This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People on the beach (was building, were building) sand castles. A) Was building. B) Were building. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were building. 2. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are familiar to many people. A) Are familiar. B) Familiar to many. C) To many people. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To many people. 3. If you s ..... your plans, I will be so proud of you. A) Summarize on. B) Surrender in. C) Succeed for. D) Succeed in. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Succeed in. 4. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The books on the shelf are dusty." A) The books. B) Are dusty. C) On the shelf. D) The shelf are dustyTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the shelf. 5. Knock at the door. "Come ..... please!" A) At. B) In. C) Back. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 6. Tamilnadu is an Indian state located ..... the south, ..... theeastern coast of India. A) To/ on. B) In/ on. C) On/ on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In/ on. 7. Which word in the sentence is the PREPOSITION:Granpda started snoring during the movie. A) During. B) Started. C) Snoring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During. 8. The cats in the barns hunts for mice. A) Change barns to barn. B) Change are to is. C) Make no change. D) Change hunts to hunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change hunts to hunt. 9. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? The man in the sports car is my neighbor. A) Neighbor. B) Sports car. C) Man. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Car. 10. I ..... your many talents, what are your hobbies? A) Immediately after. B) Incidently to. C) Interesting to. D) In addition to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In addition to. 11. Object of the preposition: "I speak loudly by mistake" . A) Mistake. B) Speak. C) Loudly. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistake. 12. She is always late, but he is always ..... time A) Along. B) Off. C) On. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 13. The leaves on the maple tree (is turning, are turning) bright red. A) Is turning. B) Are turning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are turning. 14. Select the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:She hit the ball over the fence. A) Over the fence. B) She hit the ball. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the fence. 15. If you go to the party, wear something pretty. A) If you go. B) To the party. C) Wear something pretty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the party. 16. Read the sentence. I could run out the door and hide in the garden or even under a blanket in the back of my parent's car. Which part of the sentence above is not a prepositional phrase? A) Out the door. B) In the garden. C) Under a blanket. D) I could run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I could run. 17. Find the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence. The pencil sharpener on the bookcase needs to be emptied because it is overflowing. A) On the bookcase. B) The pencil sharpener. C) To be. D) Is overflowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the bookcase. 18. Identify the sentence with a prepositional phrase: A) They are playing. B) He will win. C) She is happy. D) We are going to the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We are going to the beach. 19. We met at university and it was love ..... first sight. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 20. The bag of marbles belong to my sister. A) Change belong to belongs. B) Make no change. C) Change sister to Sister. D) Change of to within. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change belong to belongs. 21. Select the prepositional phrase.Some animals hibernate throughout the winter. A) Some animals hibernate. B) Hibernate throughout. C) Throughout the winter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throughout the winter. 22. What type of phrase is 'before school'? A) Adverb phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Noun phrase. D) Adjective phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb phrase. 23. Prepositional phrases that mean "EXCEPTION" A) With regard to. B) Apart from. C) As for. D) But for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apart from. 24. Analyse the placement of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The book is on the table. A) Before the subject. B) At the end of the sentence. C) Between the subject and the verb. D) After the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the verb. 25. The students must hand ..... their homework. A) Back. B) Up. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 26. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? During the storm, the family stayed inside the house. A) Two. B) One. C) Four. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 27. Information ..... bird-banding fills huge gaps in our knowledge of bird behaviour migration. A) From. B) With. C) By. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From. 28. The ceremony will begin within the hour. A) The ceremony. B) Will begin. C) Within the hour. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within the hour. 29. Daisy enjoys working in the kitchen. A) Daisy enjoys. B) Enjoys working. C) In the kitchen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the kitchen. 30. Argentina is ..... southeastern South America. A) In. B) Of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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