This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:A prepositional phrase must contain a subject and a verb to be complete. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which word/phrase is a preposition:The boy will ride into the city. A) City. B) Will ride. C) Into. D) Boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 3. My dad put my homework ..... my backpack. A) Dad. B) My. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 4. Identify the preposition in this sentence:'They traveled across the country.' A) Across. B) Around. C) Between. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across. 5. Do this sentence have a prepositional phrase?7. I gave the children ham sandwiches. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Complete the sentence:'The painting is ..... the wall.' A) In. B) At. C) Under. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 7. Mrs. Lawrence put the marker above the board. Choose the preposition in each sentence: A) Marker. B) Board. C) Above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Above. 8. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The book is under the bed.' A) Is under the. B) The book is. C) The bed. D) Under the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the bed. 9. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the prepositional phrase to the park. A) We walked at the park after lunch. B) We walked toward parks after lunch. C) We walked to the park after lunch. D) We walked into park after lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We walked to the park after lunch. 10. What is a common mistake when using prepositions? A) Omitting prepositions entirely, leading to incomplete sentences. B) Using prepositions at the end of a sentence, like 'Where are you at?'. C) Using too many prepositions in a single sentence, making it confusing. D) Using the wrong preposition, such as saying 'in the weekend' instead of 'on the weekend'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using the wrong preposition, such as saying 'in the weekend' instead of 'on the weekend'. 11. What is the preposition in the sentence:'Paulo worked in a busy area downtown'? A) In. B) Worked. C) Downtown. D) Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 12. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:She is going to the store. A) School. B) Library. C) Park. D) Store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Store. 13. What is the preposition?It stands beside a plaque with information. A) It. B) Stands. C) Beside. D) Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside. 14. Choose the sentence that uses the preposition "across" correctly. A) They played a game across. B) She walked across the street. C) He looked across the book. D) Across the lesson, we learned a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She walked across the street. 15. Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to modify the adjective 'happy'? A) She is the captain of the team. B) The cat ran under the porch. C) We ate pizza after the game. D) I was happy about the good news. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was happy about the good news. 16. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?My father's car was parked inside the garage. A) Car was parked inside. B) Was parked. C) My father's car. D) Inside the garage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside the garage. 17. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The book is on the shelf'? A) On the shelf. B) Is on. C) The shelf. D) The book is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the shelf. 18. I' m tired ..... walking. Let's stop and have a rest. A) For. B) With. C) Of. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 19. Identify the prepositional phrase as "adjectival" or "adverbial."The bed with the firm mattress was most comfortable. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival. 20. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the sentence below:We hurried back to the classroom. A) To the classroom. B) We hurried back. C) Hurried back to. D) Back to the classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the classroom. 21. Select the answer choice that finishes the sentence with a prepositional phrase and identifies the preposition in the sentence.The phone is ..... A) On the desk. (preposition:on). B) Quickly running. (preposition:quickly). C) Very loud.(preposition:very). D) A smartphone.(preposition:a). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the desk. (preposition:on). 22. Complete the sentence with the most appropriate prepositional phrase:The children played ..... A) By chance. B) Without a doubt. C) In the backyard. D) With joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the backyard. 23. True or False:In 'He hid the remote under the cushion, ' the phrase 'under the cushion' acts like an adverb because it modifies the verb 'hid.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. What does a preposition show? A) The action taken by a noun or pronoun. B) The relationship between a verb and its object. C) The relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. D) The relationship between an adjective and a noun, or an adverb and a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. 25. Identify the object(s) of the preposition in the following sentence.The waitress handed the cheese pizza to my friend. A) Cheese pizza. B) Pizza. C) Friend. D) To my friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friend. 26. What is an example of a prepositional phrase that indicates direction? A) Under the table. B) After the rain. C) To the store. D) With great enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the store. 27. Fill in the blank:The coach is tired ..... the same mistake over and over. A) By seeing. B) With seeing. C) Of seeing. D) To see. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of seeing. 28. A ..... is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence. A) Pregame. B) President. C) Preposition. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 29. Identify the object of the preposition:The woman in the black coat dropped her purse. A) Purse. B) Woman. C) Coat. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coat. 30. In the sentence, 'She walked through the door', the word 'through' is a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Find the preposition:Sailboats moved across the water. A) Water. B) The. C) Moved. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Across. 32. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'She walked through the park.' A) The park. B) She walked. C) Walked through. D) Through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through the park. 33. Although it was cold, Aliza did not wear her coat at recess. A) Although it was cold. B) At recess. C) Did not wear. D) Her coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At recess. 34. How could you best revise the simple sentence 'The team celebrated' to add more detail using two prepositional phrases? A) The team celebrated and cheered loudly. B) After their big win, the team celebrated on the field. C) The winning team celebrated. D) The team, who had just won, celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After their big win, the team celebrated on the field. 35. Be sure to arrive ..... the show begins. A) Before. B) Until. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 36. Mary with her friends join English club for many year.what are the functions of the prepositional phrases from the sentence above. A) Adverb-adverb. B) Adjective, adjective. C) Adjective, adverb. D) Adverb, adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective, adverb. 37. In the sentence 'The girl in the green hoodie is on my basketball team, ' which group of words is a prepositional phrase? A) The girl. B) Is on my basketball team. C) In the green hoodie. D) Girl in the green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the green hoodie. 38. I folded the laundry and took it into my room. A) Into. B) Room. C) Folded. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into. 39. How many prepositional phrases do you see in the following sentence?"Before the play, she practiced her lines." A) 1. B) 2. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 40. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?I ride the bus home from school, and then we play for an hour. A) Then we play. B) Ride the bus. C) Home from school. D) For an hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For an hour. 41. How many words are in the prepositional phrase 'to the beach'? A) Five. B) Four. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 42. The original sentence is:'The librarian handed the book to the student with the red cover.' Which revision best clarifies the meaning? A) The librarian with the red cover handed the book to the student. B) The librarian handed the book with the red cover to the student. C) The student with the red cover was handed the book by the librarian. D) The sentence is clear as it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The librarian handed the book with the red cover to the student. 43. Choose the prepositional phrase in the sentence.1. The cupcake with sprinkles is yours. A) Is yours. B) With sprinkles. C) The cupcake. D) With sprinkles is yours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With sprinkles. 44. Choose the prepositional phrase in the sentence.3. The rabbits hopped through the garden. A) The garden. B) The rabbits. C) Through the garden. D) Hopped through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the garden. 45. What is the preposition in the phrase?The bone is between the two dogs. A) Two. B) The. C) Is. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between. 46. What is the prepositional phrase?The boy will ride into the city. A) The boy will ride. B) Will ride. C) Into the city. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into the city. 47. In the sentence, 'The book on the table is mine', 'on the table' is a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Do his parents live ..... Ajmer? A) By. B) In. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 49. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?We had to drive through the mountains to get to Virginia last week. A) Last week. B) We had. C) To drive. D) Through the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through the mountains. 50. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase? 'He is happy.' or 'He is in the garden.' A) He is a teacher. B) He is running fast. C) He is in the garden. D) He is happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is in the garden. 51. There is a preposition in the following sentence? True or False.They're climbing the mountain. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Which sentence is written most clearly, avoiding a misplaced prepositional phrase? A) On the way to school, the student saw a deer. B) The student saw a deer on the way to school. C) A deer was seen by the student on the way to school. D) The student on the way to school saw a deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the way to school, the student saw a deer. 53. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:'The boy fell ..... the sidewalk and scraped his knee.' A) Under. B) Into. C) Over. D) Onto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onto. 54. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The bee buzzed around my head and I tried not to scream. A) Not to scream. B) I tried. C) The bee buzzed. D) Around my head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around my head. 55. The fox jumped over the log ..... the water. A) Fox. B) Over. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 56. Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentence:They went ..... the mountain to reach the cabin. A) With. B) After. C) Across. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 57. Choose the best preposition to complete the sentence:The teacher stood ..... the students. A) beneath B) against C) among D) near A) Near. B) Beneath. C) Among. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Among. 58. Identify the preposition(s):The cat jumped onto the table. A) The. B) Onto. C) Jumped. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onto. 59. In which sentence does the prepositional phrase act as an adverb, describing where an action happened? A) David raced down the hill. B) The book on the desk is overdue. C) The house with the blue door is for sale. D) I saw a flock of geese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David raced down the hill. 60. A ..... is a connecting words and serve as bridges to show the relationship between noun or pronoun to the other words in the sentence. A) Preposition. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) None of the above. 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