This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kaylee sang a song about her sister. A) Sang. B) Kaylee. C) About her sister. D) Sang a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About her sister. 2. Choose the sentence where the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective. A) The girl with the red dress arrived early at the party. B) The boy doodled on the wall with a red marker and drove his mother crazy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girl with the red dress arrived early at the party. 3. Identify the prepositional phrase of place in the following sentence:'The book is on the shelf.' A) The shelf. B) The book. C) On the shelf. D) Is on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the shelf. 4. True or False:In the sentence 'During the storm, we stayed inside the house', 'inside the house' is a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Identify the preposition in each sentence.Up a tree it flew. A) Up. B) Flew. C) It. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up. 6. Complete the sentence:The coach had to choose the team captain from ..... all the talented players. A) Of. B) Into. C) Between. D) Among. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Among. 7. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The book is on the table.' A) In the library. B) Under the chair. C) Beside the window. D) On the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the table. 8. .... fire, break glass to escape. A) In case. B) In case with. C) In case of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In case of. 9. Complete the sentence:My brother is hiding ..... the bed. A) over B) inside C) during D) across A) Over. B) During. C) Across. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside. 10. What is the prepositional phrase?The shed behind the house is empty. A) The shed. B) Behind the house. C) Is empty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind the house. 11. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?My best friend Sheila lives across the street. A) Across the street. B) My best. C) Friend Sheila. D) Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across the street. 12. Please help Suresh. He is ..... a bit of fix ..... what to do for Naina's birthday. A) In, over. B) A, at, about. C) On, for. D) Over, as to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In, over. 13. Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase:We walked ..... A) Quickly and quietly. B) Along the narrow path. C) That way yesterday. D) Very fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Along the narrow path. 14. What is the preposition?I see a statue on the hill. A) On. B) See. C) Statue. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 15. What is the PREPOSITION in the sentence below:The children were excited during the field trip. A) Excited. B) Children. C) During. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During. 16. Find the prepositional phrase:I hiked up the mountain. A) I hiked. B) I hiked up. C) The mountain. D) Up the mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up the mountain. 17. What is the prepositional phrase?Ms. Jones talked to five students. A) Ms. Jones. B) Talked. C) To five students. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To five students. 18. What is the preposition in the sentence?Mom drinks coffee from her cup. A) From. B) Cat. C) Blue. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From. 19. What is the infinitive in this sentence?After it started snowing, I had to shovel our driveway. A) To shovel our driveway. B) I had to. C) To shovel. D) After it started snowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To shovel. 20. What is the preposition "on" telling in the sentence below:Yesterday, Dan left his keys on the table. A) Tells when Dan left his keys. B) Tells where Dan left his keys. C) Tells why Dan left his keys. D) Tells what direction Dan's keys were going. E) Tells why Dan is always leaving his keys all over the place!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tells where Dan left his keys. 21. This is the best grammar book I own, but unfortunately it's out ..... print. A) In. B) Off. C) On. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of. 22. What type of prepositional phrase is the following and what question does it answer:All the people I know walk to school. A) Adverb/why?. B) Adjective/who?. C) Adverb/where?. D) Adjective/how many?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb/where?. 23. True or False:In the sentence 'The girl in the red coat is my sister, ' the phrase 'in the red coat' acts like an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Identify the prepositions in the following sentence:After the movie, they went to the coffee shop for some tea. A) Movie, coffee. B) After, tea. C) Went, shop. D) After, for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After, for. 25. Mary ran around the corner to meet her friends. A) Her friends. B) To meet. C) Around the corner. D) Ran around. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around the corner. 26. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The cat slept under the table. A) The cat slept. B) Slept under. C) The table. D) Under the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the table. 27. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?The dog followed her down the stairs. A) The dog. B) Followed her. C) Her. D) Down the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down the stairs. 28. A ..... refers to the group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition. A) Verb. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Noun. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 29. He is interested ..... learning a new language. A) Of. B) By. C) About. D) Apart from. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About. 30. Sales have been increasing ..... the leadership of our new boss. A) From. B) On. C) On. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 31. Identify the two prepositional phrases:The cat jumped over the fence and ran across the yard. A) Across the yard. B) Over the fence. C) Jumped over. D) Ran across. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over the fence. 32. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The soccer field is behind the library.' A) Behind the library. B) Is the library. C) The soccer field. D) Is behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behind the library. 33. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:Chris kicked the ball into the goal. A) Chris kicked. B) Into the goal. C) The ball. D) Kicked the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into the goal. 34. A(n) (a) starts with the word "to" and ends with a verb. A) A. infinitive. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. infinitive. 35. Complete the sentence:The secret is just between you and ..... A) My. B) Me. C) I. D) Myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 36. In the sentence 'Mariah left her backpack beside the locker, ' what is the object of the preposition? A) Beside. B) The locker. C) Backpack. D) Mariah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The locker. 37. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence from Anne Frank? MRS. VAN DAAN:Ration books? If they see our names on ration books, they'll know we are here. A) If they see. B) Are here. C) Our names. D) On ration books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On ration books. 38. Select the preposition.Justice is the purpose of the court system. A) Justice. B) Of. C) System. D) Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 39. Which sentence best uses a prepositional phrase at the beginning for sentence variety? A) The team celebrated their victory loudly in the locker room. B) Loudly, the team celebrated their victory. C) The team in the locker room celebrated their victory. D) In the locker room, the team celebrated their victory loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the locker room, the team celebrated their victory loudly. 40. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?Last night I had a dream about a strange castle. A) Dream about. B) I had a dream. C) About a strange castle. D) Last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About a strange castle. 41. Which of the following groups of words is a prepositional phrase? A) Was waiting. B) After the movie. C) The long and winding road. D) Because it was late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the movie. 42. Choose the preposition:Rows of beautiful flowers grow along the side of the road A) Along. B) Side. C) Grow. D) Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along. 43. What is the prepositional phrase?Three birds flew ..... on Sunday. A) Of blocks. B) Off her seat. C) Without his hat. D) In the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the air. 44. Recognize the preposition phrase in the following sentence:The book is on the shelf. A) Under the bed. B) Between the pages. C) Above the table. D) On the shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the shelf. 45. Which of the following is a correct example of a prepositional phrase? A) Quickly runs. B) Very tall. C) Beautifully sings. D) Under the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the table. 46. In the sentence 'She found her keys under a pile of clothes, ' what is the object of the preposition 'under'? A) Keys. B) Clothes. C) She. D) Pile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pile. 47. Find the object of the preposition in this sentence: "The book on the desk is mine." A) Mine. B) The desk. C) The book. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The desk. 48. Everyone is nice to Ron at work, but they are always talking ..... his back. A) Over. B) Below. C) Behind. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behind. 49. Prepositions are: A) Words that express feelings, qualities, or concepts. B) Words that connect two independent clauses. C) Words that indicate a time, location, position, or direction relationship. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words that indicate a time, location, position, or direction relationship. 50. We sat in the room quietly. A) We sat. B) In the room. C) Quietly. D) The room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the room. 51. Fill in the blank with the most precise preposition of time:My birthday is ..... October 25th. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 52. What is the prepositional phrase?Carlos beat the runners in a race. A) Beat the runners. B) In a race. C) Runners in a race. D) Carlos beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a race. 53. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the following sentence? She has been gone since yesterday? A) Since yesterday. B) She has been gone. C) Been gone since yesterday. D) She has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since yesterday. 54. What are the prepositions in this sentence?The dog ran up the road, into the house and onto the bed. A) Dog. B) Roadhousebed. C) Upintoonto. D) Uptheroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upintoonto. 55. Identify the prepositional phrase.Toy Story is an animated film about a boy's toys. A) An animated film. B) About a boy's toys. C) Film about. D) Toy Story is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About a boy's toys. 56. Identify the preposition in this sentence:Watch the horse run around the field. A) Around. B) Field. C) Watch. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around. 57. How many prepositions are contained in the phrase, "over the river and through the woods?" A) Three. B) Two. C) Zero. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 58. True or False:A prepositional phrase must always begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Which word in the following sentence is a preposition? "She walked to the store." A) To. B) Store. C) She. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 60. What is the prepositional phrase? The gopher scurried back into his hole. A) Into his hole. B) Back into his hole. C) Scurried back. D) The gopher. 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