This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Preposition or Infinitive?-I have to run to the store for milk. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) This sentence has neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 2. If you meet someone accidentally, you meet them ..... A) BY FAR. B) IN A HURRY. C) BY CHANCE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BY CHANCE. 3. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence?We rode our bikes along the road. A) Our. B) Along. C) Road. D) Rode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Road. 4. Wait by the car and I'll be there soon. A) By the car. B) I'll be there. C) There soon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the car. 5. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Feeling slightly more cheerful, Harry helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.) A) Helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes. B) Feeling slightly more cheerful. C) Harry. D) No participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling slightly more cheerful. 6. Morroco is located ..... northern Africa. A) In. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 7. He is ..... , which means he owes money to the bank. A) In debt. B) In doubt. C) On loan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In debt. 8. Mexico is ..... the south of the United States. A) To. B) In. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 9. Is the highlighted prepositional phrase an adjective or adverb phrase?The man with the broken leg groaned loudly. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 10. Select the object of the preposition in the following sentence.After the game, the players shook hands. A) Hands. B) Players. C) Shook. D) Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Game. 11. A candle had set the curtains ..... fire. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 12. What is the synonym to:at fault A) At sea. B) To some extent. C) By accident. D) In the wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the wrong. 13. I haven't seen Carlos since yesterday, have you? A) Seen Carlos. B) Since yesterday. C) Have you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since yesterday. 14. Toronto is located ..... Lake Ontario. A) On. B) In. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 15. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:A mobile composed of shimmering mirrors and silver wire swayed gently from the elegant hotel lobby ceiling. A) Composed of shimmering mirrors. B) Swayed gently. C) From the elegant hotel lobby ceiling. D) A mobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From the elegant hotel lobby ceiling. 16. Complete these sentences using a prepositional phrase from the box.It's ..... certain that the job will go to an external candidate 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: B) By no means. 17. The piano was ..... A) Out of tune. B) In person. C) Out of danger. D) In private. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of tune. 18. Find the preposition.The video store near my house carries his films. A) Carries. B) Near. C) Video. D) Store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near. 19. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The crowd walked through the door. A) Through the door. B) The crowd walked. C) The door. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through the door. 20. That group of stars is called the Big Dipper. A) Make no change. B) Change are to is. C) Change Big Dipper to big dipper. D) Change is to are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make no change. 21. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?We sat beside the river and had a picnic. A) We sat. B) Beside the river. C) And had. D) Had a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside the river. 22. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'They hid behind the tree.' A) Behind the tree. B) They hid. C) Behind the. D) The tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behind the tree. 23. The time to beat is 23 seconds. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 24. Which word in the sentence below is a preposition? The children played under the tree. A) Under. B) Played. C) Children. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 25. I am writing with regard to your recent order. A) Writing with. B) With regard to. C) Recent order. D) I am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With regard to. 26. The ball hit the ground just inches in front of the outfielder's glove. A) The ball hit the ground. B) Just inches in front. C) The outfielder's glove. D) In front of the outfielder's glove. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In front of the outfielder's glove. 27. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? She arrived after the meeting. A) No prepositional phrases. B) Arrived after. C) She arrived. D) After the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the meeting. 28. 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. 29. Identify the preposition:We walked by the school this weekend. A) This weekend. B) By the school. C) We walked. D) Walked by the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the school. 30. Identify the prepositional phrase.Reviews have different points of view. A) Points of view. B) Of view. C) Reviews have different. D) Have different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of view. ← 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