This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the preposition in "The toy is inside the box" ? A) Is. B) The. C) Box. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside. 2. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the preposition "under." A) He runs under quickly. B) She placed the book under the table. C) Under the movie, we ate popcorn. D) The cat sleeps under the warm sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She placed the book under the table. 3. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?Our class has been running behind schedule. A) Has been running. B) Our class. C) Behind schedule. D) Running behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behind schedule. 4. Complete the sentence:During the holiday, we stayed ..... our grandmother's house. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 5. What is the prepositional phrase? Kady ran faster then everyone. A) Everyone. B) Faster. C) Kady ran. D) Faster then everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Faster then everyone. 6. Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to show the *agent* (the doer) in a passive voice construction? A) The announcement was made over the loudspeaker. B) The pizza was delivered to my house. C) The game was played on a rainy day. D) The winning goal was scored by Maya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The winning goal was scored by Maya. 7. Complete the sentence:Dad divided the chores ..... my brother, my sister, and me. A) Through. B) Between. C) With. D) Among. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Among. 8. Identify the prepositional phrase:After school, the boys had baseball practice. A) Baseball practice. B) Had baseball practice. C) The boys. D) After school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After school. 9. Identify the object of the preposition:Not many people stayed until the end. A) The. B) Many. C) People. D) End. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End. 10. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "She arrived after the meeting." A) After the meeting. B) The meeting. C) Arrived after. D) She arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the meeting. 11. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "They walked through the park." A) They walked. B) The park. C) Through the park. D) Walked through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the park. 12. True or False:The sentence 'In the back of the closet, I found my old yearbooks' is correctly punctuated. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. True or False:In the sentence 'The library is on the corner, ' the preposition 'on' indicates a location. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase:The cat jumped over the fence. A) The cat jumped. B) Over the fence. C) The fence. D) Jumped over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over the fence. 15. Choose the preposition:Before you leave, look check under your desk for trash. A) Under. B) Trash. C) Desk. D) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 16. A preposition is a part of speech that shows the relationship between location, timing, and ..... A) Direction. B) Action. C) Subjects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direction. 17. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?At noon the colonel strode across the courtyard toward the gate. A) 4. B) 2. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 18. What we discussed in our meeting was supposed to be ..... the record, but they printed it in the newspapers anyway. A) Off. B) On. C) In. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Off. 19. List some common prepositions. A) Above. B) Quickly. C) Beautifully. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 20. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:The cat is sitting on the chair. A) Table. B) Chair. C) Desk. D) Sofa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chair. 21. Complete the sentence with the most appropriate prepositional phrase:'The concert starts ..... the park.' A) At. B) In. C) Over. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 22. Identify the prepositional phrase.Terrance made a small door in one area. A) Small door. B) Terrance made. C) In one area. D) A small door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In one area. 23. Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase:She sells her baskets ..... A) That are made of palm leaves. B) Too expensive. C) At the roadside. D) Which are very lovely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the roadside. 24. Complete the sentence:The painting was created ..... a famous artist. A) By. B) For. C) To. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 25. Complete the sentence with the preposition that best shows a sense of time:We have a pizza party ..... the last day of school. A) From. B) At. C) With. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 26. I think it's better if you take an umbrella ..... you. A) For. B) On. C) To. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 27. Identify the preposition in the sentence.Viewers loved the little mouse with the silly grin. A) Silly. B) Grin. C) Little. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 28. A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between ..... things. A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 29. What is the prepositional phrase? Kinslee sang a song about her sister. A) About her sister. B) Sang. C) Kinslee. D) Sang a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About her sister. 30. Identify the prepositional phrase. They could build a tree house by themselves. A) A tree house. B) They could. C) Could build. D) By themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By themselves. 31. In the sentence 'My dog sleeps under the bed, ' which word is the preposition? A) Sleeps. B) Under. C) Bed. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 32. What is the subject? Call a taxi for me. A) Me. B) Call. C) Taxi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxi. 33. Complete the sentence. More than three hundred people were ..... A) On that leaf. B) On the boat. C) Into the house. D) Over the fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the boat. 34. What is the prepositional phrase?Marta ran with her team. A) With her team. B) Marta ran. C) Ran with her team. D) Her team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With her team. 35. What is the prepositional phrase? The team will meet tonight outside the gym. A) Will meet tonight. B) Outside the gym. C) Meet tonight. D) Tonight outside the gym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside the gym. 36. What is the preposition in the sentence:The ball rolled down the hill? A) Up. B) Over. C) Around. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down. 37. What is the preposition? Dwight walked across the street. A) The. B) Across. C) Street. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Across. 38. I usually go to thelibrary to study everyday ..... school. A) Under. B) After. C) Against. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 39. Complete the sentence:My new skateboard is leaning ..... the wall in the garage. A) Against. B) From. C) At. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against. 40. Complete the sentence:My family's big reunion is always ..... the summer. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 41. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The book on the table is mine.' A) The book. B) Is mine. C) The table. D) On the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the table. 42. Use a preposition to complete the sentence:The dog ran ..... the street. A) Across. B) Above. C) Under. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across. 43. Use a preposition to complete the sentence:The keys are ..... the table. A) Inside. B) Under. C) On. D) Beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 44. True or False:In the sentence 'He sat beside her', 'beside her' is a prepositional phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. What is the prepositional phrase? Did Uncle Brandon stay there before our arrival. A) Before our arrival. B) There before our arrival. C) Brandon stay. D) Stay there before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before our arrival. 46. What is the preposition? I went malling with my mom. A) Went. B) I. C) With. D) Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 47. Pick the preposition that gives more details to complete the following sentence:Nina's picture ..... an elephant won first place. A) During. B) Over. C) Around. D) Of. E) Exploded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of. 48. What does the preposition "for" tell in the sentence below:The game lasted for an hour. A) Tells who won the game. B) Tells how long the game was. C) Tells why the game was SO LONG. D) Tells how bored the people were that were watching. E) Tells where the game was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tells how long the game was. 49. Find the prepositional phrase:He told a story about a bear he had seen. A) He told a story. B) A story about a bear. C) About a bear he had seen. D) About a bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About a bear he had seen. 50. Complete the sentence:My coach is tired of ..... the same drill every day. A) Practicing. B) Practice. C) Practiced. D) To practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Practicing. 51. Choose the best prepositional phrase to complete this sentence:'The ball rolled ..... the street.' A) Through. B) Across. C) Over. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Across. 52. Find the preposition:I could see the lake in the distance. A) Could see. B) Could. C) In. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 53. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "He ran through the park." A) The park. B) Through the park. C) Ran through. D) He ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through the park. 54. Do this sentence have a prepositional phrase?10. He lives in Park Street. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Officer Lex looked for clues that might help him solve the crime. A) For clues. B) Solve the crime. C) Looked for clues. D) That might help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For clues. 56. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?My friends are going to go to a movie at the movie theater after school. A) To a movie, at the movie, after school. B) Are going, to go. C) There are no prepositional phrases. D) To a movie, at the movie theater, after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To a movie, at the movie theater, after school. 57. What role do prepositions play in sentences? A) They describe actions. B) They connect nouns to the rest of the sentence. C) They indicate possession. D) They replace nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They connect nouns to the rest of the sentence. 58. In the sentence 'The message from my friend appeared on the screen, ' which word is a preposition? A) Message. B) From. C) Appeared. D) Screen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 59. The house ..... is haunted. A) After the test. B) Below the ocean floor. C) To another bank. D) In this picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In this picture. 60. True or False:In 'She walked along the riverbank, ' the word 'along' is not a preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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