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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blank with the most precise preposition of time:My birthday is ..... October 25th. A) At. B) Since. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 2. What is the prepositional phrase?Carlos beat the runners in a race. A) Beat the runners. B) Runners in a race. C) Carlos beat. D) In a race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a race. 3. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the following sentence? She has been gone since yesterday? A) She has been gone. B) She has. C) Since yesterday. D) Been gone since yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since yesterday. 4. What are the prepositions in this sentence?The dog ran up the road, into the house and onto the bed. A) Roadhousebed. B) Uptheroad. C) Dog. D) Upintoonto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upintoonto. 5. 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. 6. Identify the preposition in this sentence:Watch the horse run around the field. A) Run. B) Watch. C) Field. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 7. How many prepositions are contained in the phrase, "over the river and through the woods?" A) Three. B) One. C) Two. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 8. 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. 9. Which word in the following sentence is a preposition? "She walked to the store." A) Store. B) Walked. C) She. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 10. What is the prepositional phrase? The gopher scurried back into his hole. A) Scurried back. B) Back into his hole. C) Into his hole. D) The gopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into his hole. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. What is the preposition in this sentence?Singing is fun during the holidays. A) During. B) Singing. C) Is. D) Holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During. 14. Pick the preposition that tells about TIME to complete the following sentence: ..... lunch, we will do a science experiment. A) Past. B) Down. C) Delicious. D) After. E) Toward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After. 15. Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The students talked excitedly during the assembly.' A) During the assembly. B) The assembly. C) Talked excitedly. D) The students talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the assembly. 16. What is the object in the following phrase? aboard the massive cruise ship A) Massive. B) Cruise. C) Aboard. D) Ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ship. 17. Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentence:He placed the books ..... the shelf. A) Against. B) On. C) Into. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 18. What are the objects of the prepositional phrases in the sentence below? Felicia skipped through the open gate in front of her house. A) Open gate, her house. B) Through, in front of. C) Open gate. D) Gate, house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gate, house. 19. Let's pick the strawberries tomorrow. A) No prepositional phrase. B) Tomorrow. C) Let's pick. D) Pick the strawberries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No prepositional phrase. 20. 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. 21. Complete the sentence:The bird flew ..... the trees. A) Over. B) Through. C) Beside. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 22. Choose the OBJECT of the preposition.The cookies are in the oven. A) The. B) Are. C) Oven. D) Cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oven. 23. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?Hundreds of people swarmed into the theater for the concert. A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 24. 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. 25. To correctly use a gerund (-ing word) as the object of a preposition, complete this sentence:'You can't get good grades without ..... ' A) Studying. B) To study. C) Studied. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying. 26. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the following sentence? I will see you on Monday. A) See you on Monday. B) I will. C) See you. D) On Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On Monday. 27. What is the preposition:Make sure you stay with your mother, so that you don't get lost. A) Make sure. B) So. C) With. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 28. Find the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The flowers are next to the fence. A) Next to the fence. B) Inside the house. C) Across the street. D) Under the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next to the fence. 29. The function of the prepositional phrase in the sentence '' mom walked beside my sister and got into the room then." A) Adjective, adverb. B) Adjective, adjective. C) Adverb, adjective. D) Adverb, adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb, adverb. 30. 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. 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