This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jerry climbed onto the bus. A) Climbed. B) Onto. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onto. 2. Fill in the blank with the most precise preposition:I have lived in this city ..... 2015. A) During. B) By. C) Since. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 3. Find the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:They swim during the summer. A) During the summer. B) They swim. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the summer. 4. Identify the preposition in thesentence.Heather sat between the twotrees. A) Two. B) The. C) Between. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 5. What is the prepositional phrase? On Wednesday, Richie survived the Oregon Trail. A) On Wednesday. B) Richie survived. C) Survived the Oregon Trail. D) The Oregon Trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Wednesday. 6. Fill in the blank:The keys are ..... the drawer. A) On. B) Under. C) In. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 7. What does the preposition 'with' indicate? A) Indicates being together or in the company of someone or something. B) Indicates a time or duration. C) Indicates a location or place. D) Indicates a direction or movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicates being together or in the company of someone or something. 8. Choose the correct prepositional phrase:The homework was completed ..... the deadline. A) in B) on C) at D) before A) Before. B) On. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 9. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?I was walking down a long hall. A) I was walking. B) Down a long hall. C) Long hall. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down a long hall. 10. Identify the prepositional phrase:'She sat beside her friend during lunch.' A) Sat beside. B) During lunch. C) Her friend. D) Beside her friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beside her friend. 11. Identify the prepositional phrase:'The gift was hidden behind the curtain until the party.' A) The curtain. B) Behind the curtain. C) Was hidden. D) Until the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind the curtain. 12. Select the preposition.The twins huddled between their parents. A) Parents. B) Their. C) Twins. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between. 13. Officers Lex and Gomez heard five or six gunshots and ran toward them A) Officer Lex and Gomez. B) Toward them. C) Heard five or six gunshots. D) And ran toward them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward them. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: A) Stop laughing. B) The couple. C) Behind us. D) Would not stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behind us. 15. What do prepositions do? A) They are people, places, things or ideas. B) Show relationships between two different things in the sentence. C) Show an action. D) Tells where the house is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Show relationships between two different things in the sentence. 16. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.Mia is in front of my sister. A) Of my sister. B) In front of my sister. C) Mia is. D) In front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In front of my sister. 17. We walked down the block and rested. A) Walked. B) Around. C) Block. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down. 18. What is the PREPOSITION in the following sentence? She has been gone since yesterday. A) Since. B) Has. C) Been. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 19. Identify the preposition in the sentence:'The cat is on the roof.' A) In. B) On. C) Under. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 20. Choose the correct Preposition:I go to school ..... my friend A) In. B) Across. C) With. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 21. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the following sentence? He likes to read in the afternoon. A) He likes. B) To read. C) In the. D) In the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the afternoon. 22. True or False:A comma is required in the following sentence:'After the long and exhausting soccer practice the team went out for ice cream.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. How can you best revise this sentence to make it more concise and natural-sounding? 'That's the store I got my shoes from.' A) The sentence is fine as it is. B) From which store did I get my shoes?. C) That's the store from which I got my shoes. D) That's the store at where I got my shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sentence is fine as it is. 24. Complete the sentence:The dog ran ..... the park. A) Around. B) Through. C) With. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through. 25. Is there an indirect object in this:His grandmother sends him five dollars on his birthday every year. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 26. What is the object of the preposition in 'outside the window'? A) Outside. B) The. C) The birds. D) Window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Window. 27. No one forced him to come to work when he was ill, he did it ..... his own free will. A) For. B) From. C) Of. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 28. Is there an indirect object in this?They tried giving their baby some mashed peas. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 29. What is the prepositional phrase?Ellen was behind the others. A) The others. B) Behind the others. C) Was behind the others. D) Ellen was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind the others. 30. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the preposition inside. A) The note was in side the envelope open. B) The note was inside the envelope. C) The note was outside the envelope instead. D) The note was inside of across the envelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The note was inside the envelope. 31. What is the preposition in this sentence? Students must stay inside the classroom. A) Inside. B) Stay. C) Must. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside. 32. Select the preposition.During the winter the mountains are covered with snow. A) Winter. B) During. C) Are. D) Covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During. 33. What is the prepositional phrase?The patriots looked across the river. A) Across the river. B) Looked. C) The patriots. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across the river. 34. What do all prepositional phrases have in common? A) They all begin with prepositions. B) They all begin with adjectives. C) They all begin with adverbs. D) They all begin with nouns or pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They all begin with prepositions. 35. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence below?The post office is just around the corner. A) Corner. B) Post. C) Around. D) Office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corner. 36. Choose the OBJECT of the preposition.The pizza in the oven is mine. A) Oven. B) Mine. C) Is. D) Pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oven. 37. What is the preposition in the sentence?Lisa runs to the bust stop. A) To. B) And. C) Quickly. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 38. Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentence:The cat is hiding ..... the bed. A) On. B) Under. C) Inside. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 39. True or False:'During the movie' is a prepositional phrase in the sentence 'She fell asleep during the movie.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Identify the prepositionShe went inside to eat. A) To. B) She. C) Eat. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside. 41. In the sentence 'I found my keys under the sofa, ' which word is the preposition? A) Found. B) Keys. C) Under. D) Sofa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 42. Mr. Toner lives ..... the firestation and thehospital. A) Near. B) Before. C) Into. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near. 43. Choose theoption that usesthe correctprepositions. A) I saw an ant crawl the log andthen into the leaf to get back to his anthole. B) I saw an ant crawl through the log andthen over the leaf to get back to his anthole. C) I saw an ant crawl at the log andthen since the leaf to get back to his anthole. D) I saw an ant crawl with the log andthen through the leaf to get back to his anthole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw an ant crawl through the log andthen over the leaf to get back to his anthole. 44. Select the sentence that contains two prepositional phrases. A) We waited outside the store. B) She danced with elegance. C) The dog slept on the porch under the stars. D) He ran fast. A) She danced with elegance. B) We waited outside the store. C) He ran fast. D) The dog slept on the porch under the stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog slept on the porch under the stars. 45. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The dog slept under the table.' A) Slept under. B) The dog. C) Under the table. D) The table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under the table. 46. Prepositional phrase(s)-correct or incorrect? ..... Throughout the park, we could hear children laughing. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 47. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:The stapler is on the shelf. A) Is on. B) On the shelf. C) The. D) The stapler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the shelf. 48. Rick found a strange bug ..... A) To another bank. B) On the tree. C) After the test. D) During the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the tree. 49. Outside food doesn't agree ..... me. A) Without. B) To. C) With. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 50. Put a checkmark by the word that is a preposition. A) Mrs. Rose. B) Toward. C) School. D) Books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward. 51. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The keys are in the drawer.' A) In the. B) In the drawer. C) The keys. D) Are in the drawer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the drawer. 52. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'She is sitting on the chair.' A) Sitting on. B) In the chair. C) The chair. D) On the chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the chair. 53. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:Jennifer walked over to her neighbor's house. A) Over. B) House. C) Jennifer. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 54. The clock, in my grandma's, house was broken last week. A) Broken last week. B) Grandma's house was. C) In my grandma's house. D) House was broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In my grandma's house. 55. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:She walked through the park to get to the store. A) Around. B) Underneath. C) Inside. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 56. Identify the preposition in this sentence:Please return the book to the cabinet. A) Please. B) Cabinet. C) To. D) Return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 57. Identify the prepositional phrase:I watched the ball sail toward me. A) Watched the ball. B) The ball sail. C) Sail toward me. D) Toward me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toward me. 58. Complete the sentence with the appropriate prepositional phrase:They arrived ..... the middle of the night. A) By. B) At. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 59. A preposition is a word that shows the 1) ..... of a noun or 2) ..... to some other word in a sentence. A) Relationship2) verb. B) Job2) adverb. C) Relationship2) pronoun. D) Job2) adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relationship2) pronoun. 60. There was a massive traffic jam ..... the rains. A) From. B) In spite of. C) On account of. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In spite of. ← 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 5Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 6Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 7Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books