This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the preposition in the sentence?The waitress placed the glasses on the table A) Glasses. B) On. C) Placed. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 2. Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.Emily pulled the sweatshirt over her head. A) Emily pulled. B) Pulled the sweatshirt. C) Over her head. D) Sweatshirt over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over her head. 3. What is the role of prepositions in a sentence? A) Prepositions are used to connect verbs to their subjects. B) Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words in a sentence, indicating relationships in time, place, or direction. C) Prepositions are used to modify adjectives and adverbs. D) Prepositions serve as the main verbs in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words in a sentence, indicating relationships in time, place, or direction. 4. The company is notorious ..... its poor working conditions and low wages. A) In. B) After. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 5. Select the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:The book is on the shelf. A) The book is. B) On the shelf. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the shelf. 6. Excuse me, waiter. Can I change my order? I'll have the beef ..... the chicken, if you don't mind. A) Against. B) Instead of. C) Except for. D) Apart from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instead of. 7. Wilbur Wright flew hir aeroplane ..... France in 1909. A) On. B) Until. C) Upon. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over. 8. That group of stars (is called, are called) the Big Dipper. A) Is called. B) Are called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is called. 9. The man stood by the crib and cried. A) Man stood by. B) The crib and cried. C) The man stood. D) By the crib. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the crib. 10. The elevator's ..... again. A) Out of tune. B) Out of doors. C) Out of danger. D) Out of order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out of order. 11. Preposition or Infinitive?-to + a verb A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 12. Choose the prepositional phrase:They worked together on a new sky routine. A) Sky routine. B) On a new sky routine. C) They worked together. D) Together on a new. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On a new sky routine. 13. Analyse the placement of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The keys are in the drawer. A) After the verb. B) Before the subject. C) Between the subject and the verb. D) At the end of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the verb. 14. The new highway will not be completed until next spring. A) Will not be completed. B) Will not be completed until next spring. C) Until next spring. D) The new highway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until next spring. 15. Choose the preposition expressing the instrument function. A) At. B) To. C) By. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 16. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The meeting was scheduled for next Monday. A) The meeting. B) Next Monday. C) For next Monday. D) Was scheduled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For next Monday. 17. Select the prepositional phrase.You can find my room through the door. A) You can find my room. B) Find my room. C) Through the door. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the door. 18. The match against Florida was great. A) Against. B) The match. C) Was great. D) Against Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against Florida. 19. Circle the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. After recess our class will watch a science video. A) Our class. B) After recess. C) Will watch. D) A science video. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After recess. 20. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a prepositional phrase to indicate time. A) She arrived before the meeting. B) He jumped over the fence. C) We will meet at the park. D) They sat beside the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She arrived before the meeting. 21. Choose the prepositional phrase in each sentence.Can you read a book by Earthlight? A) Can you read. B) By Earthlight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By Earthlight. 22. Find the object of the preposition.The director wore a hat with a large X. A) With. B) X. C) Director. D) Hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X. 23. Choose the prepositional phrase:People from the nearby towns can find it easily. A) From the nearby towns. B) Nearby towns. C) People from the. D) Can find it easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the nearby towns. 24. A prepositional phrase in a sentence usually functions as a(n): A) Subject or object. B) Conjunction or interjection. C) Noun or verb. D) Adjective or adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective or adverb. 25. Choose the function in group complementation of verbs or adjective function. A) Ingredient, material. B) Exception. C) Reference. D) Concession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ingredient, material. 26. What is the PREPOSITION in this sentence?She handed the baby to me. A) Handed. B) She. C) Me. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 27. A visually clear image is ..... A) CLOSE-UP. B) OUT OF FOCUS. C) IN FOCUS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN FOCUS. 28. By the time I got there he had gone. A) There. B) By the time. C) I got. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time. 29. Select the object of the preposition in the following sentence.The crowd danced while the band played. A) While. B) Crowd. C) Danced. D) Band. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Band. 30. Choose the prepositional phrase.Walter knew his cat's life would change after the accident. A) Would change after the accid. B) Walter knew his cat's life. C) After the accident. D) His cat's life would change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the accident. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPrepositional Phrases Quiz 1Prepositional Phrases Quiz 2Prepositional Phrases Quiz 3Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4Prepositional Phrases Quiz 5Prepositional Phrases Quiz 6Prepositional Phrases Quiz 7Prepositional Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books