This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adverbs > Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the preposition in the sentence? His doctor read through his chart and looked down his throat. A) Read. B) Through. C) Chart. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through. 2. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? The car with all the scratches is mine. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 3. Identify the adverb in this sentence:I left my purse inside. A) Left. B) My. C) Purse. D) Inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside. 4. Carlos was happy. What is the be verb? A) Carlos. B) Was. C) Happy. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 5. Which of the following is a word that describes or modifies a verb? A) Adverb. B) Conjunction. C) Preposition. D) Context clues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 6. What is the object of the preposition in the prepositional phrase.From the high bridge, I saw sailboats. A) From. B) Bridge. C) Saw. D) Sailboats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bridge. 7. In the following sentence, is the prepositional phrase an ADVERB (ADV) or ADJECTIVE (ADJ)? The chicken with the brown spots is not safe to eat. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 8. What is the preposition in the sentence? Dean thinks that he is smarter than everyone in the class. A) That. B) In. C) The. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 9. What part of speech is the underlined word?The yellow car zoomed by me. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 10. What is the object of this sentence?We felt so small beside the towering trees. A) Trees. B) Small. C) Beside. D) Towering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 11. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:The dog is under the bed. A) Dog. B) Is. C) Under. D) Bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 12. Choose an appropriate conjunction:He was driving too fast, ..... he missed the turn. A) So. B) But. C) For. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 13. What is the prepositional phrase?She can help that old lady across the street. A) She can help. B) That old lady. C) Across the street. D) That old lady across the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across the street. 14. Identify the adverbs i n the sentence.The dog ran outside when I opened the door. A) Ran. B) Outside. C) Opened. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside. 15. Based on CONTEXT CLUES, choose the best definition for the underlined word.My mother inherited her green eyes from her father. A) Received. B) Donated. C) Blinked. D) Sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Received. 16. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's tail.What part of speech is the red word? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Pronoun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 17. What is the prepositional phrase:That book is on the bathroom floor. A) On the bathroom. B) That book is. C) That book. D) On the bathroom floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the bathroom floor. 18. Adverbs describe ..... in a sentence. A) Conjunctions. B) Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. C) Prepositions. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. 19. The Siamang is going to sleep on a treetop ..... . A) Then. B) Yesterday. C) Tonight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tonight. 20. Find the participle:The injured bird could not fly away. A) Injured. B) Bird. C) Could not. D) Away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Injured. 21. Which adverb best completes the sentence?Derek took his wagon ..... **The adverb needs to tell where. A) Happily. B) Outside. C) Later. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside. 22. Choose the best conjunction for the following sentence:I want to make good grades, ..... I am going to study every night. A) But. B) Or. C) So. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 23. Identify the underlined parts of speech. Our neighbor down the road grows strawberries and green beans. A) Preposition. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Adverb. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 24. What is the preposition in the sentence? She peered slowly around the doorway. A) Peered. B) Slowly. C) Around. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 25. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?I saw different sights outside my window. A) Different sights. B) Outside my. C) Outside my window. D) I saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outside my window. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAdverbs And Prepositions Quiz 1Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 2Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 3Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 4Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 5Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 6Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 7Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books