This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct preposition for this phrase:The cat is hiding ..... the sofa. A) under B) quickly C) loudly D) easily A) Easily. B) Loudly. C) Quickly. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 2. Identify the prepositional phrase:According to research, most teens eat or drink too much sugar. A) Eat or drink. B) To research. C) According to research. D) Too much sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) According to research. 3. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "He walked through the park." A) Walked. B) Through. C) Park. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through. 4. Which sentence uses a multi-word preposition? A) He ran across the field. B) She sat beside me. C) According to the map, we are lost. D) They walked toward the noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) According to the map, we are lost. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Sheila is always late ..... meetings. A) For. B) To. C) With. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 9. Identify the object(s) of the preposition in the following sentence.We will go to the movies this summer. A) Will go to. B) Summer. C) Movies, summer. D) Movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movies. 10. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:The bird flew into the window but was okay. A) Flew. B) Okay. C) Into. D) Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 11. 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. 12. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:The ball rolled down the hill. A) Rolled. B) Down. C) Up. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 13. 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. 14. What is the preposition in the following phrase? down the slippery hill A) Down. B) Slippery. C) Hill. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down. 15. 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. 16. Complete the sentence:He is fascinated ..... astronomy. A) To. B) By. C) For. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By. 17. Complete the sentence:The cat is hiding ..... the couch. A) under B) at C) with D) for A) For. B) At. C) Under. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 18. I have ordered food ..... the new restaurant down the street. A) At. B) From. C) By. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 19. 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. 20. Fill in the blank with the most precise preposition:The concert starts exactly ..... 8:00 PM. A) By. B) In. C) On. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 21. Select the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The cat slept under the warm blanket.' A) The cat. B) Under the warm blanket. C) Slept under. D) Warm blanket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the warm blanket. 22. Fill in the blank to correctly use a gerund as the object of a preposition:My dad is thinking about ..... a new car. A) Bought. B) To buy. C) Buying. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buying. 23. 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. 24. Find the prepositional phrase:Hawks flew over the treetops. A) Hawks flew. B) Hawks flew over. C) Over the treetops. D) The treetops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over the treetops. 25. Identify the preposition in each sentence.We finished the assignment on time. A) Time. B) Finished. C) We. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 26. Pick the preposition that tells about DIRECTION to complete the following sentence:The dog chased the cat ..... the stairs. A) Of. B) For. C) Up. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up. 27. Identify the prepositional phrase that shows reason:I stayed indoors because of the storm. A) I stayed. B) Indoors because. C) The storm. D) Because of the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of the storm. 28. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "After the movie, we went to dinner." A) To. B) Went. C) The. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After. 29. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.It was a beautiful day for a pool party. A) A beautiful day. B) For a pool party. C) Pool party. D) Was a beautiful day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For a pool party. 30. Which of the following words are a preposition? A) Inside. B) My. C) Sing. D) Cat. 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