This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the PREPOSITION in this sentence?She said she would call in the morning. A) In. B) Would. C) The. D) Morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 2. Identify the participial phrase:The cat, purring softly, lay on the windowsill. A) Lay on. B) The cat. C) On the windowsill. D) Purring softly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purring softly. 3. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "Without a doubt, he is the best candidate." A) Without a doubt. B) He is. C) The best candidate. D) Is the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without a doubt. 4. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'He jumped over the fence.' A) The fence. B) Over the fence. C) He jumped. D) Jumped over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over the fence. 5. I have English classes ..... Mondays and Wednesdays. A) Under. B) On. C) In. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 6. What is the best prepositional phrase to complete the following sentence?Ramona delivered an excellent informative presentation ..... A) On Arabian cooking. B) From the tree. C) Off the chair. D) Across the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Arabian cooking. 7. I don't know why the blender is in the bathroom. A) I don't know why. B) The blender is. C) In the bathroom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the bathroom. 8. List three common prepositions. A) In, on, at. B) Above, below, around. C) Before, after, during. D) Between, among, through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In, on, at. 9. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma with a prepositional phrase. A) In the morning the birds, sing. B) The birds, in the morning sing. C) In the morning, the birds sing. D) The birds sing, in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the morning, the birds sing. 10. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?You will not receive my gift until next week. A) You will not. B) Until next week. C) Receive my gift. D) Week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until next week. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. What is the OBJECT of the preposition?Elizabeth left her home in Philadelphia. A) Home. B) Her. C) Left. D) Philadelphia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philadelphia. 14. What is the object of the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? The children played in the garden. A) In. B) Garden. C) Children. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Garden. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Find the preposition.It showed an eighteenth-century man in a white shirt. A) In. B) Eighteenth-century. C) Showed. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 19. 2) Which of the following words is a preposition? A) And. B) His. C) Run. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 20. The other friends will come ..... too A) Back. B) Off. C) Along. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?Later, a dream had come true for her. A) Come true. B) Had come true. C) For her. D) Later, a dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For her. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. Identify the prepositional phrase.After the storm, calm appeared. A) Calm appeared. B) Calm. C) The storm. D) After the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the storm. ← 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