This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I usually go to see new exhibitions ..... my girlfriend A) Off. B) Back. C) Along. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 2. Object of the preposition:'' My favorite actor is in the movie." A) My. B) Movie. C) Favorite. D) Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movie. 3. Mount Aconcagua is ..... the border of the countries Chile and Argentina. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 4. The yellow pencil fell off the desk. A) Fell off the desk. B) Pencil fell off. C) Off the desk. D) The yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Off the desk. 5. Our Dogs Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 3 and 4 by using a preposition? A) We gave the dogs a bath and the bathtub. B) We gave the dogs a bath we put them in our bathtub. C) We gave the dogs a bath in our bathtub. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We gave the dogs a bath in our bathtub. 6. I wrote the letter ..... my client. A) Regardless of. B) On behalf of. C) By means of. D) In case of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On behalf of. 7. Identify the prepositional phrase:We walked slowly up the stairs. A) We walked slowly. B) We walked. C) Slowly up the stairs. D) Up the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up the stairs. 8. Are you worried ..... global warming? A) With. B) About. C) In. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About. 9. What is the function of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'She sat beside her friend during the movie.'? A) To describe when she sat. B) To describe how she sat. C) To describe where she sat. D) To describe why she sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe where she sat. 10. Choose the prepositional phrase:An article in today's newspaper provides all the details. A) An article. B) In today's newspaper. C) Provides all the details. D) Today's newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In today's newspaper. 11. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?The nurse ran toward her patient. A) Her patient. B) Toward her patient. C) Ran toward. D) The nurse ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward her patient. 12. Floppsy graved happily among the other rabbits all day long. A) Floppsy grazed. B) Among the other rabbits. C) All day long. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among the other rabbits. 13. Mr. Alonzo, the baker of these pastries, have a lot of experience. A) Change have to has. B) Make no change. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change have to has. 14. Identify the appositive phrase (the identifier) in the following sentence:Once they were in her office, a small room with a large welcoming fire, Professor McGonagall motioned to Harry and Hermione to sit down. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.) A) Once they were in her office. B) A small room with a large welcoming fire. C) Motioned to Harry and Hermione to sit down. D) Professor McGonagall motioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small room with a large welcoming fire. 15. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'She walked through the park.' A) She walked. B) Through the. C) Walked through. D) The park. E) Through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Through the park. 16. Our wi-fi connection has been spotty since the recent storms. A) Dependent clause. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 17. He was by nature a philosophical person. A) By nature. B) He was. C) He was by. D) A philosophical person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By nature. 18. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:They sat on the bench. A) They sat. B) On the bench. C) The bench. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the bench. 19. Is the highlighted prepositional phrase an adjective or an adverb phrase?The woman in the shawl was watching Elizabeth. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 20. Prepositional phrase "The old house on the hill, was so scary." A) The hill. B) On the hill. C) Was so sacary. D) The old house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the hill. 21. Can a prepositional phrase act as an adverb? A) Yes, a prepositional phrase can act as an adverb by modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb. B) No, a prepositional phrase can only act as a noun. C) Yes, but only in certain contexts and not universally. D) No, prepositional phrases cannot modify verbs or adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, a prepositional phrase can act as an adverb by modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb. 22. He was one of the greatest composers of all time. A) One of the greatest. B) Of the greatest composers. C) All time. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the greatest composers. 23. Find the modifier(s):In her hand. A) In, her. B) Her. C) In, hand. D) Her, hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 24. Spaghetti, together with meatballs, are my favorite food. A) Change food to foods. B) Change are to is. C) Make no Change. D) Change Spaghetti to spaghetti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change are to is. 25. Emily planned to hide under the bed, but she changed her mind. A) Under the bed. B) But she. C) Changed her mind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the bed. 26. During the concert, the audience listened attentively. A) The audience listened. B) The audience listened attentively. C) Listened attentively. D) During the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During the concert. 27. Mary was sad for a long time, but she got better. A) Was sad. B) For a long time. C) But she got better. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For a long time. 28. I sincerely doubt we will see people living on Mars during my lifetime. A) Dependent clause. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 29. Find the prepositional phrase in the sentence:She walked through the park. A) She walked. B) Through the park. C) The park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through the park. 30. Choose the prepositional phrase:The new donut shop opens in a month. A) In a month. B) The new donut shop. C) Shop opens. D) Donut shop opens. 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