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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I'm cutting bread out of my diet, ..... rice, pasta and other carbs. A) Along with. B) Along from. C) Along to. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along with. 2. A preposition must come before the object of the preposition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. As densely populated as the city is, there are surprisingly few people seen ..... the streets. A) At. B) On. C) Of. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 4. A convoy of trucks (is roaring, are roaring) down the highway. A) Is roaring. B) Are roaring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is roaring. 5. Maya is very tall ..... , her sister is short A) BY FAR. B) IN FACT. C) IN CONTRAST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN CONTRAST. 6. The pony jumped over the hurdle. A) Over the hurdle. B) The hurdle. C) Jumped over. D) The pony jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped over. 7. 4) What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence, "the cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world?" A) The cheetah. B) In the world. C) Land animal. D) Is the fastest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the world. 8. Excuse me madam, but what do you think of the plans for the new road through the village? Are you ..... it or not? A) In favour of. B) Apart from. C) Instead of. D) Along with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In favour of. 9. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The broom is beside the refrigerator. A) The broom is. B) Beside. C) Beside the refrigerator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside the refrigerator. 10. Parents always try to bring ..... their children to be thoughtful. A) In. B) On. C) Up. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up. 11. What is the OBJECT of the preposition?The child ran down the hall. A) Child. B) Ran. C) Down. D) Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hall. 12. Find the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence. Today I am just full of great ideas! A) I am. B) Of great ideas. C) Just full. D) Today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of great ideas. 13. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:Please leave your bag and suitcase beside your seat. A) Please. B) Beside. C) Leave. D) Suitcase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside. 14. I believe marriage is for life. A) Is for. B) For life. C) Marriage is. D) I believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For life. 15. Choose the prepositional phrase in each sentence.Scientists have gazed at the skies. A) Scientists have. B) At the skies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the skies. 16. What is the function of the preposition in the following sentence? Gary rode his bike down the road. A) It tells why Gary rode his bike. B) It tells when Gary rode his bike. C) It tells how Gary rode his bike. D) It tells where Gary rode his bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It tells where Gary rode his bike. 17. What is the preposition in the sentence? We found the cat in the dog's bed. A) The. B) Bed. C) In. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 18. Between you and me, this is the worst pie I've ever tasted! A) Dependent clause. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 19. Find the prepositional phrase in this sentence:The ball rolled down the hill. A) Across the river. B) Up the mountain. C) Through the forest. D) Down the hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down the hill. 20. Which of the following words is NEVER a preposition? A) Will. B) For. C) During. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will. 21. Complete these sentences using a prepositional phrase from the box.John's angry reaction to my letter was completely ..... A) At odds with. B) By no means. C) On its own merits. D) Over the top. E) Beyond all expectation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over the top. 22. What is the OBJECT of the preposition? The book on the shelf is mine. A) On. B) Shelf. C) Book. D) Mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelf. 23. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?She wrote a letter on her own stationery. A) Own stationery. B) Wrote a letter. C) On her own stationery. D) She wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On her own stationery. 24. Select the prepositional phrase.Across the street, there is a playground. A) Across the street. B) Street, there is. C) Is a playground. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across the street. 25. ..... making her angry again, I think it's best we do as she asks. A) Rather than. B) In addition to. C) Except for. D) Along with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rather than. 26. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The dog ran under the table.'? A) Under the table. B) Beside the table. C) Above the table. D) Below the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the table. 27. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "With great enthusiasm, she started her project." A) Her project. B) With great enthusiasm. C) She started. D) Started her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With great enthusiasm. 28. I cooked the rice ..... the directions on the box. A) As fo. B) In favour of. C) By means of. D) According to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) According to. 29. There is a parcel ..... you. I think it is ..... your mother. A) From, for. B) From, to. C) To, from. D) For, from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For, from. 30. What is the difference between an adjective phrase and an adverb phrase? A) An adjective phrase modifies a noun, while an adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. B) An adjective phrase modifies a verb, while an adverb phrase modifies a noun. C) An adjective phrase is a type of adverb phrase that describes actions. D) An adjective phrase and an adverb phrase are the same and can be used interchangeably. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adjective phrase modifies a noun, while an adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. 31. Mr. Carson and Mr. Bates work together in a big house. A) Mr. Carson and Mr. Bates. B) Work together. C) In a big house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a big house. 32. Identify the preposition in this sentence:You must stay within bounds, or you're out. A) Must. B) Stay. C) Within. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within. 33. Shouts from the crowd ..... the baby. A) Is frightening. B) Are frightening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are frightening. 34. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?I will place my paper in the basket. A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 35. The Red Sea is ..... the west coast of Saudi Arabia. A) To. B) On. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 36. He is so much in love. He is completely d ..... his girlfriend. A) Discounted at. B) Demanded on. C) Desired of. D) Devoted to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devoted to. 37. Choose the function in group disjunct or conjunct function. A) Exception. B) Subject matter. C) Reaction. D) Respect, standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exception. 38. Select the prepositional phrase.We will stay here until dinner. A) Stay here until dinner. B) Until dinner. C) We will stay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until dinner. 39. Identify the prepositional phrase.We went to the park last week. A) We went. B) Last week. C) Went to. D) To the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To the park. 40. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence 'He sat beside his friend'? A) Beside his friend. B) Under the table. C) Between the lines. D) Across the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beside his friend. 41. Find the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the sentence below:News anchor, Lester Holt, is the lead anchor of the show, NBC Nightly News. A) Is the lead anchor. B) News anchor. C) Of the show. D) Lead anchor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of the show. 42. Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.Run over the hill to catch the runaway dog. A) To catch the runaway. B) Run over. C) Over the hill. D) The runaway dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over the hill. 43. How many prepositional phrases are there in the following sentence?The first reports about the cause of these mysterious patterns appeared in 1978. A) 3 prepositional phrases. B) 1 prepositional phrase. C) 2 prepositional phrases. D) 4 prepositional phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 prepositional phrases. 44. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?On Wednesday, we celebrated my sister's birthday at our house for at least two hours! A) Four. B) Two. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 45. Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the following sentence:We were looking for the documents that were hidden. A) For the. B) For the documents. C) Were looking. D) That were hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the documents. 46. What is the difference between a preposition and a prepositional phrase? A) A preposition is a single word, while a prepositional phrase includes the preposition and its object. B) A preposition is a phrase, while a prepositional phrase is a single word. C) A preposition can stand alone, while a prepositional phrase cannot. D) A preposition is always followed by a verb, while a prepositional phrase is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A preposition is a single word, while a prepositional phrase includes the preposition and its object. 47. I'm not interested ..... the adverts on TV. A) In. B) At. C) About. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 48. No one may enter without a ticket. A) May enter. B) No one may enter without a ticket. C) No one may enter. D) Without a ticket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without a ticket. 49. They are planning to go ..... holiday to Greece this summer. A) On. B) Into. C) With. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 50. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?She received a rejection letter from New York. A) From New York. B) She received. C) Received a rejection. D) Letter from New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From New York. 51. What is prepositional phrase in the sentence below? A) Into the classroom. B) Tomorrow. C) Will walk. D) The students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into the classroom. 52. ..... , our bus has arrived. Thank goodness. A) At last. B) At least. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At last. 53. If you're ..... , you usually walk more quickly than usual A) AT FIRST. B) BY FAR. C) IN A HURRY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN A HURRY. 54. I tried to convince her to go out but all of my efforts were ..... A) On occasion. B) On trial. C) In vain. D) At fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In vain. 55. An image that you can't see clearly is probably ..... A) Out of focus. B) DEPTH. C) FOCUS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of focus. 56. Select the object of the preposition in the following sentence.Run over the hill to catch the runaway dog. A) Catch. B) Hill. C) Runaway dog. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hill. 57. Select the function performed by the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.(The preposition is in purple)I dived into the water A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Gerund. D) Infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 58. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?Please do not talk during the movie. A) Do not talk. B) Please do not. C) Talk. D) During the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During the movie. 59. ..... , the weather is very hot here in summer A) AT FIRST. B) IN GENERAL. C) IN FACT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IN GENERAL. 60. How many prepositional phrases are in the sentence below?Presley jumped on her bed, ran around the house, talked on the phone, and played basketball. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. 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