This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She didn't allow cancer to discourage her ..... , she began to work twice as hard. A) On the contrary. B) By the contrary. C) In the contrary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the contrary. 2. What is an infinitive? A) A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb. B) Something that goes on for ever and ever. C) A made up thing. D) A sentence that tells someone what to do, like "Clean your room.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb. 3. What is the preposition in this sentence?Singing is fun during the holidays. A) Is. B) Singing. C) During. D) Holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During. 4. Pick the preposition that tells about TIME to complete the following sentence: ..... lunch, we will do a science experiment. A) Toward. B) Down. C) Past. D) Delicious. E) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) After. 5. Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The students talked excitedly during the assembly.' A) The students talked. B) Talked excitedly. C) During the assembly. D) The assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the assembly. 6. What is the object in the following phrase? aboard the massive cruise ship A) Massive. B) Cruise. C) Ship. D) Aboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ship. 7. Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentence:He placed the books ..... the shelf. A) Against. B) Over. C) On. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 8. What are the objects of the prepositional phrases in the sentence below? Felicia skipped through the open gate in front of her house. A) Through, in front of. B) Gate, house. C) Open gate, her house. D) Open gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gate, house. 9. Let's pick the strawberries tomorrow. A) Tomorrow. B) Pick the strawberries. C) Let's pick. D) No prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No prepositional phrase. 10. True or False:In the sentence 'The girl with the blue backpack is my cousin, ' the phrase 'with the blue backpack' acts like an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Complete the sentence:The bird flew ..... the trees. A) Under. B) Beside. C) Over. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 12. Choose the OBJECT of the preposition.The cookies are in the oven. A) Cookies. B) The. C) Oven. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oven. 13. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?Hundreds of people swarmed into the theater for the concert. A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 14. Identify what kind of prepositional phrase the sentence has:Amy showed me a picture of her new puppy. A) Prepositional phrases as adjectives. B) Prepositional phrases as adverbs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional phrases as adjectives. 15. To correctly use a gerund (-ing word) as the object of a preposition, complete this sentence:'You can't get good grades without ..... ' A) To study. B) Studied. C) Studying. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studying. 16. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the following sentence? I will see you on Monday. A) See you. B) I will. C) See you on Monday. D) On Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On Monday. 17. What is the preposition:Make sure you stay with your mother, so that you don't get lost. A) So. B) Make sure. C) With. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 18. Find the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The flowers are next to the fence. A) Across the street. B) Inside the house. C) Under the tree. D) Next to the fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next to the fence. 19. The function of the prepositional phrase in the sentence '' mom walked beside my sister and got into the room then." A) Adverb, adverb. B) Adjective, adjective. C) Adjective, adverb. D) Adverb, adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb, adverb. 20. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The cupcake with colorful sprinkles is yours. A) Colorful sprinkles. B) With colorful sprinkles. C) The cupcake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With colorful sprinkles. 21. What is the infinitive in this sentence?We were going to eat at the restaurant, but it was too crowded, so we left. A) Too crowded. B) At the restaurant. C) To eat. D) So we left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To eat. 22. The little bunny slid ..... the gate. A) Under. B) Over. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 23. I ran ..... my dad. A) I. B) Ran. C) To. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 24. What is the preposition in this sentence?Over the years we have learned to study hard. A) Have. B) Years. C) Over. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 25. What is the indirect object?A movie on TV gave me the chills. A) Me. B) TV. C) Movie. D) Chills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Me. 26. Identify the preposition in the sentence.Many millions of people visit Disney World and Disneyland. A) Many. B) Of. C) Visit. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 27. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the preposition "among." A) She found her ring among the couch. B) The secret was kept among the friends. C) He walked among to the store. D) Among the rain, we stayed dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The secret was kept among the friends. 28. Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase that shows location or place? A) He finished the project in a week. B) She laughed with excitement. C) My dog sleeps on the rug. D) We will meet after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dog sleeps on the rug. 29. What is the object of a preposition? A) The adjective that describes the preposition. B) The adverb that modifies the preposition. C) The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition. D) The verb following a preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition. 30. Choose the preposition:Mrs. Phillips said to bring your calculators with you. A) With. B) Bring. C) Said. D) Calculators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 31. Find the preposition:The view from the top was incredible. A) Was. B) From. C) Top. D) View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 32. Identify the two prepositional phrases in this sentence:'During the storm, the lights flickered on and off in the house.' A) During the storm, in the house. B) The lights flickered, on and off. C) The house, during the storm. D) Flickered on, off in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the storm, in the house. 33. What is the prepositional phrase? David fell on the floor A) Fell on. B) David. C) On the floor. D) David fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the floor. 34. Complete the sentence:The book fell ..... the chair. A) Beside. B) Off. C) Quickly. D) Toward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off. 35. Identify the prepositions in the following sentences:This book is an interesting read about women during the Civil War. A) Women, Civil War. B) This, book. C) An, the. D) About, during. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About, during. 36. I am standing here ..... my friends. A) On behalf of. B) In behalf of. C) On behalf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On behalf of. 37. Identify the prepositional phrase:I fell asleep during the long and boring movie. A) I fell asleep. B) During the long. C) During the long and boring. D) During the long and boring movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During the long and boring movie. 38. They sat under the oak tree. What question does the prepositional phrase answer? A) Where they sat. B) When they sat. C) How they sat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where they sat. 39. My friends from other states can read it online. A) Can read it. B) My friends. C) From other states. D) Online. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From other states. 40. True or False:'Under the bed' is a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?We can take a walk before dinner. A) We can take. B) A walk. C) We can. D) Before dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before dinner. 42. I waited until school was dismissed. A) Until. B) Waited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Until. 43. Complete the sentence:She sat ..... the chair. A) behind B) quickly C) loudly D) everywhere A) Everywhere. B) Quickly. C) Behind. D) Loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behind. 44. Fill in the missing preposition:She is interested ..... learning new languages. A) At. B) On. C) In. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 45. Which of the following is a complete prepositional phrase? A) In the backpack. B) Walked slowly. C) The new video game. D) Is exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the backpack. 46. David and Jeremy walked past the grocery store. A) Past. B) Walked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 47. Choose the sentence that best uses a prepositional phrase to describe time. A) They will arrive under the bridge. B) They will arrive between the trees. C) They will arrive by the sea. D) They will arrive at 5 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will arrive at 5 PM. 48. Pranav and Priya are selling tickets ..... the dance show. A) For. B) At. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 49. Which word is a preposition in this sentence:The cat slept beneath the tree? A) Tree. B) Beneath. C) Cat. D) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beneath. 50. Myka and Lily went outside after lunch. What is the preposition in the sentence? A) After. B) Went. C) Outside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 51. Seven very bright stars surrounded by dust form the Seven Sisters.Choose all the prepositional phrases from the sentence above. A) Seven very bright stars. B) The seven sisters. C) By dust. D) Form the seven sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By dust. 52. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:The cat is sitting on the table. A) On. B) Under. C) Beside. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 53. Complete the sentence with the most appropriate preposition:'We watched a movie ..... the afternoon.' A) During. B) Through. C) Under. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During. 54. What is the object of the prepositional phrase, "Cassie walked over the bridge?" A) Bridge. B) Over. C) Walked. D) Cassie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bridge. 55. A prepositional phrase is made up of the 1) ..... , 2) ..... , and 3) ..... A) Preposition2) verb3) adverb. B) Pronoun2) word it describes3) its preposition. C) Preposition2) its object3) any adjectives that describe it. D) Verb2) adverb3) subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition2) its object3) any adjectives that describe it. 56. The dog ran through the gate. Choose the preposition in each sentence A) Dog. B) Ran. C) Through. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through. 57. Name the preposition:Charles Schulz wrote 17, 897 "Peanuts" comic strips in his lifetime. A) Lifetime. B) In. C) In his lifetime. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 58. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.She ran with him. A) She ran. B) Ran with him. C) She ran with. D) With him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With him. 59. What is the object of the preposition in this sentence:'My little brother hid behind the couch during the scary movie.'? A) The couch. B) Movie. C) Brother. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The couch. 60. True or False:In 'The letter is from my cousin, ' the word 'from' is a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPrepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 1Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 2Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 3Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 6Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 7Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 8Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books