working. A) Go. B) Working. C) Inside. D) Room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Room. 35. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the prepositional phrase on the table. A) Please put the keys on top a table. B) Please put the keys at table. C) Please put the keys on the table. D) Please put the keys onto a tablecloths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Please put the keys on the table. 36. Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase:We ate lunch ..... A) Very eagerly. B) Slowly. C) In a cafe. D) Early this afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a cafe. 37. Identify the preposition in the sentence. The ball rolled under the couch. A) Ball. B) Rolled. C) Under. D) Couch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 38. Select the preposition.The mouse ran under the house. A) Under. B) Ran. C) Mouse. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 39. Identify the prepositional phrase.There is jealousy and competition among the toys. A) There is jealousy. B) Jealousy and competition. C) Among the toys. D) The toys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Among the toys. 40. True or False:A prepositional phrase must always contain a noun or pronoun that acts as its object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Select the word in the following sentence that is a preposition:The new video game is inside that box. A) Inside. B) Is. C) New. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside. 42. What is the infinitive in this sentence?My friend and I decided to go to HolidayFest. A) To go. B) To HolidayFest. C) My friend and I. D) Decided to go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 43. Which sentence contains a complex (or multi-word) preposition? A) My mom stood in front of the car. B) The dog is under the blanket. C) I'll see you after school. D) We walked around the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom stood in front of the car. 44. True or False:In the sentence 'I went to the store to buy milk, ' the word 'to' is used as a preposition both times. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. Complete the sentence:The gift is ..... the table. A) On. B) At. C) By. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 46. In general, we are impressed with her performance. (Identify the prepositional phrase) A) In general. B) We are impressed. C) Her performance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In general. 47. What is the preposition in the sentence below?Hunting dogs lead hunters to wild game. A) Lead. B) To. C) Hunting. D) Wild. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 48. Find the preposition:A man with red hair joined me. A) With. B) Man. C) Red. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 49. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The bus will come to pick us up across the street.' A) Pick us up. B) To pick. C) Across the street. D) The bus will come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across the street. 50. Which sentence is the clearest because the prepositional phrase is placed correctly next to the word it describes? A) The student with the red cover wrote a paper on the computer. B) On the computer, the student wrote a paper with the red cover. C) The student wrote a paper on the computer with the red cover. D) The student wrote a paper with the red cover on the computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The student wrote a paper on the computer with the red cover. 51. What do the prepositions in, on, under and next to convey? A) Detail. B) Location. C) Cause. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location. 52. In the sentence 'The message from my best friend made me smile, ' what is the object of the preposition? A) Message. B) Smile. C) From. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friend. 53. True or False:A comma is needed after the introductory phrase in this sentence:'After a long and difficult practice the team felt exhausted.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. Identify the prepositional phrase(s):The book on the shelf is mine. A) The shelf. B) The book. C) Is mine. D) On the shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the shelf. 55. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The cat slept under the bed. A) Over the table. B) Inside the closet. C) Under the bed. D) Beside the chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under the bed. 56. During the play, there were people texting on their cell phones. A) Were. B) During. C) There. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During. 57. Mr. Pierre had to drive through the largest puddle. A) To drive. B) To drive through. C) Through the largest puddle. D) Had to drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the largest puddle. 58. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence, "the cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world?" A) The cheetah is. B) The fastest. C) Land animal in. D) In the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the world. 59. Which of the following is a CLAUSE and not phrase? A) Inside the door. B) Before I went shopping. C) Under the bushes. D) Into the kitchen drawer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before I went shopping. 60. True or False:In the sentence 'The ball rolled under the sofa, ' the word 'under' is a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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