This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? She arrived after the meeting. A) After the meeting. B) Arrived after. C) She arrived. D) No prepositional phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the meeting. 2. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:Raindrops pounded the pavement during the storm. A) Pounded the pavement. B) During the storm. C) Raindrops pounded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the storm. 3. Identify the preposition:We walked by the school this weekend. A) This weekend. B) Walked by the school. C) We walked. D) By the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the school. 4. Identify the prepositional phrase.Reviews have different points of view. A) Of view. B) Reviews have different. C) Have different. D) Points of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of view. 5. Stockholm is the capital ..... Sweden. A) In. B) Of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 6. Find the object of the preposition.He talked about a film he had just finished. A) Film. B) About. C) He. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Film. 7. Identify the preposition. The boys sat on the wall. A) Boys. B) Sat. C) On. D) Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 8. Identify the correct list of prepositions. A) Withhadsofrom. B) Upunderbelowwalk. C) Oftoinon. D) Onbehasnext. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oftoinon. 9. Who is that new student sitting next to Marcia? A) Sitting next to Marcia. B) Who is that. C) Next to Marcia. D) Is that new student. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Next to Marcia. 10. Select the function performed by the prepositional phrase in the sentence below. (The preposition is in green color)The door of the car is open. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 11. The employees are ..... today. They want better working conditions. A) On a party. B) On the market. C) On strike. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On strike. 12. Select the function performed by the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.(The preposition is in green color)This is a key for the house. A) Adverb. B) Verb phrase. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 13. Is she really going out ..... that guy? A) With. B) In. C) On. D) Out. E) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 14. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?This book is about dinosaurs. A) Is. B) About dinosaurs. C) Dinosaurs. D) This book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About dinosaurs. 15. The houses along Pine Street has very tidy yards. A) Change Pine to pine. B) Change houses to house. C) Make no change. D) Change has to have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change has to have. 16. Kinslee sang a song about her sister. A) Sang. B) Kinslee. C) Sang a song. D) About her sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About her sister. 17. Which section is the prepositional phrase? A) For the wedding. B) Yesterday afternoon. C) The flowers. D) Were delivered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For the wedding. 18. Find the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the sentence below:Actor, Dwayne Johnson, is the star of the action movie, Skyscraper. A) Is the star. B) Of the action movie. C) Star of. D) The action movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the action movie. 19. Timothy was not trying to frighten me ..... ; he was just being honest. A) On purpose. B) Without delay. C) For a change. D) At times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On purpose. 20. He seems to be ..... today. A) In a bad mood. B) In cold blood. C) In touch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a bad mood. 21. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a holiday celebrated widely across Latin America. A) Is a holiday. B) The Day of the Dead. C) Across Latin America. D) That is celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across Latin America. 22. Which word in the sentence is the PREPOSITION:Faith went to the reptile show with her family. A) To, with. B) Show, family. C) Went, her. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To, with. 23. A good strategy to use when you are trying to identify prepositions in a sentence is to ask ANYWHERE A CAT CAN GO. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "During the storm, the power went out." A) Went out. B) The storm. C) The power. D) During the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During the storm. 25. Charlie scored far ..... the class average. A) Under. B) Down. C) Upon. D) Below. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Below. 26. It's best to arrive ..... foot because there is nowhere to park. A) On. B) For. C) In. D) Out. E) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 27. Please return the book to the cabinet. A) To the cabinet. B) Return the book. C) Please return the. D) Return the book to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the cabinet. 28. What role does the prepositional phrase play in the sentence:'He walked through the park with his dog.'? A) It describes when he walked. B) It describes why he walked. C) It describes where he walked. D) It describes how he walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It describes where he walked. 29. Is the highlighted prepositional phrase an adjective or an adverb phrase? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 30. Failure to pass the test will result ..... the loss of your license. A) In. B) On. C) Down. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 31. People on the beach (was building, were building) sand castles. A) Was building. B) Were building. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were building. 32. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are familiar to many people. A) Are familiar. B) Familiar to many. C) To many people. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To many people. 33. If you s ..... your plans, I will be so proud of you. A) Summarize on. B) Surrender in. C) Succeed for. D) Succeed in. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Succeed in. 34. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The books on the shelf are dusty." A) The books. B) Are dusty. C) On the shelf. D) The shelf are dustyTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the shelf. 35. Knock at the door. "Come ..... please!" A) In. B) Along. C) Back. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 36. Tamilnadu is an Indian state located ..... the south, ..... theeastern coast of India. A) To/ on. B) In/ on. C) On/ on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In/ on. 37. Which word in the sentence is the PREPOSITION:Granpda started snoring during the movie. A) During. B) Started. C) Snoring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During. 38. The cats in the barns hunts for mice. A) Make no change. B) Change hunts to hunt. C) Change are to is. D) Change barns to barn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change hunts to hunt. 39. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? The man in the sports car is my neighbor. A) Car. B) Neighbor. C) Man. D) Sports car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Car. 40. I ..... your many talents, what are your hobbies? A) Incidently to. B) In addition to. C) Immediately after. D) Interesting to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In addition to. 41. Object of the preposition: "I speak loudly by mistake" . A) Loudly. B) Mistake. C) By. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mistake. 42. She is always late, but he is always ..... time A) Along. B) On. C) At. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 43. The leaves on the maple tree (is turning, are turning) bright red. A) Is turning. B) Are turning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are turning. 44. Select the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:She hit the ball over the fence. A) Over the fence. B) She hit the ball. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the fence. 45. If you go to the party, wear something pretty. A) If you go. B) To the party. C) Wear something pretty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the party. 46. Read the sentence. I could run out the door and hide in the garden or even under a blanket in the back of my parent's car. Which part of the sentence above is not a prepositional phrase? A) In the garden. B) Out the door. C) I could run. D) Under a blanket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I could run. 47. Find the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence. The pencil sharpener on the bookcase needs to be emptied because it is overflowing. A) Is overflowing. B) On the bookcase. C) To be. D) The pencil sharpener. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the bookcase. 48. Identify the sentence with a prepositional phrase: A) She is happy. B) We are going to the beach. C) They are playing. D) He will win. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are going to the beach. 49. We met at university and it was love ..... first sight. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 50. The bag of marbles belong to my sister. A) Change of to within. B) Change sister to Sister. C) Change belong to belongs. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change belong to belongs. 51. Select the prepositional phrase.Some animals hibernate throughout the winter. A) Some animals hibernate. B) Hibernate throughout. C) Throughout the winter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throughout the winter. 52. What type of phrase is 'before school'? A) Adjective phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Noun phrase. D) Adverb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb phrase. 53. Prepositional phrases that mean "EXCEPTION" A) Apart from. B) With regard to. C) But for. D) As for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apart from. 54. Analyse the placement of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The book is on the table. A) Before the subject. B) At the end of the sentence. C) Between the subject and the verb. D) After the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the verb. 55. The students must hand ..... their homework. A) Back. B) Up. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 56. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? During the storm, the family stayed inside the house. A) Four. B) Three. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 57. Information ..... bird-banding fills huge gaps in our knowledge of bird behaviour migration. A) With. B) During. C) By. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From. 58. The ceremony will begin within the hour. A) The ceremony. B) Will begin. C) Within the hour. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within the hour. 59. Daisy enjoys working in the kitchen. A) Daisy enjoys. B) Enjoys working. C) In the kitchen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the kitchen. 60. Argentina is ..... southeastern South America. A) In. B) Of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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