This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The buffalo already crossed the river ....., "said the bear to the tiger. "It is long gone by now" . A) Yesterday. B) Today. C) Tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday. 2. Identify the adverb:Tom and Cody walked above the moving cars. A) Walked. B) Above. C) Cars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Above. 3. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? I love to swim in the ocean. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 4. The course starts ..... September and finishes ..... the end of May. A) On on. B) In in. C) In at. D) On at. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In at. 5. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The sweet fragrance from the flowers was very nice. A) Pollen. B) Dirt. C) Smell. D) Bees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 6. What part of speech is the underlined word?I ran down the scary hallway. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 7. Which one of the words is NOT a preposition? A) For. B) Among. C) To. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My. 8. Identify the prepositional phrase:Some animals hunt only between dusk and dawn. A) Some animals. B) Hunt. C) Only between dusk. D) Between dusk and dawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between dusk and dawn. 9. PAST PARTICIPLE OF DO A) DOED. B) DONE. C) DID. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DONE. 10. It was snowing when Julie went out.Which word is the adverb? A) It. B) Was. C) Went. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out. 11. Either geraniums or daisies would grow well in that sunny corner of the garden. A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. 12. Find the adverb in the sentence.Mother walked inside with the groceries. A) Mother. B) Walked. C) Inside. D) With the groceries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside. 13. What part of speech is the underlined word?Please put the marbles back in the box. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase. The little dog barked throughout the night. A) Little dog barked. B) Throughout the night. C) Throughout. D) Barked throughout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throughout the night. 15. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun. A) Ate. B) Burned. C) Slept. D) Sunbathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burned. 16. Jayden lost her book.What part of speech is the red word? A) Pronoun and adverb. B) Pronoun and adjective. C) Preposition and adverb. D) Object and antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun and adjective. 17. Find the adverb.I looked up and saw a small airplane. A) Looked. B) Up. C) Saw. D) Airplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Up. 18. What part of speech is the underlined word?Bitsy's carrot rolled beneath the chair. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 19. In the following sentence, does the adverb tell HOW, WHEN, or WHERE?Jill wrote slowly. A) How. B) When. C) Where. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How. 20. What is the object of the preposition in the prepositional phrase.A trip by train is an adventure. A) Trip. B) Train. C) Is. D) Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Train. 21. Which is plural for goose? A) Geese. B) Gooses. C) Gooses'. D) Watermelons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geese. 22. What part of speech is the underlined word?TJ hit ten tennis balls. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 23. ***Identify the preposition in each sentence.*** Sanjay painted a picture of a beach. A) Painted. B) Picture. C) Beach. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of. 24. In the next sentence. The prepositional phrase describes:The man on the radio has a boring voice. A) The man. B) The radio. C) Boring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man. 25. ***Identify the preposition in each sentence.*** We climbed aboard the sailboat. A) Aboard. B) We. C) Climbed. D) Sailboat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aboard. 26. Is the underlined verb helping, action, or linking? During the storm, the tree house collapsed. A) Action. B) Linking. C) Helping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 27. In the following sentence, does the adverb tell HOW, WHEN, or WHERE?We went to the movies early. A) How. B) When. C) Where. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 28. What is the preposition in the sentence? The increase in thefts this year should concern each of us. A) The and in. B) In and each. C) In and of. D) The and us. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In and of. 29. What is the prepositional phrase:John got a card in the mail yesterday. A) In the mail yesterday. B) In the mail. C) John got a card. D) Got a card. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the mail. 30. Which is plural for fox? A) Foxes. B) Foxs. C) Foxs'. D) Wolf. 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