This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Phrases Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a prepositional phrase to show time. A) The dog barked loudly. B) We will leave after dinner. C) She is tall. D) He runs fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We will leave after dinner. 2. What i is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?(group of words that shows when or where)Can we take a walk after the game? A) Take a walk. B) Can we. C) After the game. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the game. 3. Which of the following sentences uses the prepositional phrase "under the bed" correctly? A) The cat is hiding under the bed. B) Under the bed, the cat is hiding. C) The cat under the bed is hiding. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 4. Identify the preposition in this sentence:This morning, we flew above the clouds. A) This. B) Morning. C) Flew. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above. 5. Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb? A) The girl with the red hat smiled. B) The boy ran across the field. C) The teacher is kind. D) The book is interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy ran across the field. 6. Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence: "He walked through the park." A) Walked. B) Through. C) Park. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Park. 7. Prepositions begin phrases and end with an object. An object is always either a ..... or a ..... A) Adjective or adverb. B) Noun or verb. C) Pronoun or conjunction. D) Noun or pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun or pronoun. 8. What i is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?(group of words that shows when or where)The nest is in the tree. A) In the tree. B) In. C) The nest. D) Is in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the tree. 9. Write a sentence using a prepositional phrase that indicates location. A) The dog ran through the park. B) The girl read a book. C) The cat slept on the couch. D) The boy ate dinner at 6 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat slept on the couch. 10. Choose the correct preposition for this sentence:My sister was standing ..... me and my mom. A) On. B) To. C) In. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behind. 11. Which of the following sentences uses a subordinating conjunction correctly? A) She will succeed, because she works hard. B) She will succeed because, she works hard. C) Because she works hard, she will succeed. D) She will, because she works hard, succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she works hard, she will succeed. 12. Which sentence correctly uses the adjective phrase "with blue stripes" ? A) The shirt with blue stripes is mine. B) With blue stripes, the shirt is mine. C) The shirt is mine with blue stripes. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 13. Which word is the object of the preposition in the following sentence?They swim during the summer. A) Swim. B) During. C) Summer. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summer. 14. Which of the following sentences correctly distinguishes between a dependent clause and a prepositional phrase? A) Because of the rain, the game was canceled. B) The game was canceled because of the rain. C) Because the rain was heavy, the game was canceled. D) The game, because of the rain, was canceled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the rain was heavy, the game was canceled. 15. Which of the following prepositional phrases would best complete the sentence that follows:The tree ..... is a weeping willow. A) That we bought at the nursery. B) You killed with the Round Up. C) Beside the dry creek. D) I climbed as a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside the dry creek. 16. Select the preposition in the sentence below: "The dog jumped over the fence." A) Dog. B) Jumped. C) Over. D) Fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 17. Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence?They traveled to the beach. A) To. B) The. C) Traveled. D) Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 18. We must finish our project before the holidays. A) We must finish. B) Our project. C) Before the holidays. D) Must finish our project. E) The holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before the holidays. 19. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence?(word that shows when or where)They got home before it rained. A) Got. B) They. C) Before. D) Rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 20. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: "The cat is hiding ..... the bed." A) In. B) On. C) Under. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 21. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a dependent clause? A) When she arrives, we will start the meeting. B) We will start the meeting when she arrives. C) We will, when she arrives, start the meeting. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to show time? A) The cat is under the bed. B) We will meet after lunch. C) She sat beside her friend. D) The ball rolled across the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We will meet after lunch. 23. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence?(word that shows when or where)The cat hid under the chair. A) Hid. B) Under. C) Chair. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 24. Which prepositional phrase tells us where? A) In the future. B) On Saturday. C) After school. D) On the board. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the board. 25. Identify the object of the preposition(s):Hemingway wrote his book on this typewriter. A) Hemingway. B) His. C) Book. D) Typewriter. 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