This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the King stepped into the room, he was very glad A) Adverbial of place (position). B) Adverbial of place (movement). C) Express relationship with place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverbial of place (position). 2. Should a comma go in this sentence? Dairy Queen has Oreo Peppermint Blizzards during the month of January. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 3. By noon, all the runners were finished. A) Finished. B) The nerds. C) The runners. D) By noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By noon. 4. Black slaves used to work ..... the cotton plantations of the southern United States. A) To. B) In. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 5. Identify the prepositional phrase:A new dining room was built beside the old one. A) Beside the old one. B) Was built. C) New dining room. D) Was built beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beside the old one. 6. He's never late, and he's never early; He always arrives right ..... time. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 7. The doormat ..... looks dirty. A) On the front steps. B) Above the front steps. C) With the front steps. D) Through the front step. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the front steps. 8. If you do something ..... person, you go somewhere and do it yourself. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) By. E) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 9. Do you know the number of minutes in 24 hours? What kind of a prepositional phrase is in 24 hours and what does it modify? A) In 24 hours is an adverb phrase that modifies know. B) In 24 hours is an adverb phrase that modifies hours. C) In 24 hours is an adjective phrase that modifies number. D) In 24 hours is an adjective phrase that modifies minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In 24 hours is an adjective phrase that modifies minutes. 10. Identify the prepositional phrase:After school, I take the bus home. A) After school. B) The bus home. C) Take the bus. D) I take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After school. 11. For all we know means that the speaker: A) Knows everything about the situation. B) Does not know the facts about the situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not know the facts about the situation. 12. She's afraid ..... A) In spiders. B) From spiders. C) Spiders. D) Of spiders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of spiders. 13. Identify the prepositional phrase:In spite of the rain, the game was still played. A) In spite of. B) Was still played. C) In spite of the rain. D) The game was still. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In spite of the rain. 14. What part of speech is the last word of a prepositional phrase? A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 15. The doctor said that I should be on a diet A) Adverb phrase. B) Adjective phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective phrase. 16. Daniel ran along the street with grace A) Adverb phrase. B) Adjective phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb phrase. 17. I WAS ..... BED WHEN SHE CALLED ME. A) IN. B) ON. C) AT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IN. 18. Identify the prepositional phrase:The waiter cleared the dirty dishes from our table. A) Cleared the dirty dishes. B) The waiter cleared. C) From our table. D) The dirty dishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From our table. 19. Why did Mike take the stairs?-Oh, he's terrified ..... elevators. A) For. B) Of. C) -. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 20. I WAS ..... THE HOSPITAL WHEN SHE CALLED ME. A) IN. B) ON. C) AT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IN. 21. Let us sit under the tree. A) We sit. B) You all sit. C) I sit. D) You sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We sit. 22. The man near the door is her husband A) Near the door. B) Her husband. C) The man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the door. 23. ..... the whole = In general A) For. B) In. C) Out of. D) By. E) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) On. 24. This time she's leaving ..... good (= she will never return). A) By. B) In. C) For. D) Out of. E) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 25. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?Brooklyn flopped on the couch when she entered the room. A) When she entered. B) On the couch. C) Entered the room. D) Brooklyn flopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the couch. 26. True or False:Verbs can be in prepositional phrases. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The kid walked the dog down the busy street. A) Walked the dog. B) Dog down the busy. C) Down the busy street. D) The busy street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down the busy street. 28. The best defense ..... the enemy is being intelligent. A) To. B) Against. C) For. D) Counter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 29. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:Micah's dog jumped on my bed and woke me up. A) On my bed. B) Micah's dog jumped. C) On my bed and woke me up. D) Woke me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On my bed. 30. Queen Mumtaz Mahal was the source A) Of inspiration for the Taj Mahal. B) To the eruption of a real volcano. C) By a complete unknown. D) Of his own portrait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of inspiration for the Taj Mahal. 31. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Mary ran around the corner to meet her friends. A) Around the corner. B) Her friends. C) To meet. D) Ran around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around the corner. 32. How many pieces of cake would you like? A) Would like. B) How many. C) Pieces of cake. D) How many. E) Of cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Of cake. 33. Andreea's working ..... home instead of going to the office. A) Of. B) On. C) From. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From. 34. There weren't any chairs, so we had to sit ..... the floor. A) At. B) Onto. C) On. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 35. What are the objects of the prepositional phrases in the sentence below?Felicia skipped through the open gate in front of her house. A) Through, in front of. B) Gate, house. C) Open gate, her house. D) Open gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gate, house. 36. Look ..... me and tell me what you've done. A) For. B) On. C) At. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 37. Choose the correct pronoun (s):Chris wanted to go to the park with ..... A) She and I. B) Me and her. C) She and me. D) Him and she. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me and her. 38. The students are always complaining ..... the homework. They think it is always too difficult. A) In. B) For. C) About. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About. 39. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?Eric ran into the pole because he didn't watch where he was going. A) Into the pole. B) Where he was going. C) With column staff. D) Because he didn't watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into the pole. 40. Since they were a mess, Liam organized the cards into full decks. A) Were a mess. B) Since they were a mess. C) Into full decks. D) Organized the cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into full decks. 41. The presents were wrapped with care and placed on the table. A) Presents. B) And placed. C) With care. D) Were wrapped. E) Wrapped with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With care. 42. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? During our math test, I kept hearing strange noises in the ceiling. A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 43. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?Although it was cold, McKenzie did not wear her coat at recess. A) At recess. B) Did not wear. C) Although it was cold. D) Her coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At recess. 44. She shouted out the answer ..... voice. A) In a loud. B) On loud. C) In loud. D) Of loud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a loud. 45. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? The waitress placed the glasses on the table. A) Table. B) Glasses. C) Placed. D) Waitress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table. 46. We're all looking ..... spending our holidays with the family. A) Into. B) Forward. C) Forward to. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forward to. 47. Which is the prepositional phrase and what kind is it?The sound of the wind made a whistling sound. A) A whistling sound-adverb. B) A whistling sound-adjective. C) Of the wind-adverb. D) Of the wind-adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of the wind-adjective. 48. My teacher likes to sit A) Next to the table. B) Around the bush. C) And then. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next to the table. 49. I want to sit there, so please sit next to your sister. A) Your sister. B) Next to your sister. C) Please sit. D) To your sister. E) There. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Next to your sister. 50. He returns to the village. A) We return. B) They return. C) You return. D) She returns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She returns. 51. How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?After recess, we will go to the gymnasium for a game with the other fifth-grade classes. A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 52. I just want it to put it [?] for you. A) In nutshell. B) In a nutshell. C) In the nutshell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a nutshell. 53. What is the preposition in this sentence? If I never try, I'll won't win at ping pong. A) At. B) Won't. C) If. D) Ping pong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 54. What is the adjective in the following sentence?The fast car sped down the road. A) Fast. B) Sped. C) Down. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 55. What is the preposition in the following sentence? I like to sleep late on Saturdays. A) Sleep. B) On. C) Like. D) Late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 56. Which word is the preposition? I haven't watched that movie since third grade! A) Third. B) Since. C) I. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 57. In the following sentence, what word is an OBJECT of the PREPOSITION? It all started the summer before second grade when our moving van pulled into her neighborhood. A) Summer. B) Grade. C) Moving. D) Pulled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grade. 58. Identify the prepositional phrase:The elm trees along our street have died. A) Along our street. B) Trees along our street. C) Our street. D) The elm trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along our street. 59. Guess the function:The cat in the middle is the cutest. A) Modify Nouns. B) Modify Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modify Nouns. 60. Read the sentence. My mom took a walk around the block. Which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase? A) Took. B) Around the block. C) A walk. D) My mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around the block. ← 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