This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... COVID has stopped spreading in the past months. A) At least. B) At most. C) At best. D) As knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At least. 2. Choose the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The cat slept under the table. A) The cat slept. B) Under the table. C) The table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the table. 3. Adorened with diamonds and pearls, my mom's necklace was a gift from her new male friend. A) Infinitive phrase. B) Past participial phrase. C) Appositive phrase. D) Adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past participial phrase. 4. Choose the best definition for the following phrases (prepositional)In the region of A) Approximately. B) Without success. C) Because, for the reason that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approximately. 5. The members expected ..... would cause controversy. A) Of the report. B) Report. C) That the report. D) From the report. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That the report. 6. Choose the prepositional phrase in each sentence.We could stand beneath a full Earth. A) We could stand. B) Beneath a full Earth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beneath a full Earth. 7. Identify the prepositional phrases:McKenzie sang a song about her brother. A) About her brother. B) McKenzie. C) Sang. D) Sang a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About her brother. 8. Select the prepositional phrase.Inside the box, you'll find a present. A) Inside te box. B) Box, you'll find. C) Find a present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside te box. 9. Choose the best definition for the following phrases (prepositional)In lieu of A) Instead of. B) Outside of. C) Completely ineffective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instead of. 10. Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.Darius was a huge fan of the writer. A) Of the writer. B) Huge fan of. C) Darius was a. D) A huge fan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of the writer. 11. Brad stepped ..... the car and pulled the seatbelt ..... his lap. A) Insideupon. B) Throughover. C) Intoover. D) Ontoacross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intoover. 12. The problem was ..... all day. A) On his mind. B) On a diet. C) On the house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On his mind. 13. Rachel collected many apples from the farm. A) Many apples. B) The farm. C) Rachel collected. D) From the farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From the farm. 14. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?Women were not allowed into medical school. A) Were not allowed. B) Into medical school. C) Not allowed into. D) Women were not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into medical school. 15. Choose the prepositional phrases expressing the reference function. A) On account of. B) Because of. C) With regard to. D) In spite of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With regard to. 16. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?There was a guard with a dart gun hiding behind a door. A) 0. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 17. Identify the prepositional phrase:'Elizabeth Blackwell stepped onto the train.' A) Stepped. B) The train. C) Onto the train. D) Elizabeth Blackwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onto the train. 18. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The parents' group gathered to discuss how sports may be placing unnecessary pressure on kid. A) On kids. B) To discus. C) The parents' group gathered. D) How sport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On kids. 19. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?My great aunt from Ohio is 84 A) Great aunt. B) My great. C) From Ohio. D) Is 84. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From Ohio. 20. In the sentence 'The keys are in the drawer, ' what is the preposition? A) Drawer. B) The. C) Are. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 21. Which one of these words in the following sentence is the object of the preposition?Then they led the pony into the barn and gave it some fresh hay and water. A) Into. B) Barn. C) And. D) Hay and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barn. 22. What part of speech is the word 'under' in the sentence 'The cat is hiding under the bed'? A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 23. Does this include an infinitive or preposition?-To go to the store, I need to have my list. A) Infinitive. B) Preposition. C) This sentence has an one example of both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive. 24. Standing opposite the rock throwers are a bad idea. A) Change are to is. B) Change standing to stand. C) Change opposite to opposites. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change are to is. 25. I just don't approve ..... your cheating on the exam. A) In. B) Of. C) On. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 26. Prepositional phrase: "I speak loudly by mistake" . A) I speak. B) Loudly by. C) By mistake. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By mistake. 27. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'We traveled by train to the city.' A) We traveled. B) By train. C) By train to. D) To the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By train to. 28. Choose the correct preposition: ..... the end of the day A) To. B) By. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 29. Our dog limped home covered WITH MUD AND BURRS. A) Prepositional. B) Appositive. C) Participial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional. 30. Select the prepositional phrase.There is a waterfall down the river. A) There is a waterfall. B) Down the river. C) Waterfall down the river. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down the river. 31. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? The ticket holders waited patiently outside the theater. A) Waited patiently. B) Outside the theater. C) No prepositional phrases. D) The ticket holders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside the theater. 32. The city of Chicago is ..... the western shore of Lake Michigan A) To. B) On. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 33. Select the prepositional phrase.Without brown sugar, the recipe isn't complete. A) Brown sugar. B) Without brown sugar. C) The recipe isn't complete. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without brown sugar. 34. The little dog barked throughout the night. A) Little dog barked. B) Barked throughout. C) Throughout. D) Throughout the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Throughout the night. 35. Select the preposition. After the movie the teenagers went to McDonalds because they were hungry. A) To. B) Because. C) Were. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 36. ..... his adventurous feelings often returned. A) As the years. B) In the years. C) Through the years. D) Though the years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the years. 37. Spies for our government ..... A) Was arrested in Russia. B) Were arrested in Russia. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were arrested in Russia. 38. I always get hungry an hour before dinner. A) Always get hungry. B) An hour. C) Before dinner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before dinner. 39. Many composers are indebted to him. A) Many composers. B) Are indebted. C) To him. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To him. 40. Choose the prepositional phrase:They met during a blizzard. A) During a blizzard. B) They met during. C) They met. D) A blizzard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During a blizzard. 41. A box of warm coats (was delivered, were delivered) to the shelter. A) Was delivered. B) Were delivered. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was delivered. 42. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:During the thunderstorm, the windows rattled. A) The windows rattled. B) During the thunderstorm. C) The thunderstorm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the thunderstorm. 43. The minister's power, in ..... , allows him to ban smoking from public places A) Purpose. B) Reality. C) Effect. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effect. 44. Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.The crowd danced while the band played. A) While the band played. B) Crowd danced. C) Danced while the band. D) Band played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While the band played. 45. Throughout the night, noises kept him awake. A) Kept him. B) Throughout the night. C) Kept him awake. D) Noises kept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throughout the night. 46. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:That pencil on the floor is mine. A) The floor is mine. B) That pencil. C) On the floor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the floor. 47. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:In this introductory trumpet class, you will learn useful breathing techniques. A) Will learn useful breathing techniques. B) In this introductory trumpet class. C) Introductory trumpet class. D) You will learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In this introductory trumpet class. 48. She bought another painting to a ..... her collection. A) And to. B) Add to. C) Art on. D) Aim to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add to. 49. Find the preposition.His father wrote the music for this movie. A) For. B) Music. C) Father. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 50. Please, take your coat ..... ! A) On. B) At. C) Off. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Off. 51. Josiah threw the banana in the trash. A) In the trash. B) Josiah threw the banana. C) Threw the banana. D) Josiah threw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the trash. 52. Which one is the participial phrase? A) Talking on the phone. B) On the phone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking on the phone. 53. Loyal customers of the popular retail chain became angry when their rewards cards were invalidated unexpectedly. A) Dependent clause. B) Prepositional phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 54. Complete these sentences using a prepositional phrase from the box.Clare's claim that she locked the door behind her is ..... what she said earlier. 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: A) At odds with. 55. I would like to live (a) a farm. A) A. in. B) Above. C) On. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. in. 56. In the sentence 'The cat under the table is sleeping, ' what is the function of the prepositional phrase 'under the table'? A) Adjectival. B) Noun. C) Adverbial. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival. 57. Mount Rainier towers nearly three miles ..... the sea level. A) Up. B) At. C) Along. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above. 58. The members of the committee ..... into the chamber. A) Walks solemnly. B) Walk proudly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walk proudly. 59. Identify the prepositional phrase.This machine is for making ice cream. A) Machine is. B) This machine. C) For making ice cream. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For making ice cream. 60. The company's success largely depends ..... its ability to adapt to market changes. A) For. B) From. C) On. D) None of the above. 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