This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the preposition.A statue is on the shelf. A) On. B) Shelf. C) Statue. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 2. Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun:This secret is just between you and ..... A) I. B) Me. C) Myself. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 3. What are some examples of prepositions of place? A) In, on, under, above, between, and behind. B) Quickly, slowly, carefully, and quietly. C) Red, blue, green, and yellow. D) Happy, sad, angry, and excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In, on, under, above, between, and behind. 4. The students were tired ..... A) Up the chimney. B) From aluminum. C) Beyond the high mountains. D) After the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the test. 5. Identify the prepositional phrase:She moved me between two other students in the line. A) Me between two other. B) Students in the line. C) Between two other students. D) She moved me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between two other students. 6. Josiah threw the banana in the trash because it was rotten. A) Because it was rotten. B) In the trash. C) Threw the banana. D) Josiah threw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the trash. 7. What is the preposition? Under a warm blanket, Pam rested. A) Under. B) Pam. C) Blanket. D) Rested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 8. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct preposition that 'depends' on the adjective 'disappointed':'I was disappointed ..... the movie's ending.' A) Of. B) With. C) At. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 9. Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase that modifies "dog?" A) The dog plays with its friends. B) The dog by the fence belongs to my neighbor. C) The dog cannot leave the yard. D) The dog barks as loud as it can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog by the fence belongs to my neighbor. 10. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?My little brother greets me at the door every day. A) My little brother. B) Greets me. C) At the door. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the door. 11. What is the object of the preposition in "We're going to the movies" ? A) Movies. B) We're. C) Going. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movies. 12. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'He sat beside his friend.' A) Sat beside. B) He sat. C) Beside his friend. D) His friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside his friend. 13. In the sentence 'The dog with the floppy ears barked loudly, ' which part is the prepositional phrase? A) Barked loudly. B) The dog. C) The floppy ears. D) With the floppy ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With the floppy ears. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "The cat jumped into the box and hid." A) Into the box. B) The cat. C) Jumped into. D) And hid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into the box. 15. Elizabeth picked the roses with the sharp thorns. A) Picked the roses. B) With the sharp thorns. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the sharp thorns. 16. Complete the sentence. The house ..... is haunted. A) After the test. B) In this picture. C) To another bank. D) Below the ocean floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In this picture. 17. Select the answer choice that finishes the sentence with a prepositional phrase and identifies the preposition in the sentence. Two boys jump ..... A) Over the fence.(preposition:over). B) Happy the park.(preposition:happy). C) Blue the sky.(preposition:blue). D) Quickly the street.(preposition:quickly). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the fence.(preposition:over). 18. We went ..... the tent when it rained. A) With. B) For. C) In. D) Accross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 19. The design on this bag reminds me ..... a scarf I used to town. A) Apart from. B) By. C) About. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of. 20. What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: "They sat by the fire." A) By. B) They. C) The fire. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fire. 21. Choose the prepositional phrase.Keirrah loves to read during class. A) Keirrah loves. B) To read. C) During class. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During class. 22. Identify the prepositional phrase:'The students studied in the library after school.' A) The students. B) In the library. C) After school. D) Studied in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the library. 23. What is the preposition and prepositional phrase:The visitors will walk around the school. A) Around / walk around. B) Around / around the school. C) The visitors / will walk. D) The school / school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around / around the school. 24. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:During the storm, we stayed inside the house. A) The storm. B) We stayed. C) Inside the house. D) During the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside the house. 25. Identify the preposition:$_{The ball rolled under the couch.}$ A) Ball. B) Under. C) Couch. D) Rolled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 26. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:Mrs. Bowsman put new white ghost lights on the tree. A) On the tree. B) Mrs. Bowsman. C) White ghost lights. D) Put new white ghost lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the tree. 27. Please put the soda ..... the counter. A) Into. B) Inside. C) Within. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 28. Miss Even's room is between the two second grade classes.Choose the preposition in each sentence A) Room. B) Is. C) Between. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 29. True or False:A prepositional phrase must always include a verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Lex was having trouble sleeping at night ever since the cat burglar escaped him. A) Was having trouble. B) Escaped him. C) Having trouble. D) At night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At night. 31. What is the preposition in the sentence:'The bus will come to pick us up across the street'? A) Across. B) Come. C) Pick. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across. 32. Identify the preposition in the sentence.Animated movies have been around for a long time. A) Long. B) For. C) A. D) Movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 33. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:My bowl on the table contains oatmeal. A) Bowl. B) Table. C) On. D) Contains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 34. What is the prepositional phrase? Lucas ran across the parking lot. A) The parking lot. B) Ran. C) Across the parking lot. D) Lucas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across the parking lot. 35. True or False:In the sentence "She walked into the room, " the phrase "into the room" is a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. In the sentence 'We went fishing with Ben', what is 'with Ben'? A) A noun phrase. B) A prepositional phrase. C) An adjective phrase. D) A verb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A prepositional phrase. 37. Fill in the blank:The prepositional phrase in 'We will meet after the concert' tells us ..... we will meet. A) Why. B) How. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 38. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?The basketball rolled around the rim, bounced against the backboard and finally fell through the net. A) The rimthe backboardthe net. B) Rolled aroundbounced againstfell through. C) Aroundagainstthrough. D) Around the rimagainst the backboardthrough the net. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around the rimagainst the backboardthrough the net. 39. Complete the sentence. Rick found a strange bug ..... A) During the movie. B) After the test. C) On the tree. D) To another bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the tree. 40. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The concert starts after sunset. A) Starts after. B) After sunset. C) Sunset. D) The concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After sunset. 41. It was a good spot for a tree house. What question does the prepositional phrase answer? A) What kind of spot. B) When is the spot. C) Where is the spot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What kind of spot. 42. What is the preposition in the sentence?Sheila kicked the ball over the fence. A) Happy. B) Quickly. C) Cat. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over. 43. Identify the preposition(s):I waited in line until it was my turn A) My Turn. B) Line. C) Until. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until. 44. Complete the sentence:The cat hid ..... the couch. A) In. B) On. C) Beside. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 45. Which option best completes the sentence with a prepositional phrase? The artist painted a picture ..... the sunset. A) with B) of C) under D) in A) In. B) Of. C) With. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 46. True or False:'Before lunch' is a complete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. Fill in the blank:Just ..... you and me, I don't think that plan will work. A) With. B) Between. C) Among. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 48. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?In the evenings of August, the katydids sang in the trees. A) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 49. Which sentence correctly uses the preposition "across" ? A) He is interested across learning new things. B) They talked across a long time. C) The book was placed across on the table. D) She walked across the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She walked across the street. 50. True or False:The preposition 'among' is the best choice when referring to two people, while 'between' is used for three or more. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Identify the preposition in each sentence.Down a lane I ran. A) Down. B) Lane. C) I. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down. 52. A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence, is called ..... A) Prepositional phrase. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 53. Which sentence correctly uses a prepositional phrase of place? A) She is good at math. B) The keys are beside the lamp. C) He runs quickly. D) They laughed loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The keys are beside the lamp. 54. Choose the BEST preposition for the sentence:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..... the chair sat our sleepy kitten. A) Over. B) Beneath. C) Between. D) Among. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beneath. 55. These dresses were ..... sale last week. A) Of. B) On. C) In. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 56. Select the answer choice that finishes the sentence with a prepositional phrase and identifies the preposition in the sentence.The cat plays ..... A) Under the table.(preposition:under). B) Quickly the table.(preposition:quickly). C) Over table the. (preposition:over). D) Table under the.(preposition:table). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the table.(preposition:under). 57. What does a prepositional phrase begin with? A) An adverb. B) A preposition. C) A verb. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A preposition. 58. In the example 'after dinner she read a book', what does 'after dinner' specify? A) Reason. B) Method. C) Time. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 59. Select the answer choice that finishes the sentence with a prepositional phrase and identifies the preposition in the sentence.The teacher wrote ..... A) Her name beautifully.(preposition:beautifully). B) Quickly the lesson.(preposition:quickly). C) On the board.(preposition:on). D) The answer loudly.(preposition:loudly). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the board.(preposition:on). 60. What is the prepositional phrase? Daniel watched the smoke rise up the chimney. A) Rise up the chimney. B) Up the chimney. C) Daniel watched. D) Watched the smoke. 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