This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rising mists from the moor (casts, cast) an aura of mystery over the scene. A) Casts. B) Cast. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cast. 2. Identify the prepositional phrase(s):Sam is putting Felicia in the ball. A) In the ball. B) KIRKLE. C) In. D) There are no prepositional phrases. E) Sam, Felicia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the ball. 3. What is the OBJECT of the preposition?Elizabeth left her home in Philadelphia. A) Home. B) Philadelphia. C) Her. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philadelphia. 4. What is the object of the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? The children played in the garden. A) In. B) Children. C) Played. D) Garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Garden. 5. You can't talk to her now. She's ..... still but I will ask her to call you back. A) Out of danger. B) On the phone. C) Out of luck. D) But I will ask her to call you back. E) In debt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the phone. 6. Cole hit the ball through the window and then ran away. A) The ball. B) Through the window. C) Then ran away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through the window. 7. Infinitive phrase or prepositional phrase?-She went to the store for ice cream. A) Infinitive phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) This sentence has an one example of both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 8. Find the preposition.It showed an eighteenth-century man in a white shirt. A) In. B) It. C) Showed. D) Eighteenth-century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 9. 2) Which of the following words is a preposition? A) And. B) His. C) Run. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 10. The other friends will come ..... too A) On. B) Off. C) Along. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along. 11. Before I say anything else, I need to know that you're listening. A) Dependent clause. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 12. The strange man parked his car by the tall trees.What is the prepositional phrase? A) Parked his car. B) Strange man parked. C) By the tall trees. D) The tall trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the tall trees. 13. I have to travel TO THE WEST SIDE, but I don't know how to transfer ON THE BUS. A) Prepositional. B) Appositive. C) Participial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional. 14. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?Later, a dream had come true for her. A) Come true. B) For her. C) Had come true. D) Later, a dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For her. 15. Select the prepositional phrase.The cat on the ledge is napping. A) On the ledge. B) The cat on the ledge. C) Ledge is napping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the ledge. 16. Choose the prepositional phrase in each sentence.Without Earth's gravity we are much lighter. A) Without Earth's gravity. B) Are much lighter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without Earth's gravity. 17. What is the prepositional phrase?Beside the bed sat Dr. Brown. A) Beside the bed. B) Sat Dr. Brown. C) The bed sat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beside the bed. 18. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:Ethan and Michael ran under the tree canopy. A) Under. B) Under the tree canopy. C) Ethan and Michael ran. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the tree canopy. 19. I wasn't aware ..... the risks involved in that activity. A) Off. B) In. C) Of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 20. Identify the prepositional phrase.After the storm, calm appeared. A) Calm. B) The storm. C) Calm appeared. D) After the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the storm. 21. Preposition or Infinitive?-I'm going to the game tonight A) Preposition. B) Infinitive. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 22. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?Her medical bag was near the bed. A) Near the bed. B) Was near the bed. C) The bed. D) Her medical bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the bed. 23. Select the preposition. Sally began at noon on her science project so she would get a good grade. A) Get. B) Began. C) So. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 24. Select the object of the preposition in the following sentence.Darius was a huge fan of the writer. A) Darius. B) Fan. C) Was. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writer. 25. What is/are the prepositional phrase(s):I play in the tournament A) Tournament. B) In. C) In The Tournament. D) I play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In The Tournament. 26. Select the object of the preposition in the following sentence.My cat climbed over the fence. A) Cat. B) Climbed. C) Over. D) Fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fence. 27. The doctor is working very hard in the emergency clinic. A) The doctor. B) Is working. C) The emergency clinic. D) In the emergency clinic. E) Very hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the emergency clinic. 28. I thought he was at home, but ..... , he had gone out. A) IN GENERAL. B) BY FAR. C) IN FACT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN FACT. 29. Sounds of distant music floats through the air. A) Make no change. B) Change Sounds to sounds. C) Change through to thru. D) Change floats to float. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change floats to float. 30. Choose the correct preposition: ..... a loss A) By. B) In. C) To. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 31. Choose the best preposition to complete the following sentence.I wrote a story ..... an imaginary train ride across the country. A) About. B) On. C) Of. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 32. Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the following sentence:As we moved toward the exit, I had a sickening feeling. A) We moved. B) Toward. C) Toward the exit. D) Had a sickening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toward the exit. 33. The city of Aswan is ..... the Nile ..... the south. A) In / to. B) On/ in. C) On/ to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On/ to. 34. I promise, ..... , I'll always tell you the truth. A) In pain. B) From now on. C) In two. D) By heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From now on. 35. Gyana is located ..... the north of Brazil. A) To. B) Of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 36. Choose the best definition for the following phrases (prepositional)On the fringe of A) Approximately. B) Outside of. C) Because, for the reason that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside of. 37. Choose the prepositional phrase in each sentence.That would be a long day in school. A) That would be. B) In school. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In school. 38. I was late for work ..... the snowstorm, which made driving a nightmare. A) Instead of. B) In case of. C) Because of. D) Apart from. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of. 39. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:Barn owls usually remain with one partner for life, but according to a recent study, some owl pairs will separate if they cannot breed. A) With one partner. B) If they cannot breed. C) But according to a recent study. D) Barn owls usually remain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With one partner. 40. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The dog barked at the stranger. A) At the stranger. B) The dog barked. C) Barked at. D) The stranger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the stranger. 41. The Beatles were ..... far the most successful band in the world A) By. B) But. C) In. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 42. The Mississippi region is ..... astonishingly diverse people. A) Filled. B) Entirely filled. C) Full of. D) Full. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of. 43. That dog b ..... the family up the street. A) Brought by. B) Belongs to. C) Believes in. D) Belongs on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belongs to. 44. Which preposition should fill in the blank? Lailah is going ..... the mall. A) To. B) At. C) From. D) Next. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 45. Preposition:'' The fire is out of control." A) Control. B) Fire. C) Out of. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of. 46. Our car broke down ..... the outskirts of the city. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 47. The original story has not been changed ..... the names of the characters. A) Except that. B) Except. C) Except for. D) Except than. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Except for. 48. Apartments in this city (is required, are required) to have smoke alarms. A) Is required. B) Are required. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are required. 49. Select the function performed by the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.(The preposition is in purple)Her train arrived at noon. A) Adjective. B) Participle. C) Adverb. D) None above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 50. What is/are the prepositional phrase(s):Zeke is doing pre-algebra in class A) In. B) In Class. C) Is doing. D) ZEKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Class. 51. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence?The waitress placed the glasses on the table. A) Table. B) Waitress. C) Glasses. D) Placed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table. 52. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?Bring the groceries into the kitchen. A) Into the kitchen. B) Groceries into. C) The groceries. D) Bring the groceries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into the kitchen. 53. His work still influences musicians. A) His work. B) Still influences. C) Influences musicians. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 54. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:She wanted to ask them about the play. A) About. B) About the play. C) She wanted. D) To ask them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About the play. 55. Which part of the sentence is the prepositional phrase:'During the storm, the power went out'? A) Went out. B) The power went. C) During the storm. D) The power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the storm. 56. Identify the preposition in the sentence:'She said she would call in the morning.' A) At. B) For. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 57. She's confident ..... being able to solve the problem without any help. A) On. B) About. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About. 58. Julian was determined to win ..... A) At all costs. B) Without fail. C) Out of breath. D) In return. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At all costs. 59. The swim team is practicing ..... the pool. A) On. B) In. C) Above. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 60. I haven't seen you for ages. A) Seen you. B) You for. C) I haven't. D) For ages. 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