This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose theoption that usesthe correctprepositions. A) I saw an ant crawl the log andthen into the leaf to get back to his anthole. B) I saw an ant crawl through the log andthen over the leaf to get back to his anthole. C) I saw an ant crawl at the log andthen since the leaf to get back to his anthole. D) I saw an ant crawl with the log andthen through the leaf to get back to his anthole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw an ant crawl through the log andthen over the leaf to get back to his anthole. 2. Select the sentence that contains two prepositional phrases. A) We waited outside the store. B) She danced with elegance. C) The dog slept on the porch under the stars. D) He ran fast. A) We waited outside the store. B) She danced with elegance. C) The dog slept on the porch under the stars. D) He ran fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog slept on the porch under the stars. 3. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The dog slept under the table.' A) Under the table. B) Slept under. C) The dog. D) The table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the table. 4. Prepositional phrase(s)-correct or incorrect? ..... Throughout the park, we could hear children laughing. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 5. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:The stapler is on the shelf. A) The. B) The stapler. C) Is on. D) On the shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the shelf. 6. Rick found a strange bug ..... A) During the movie. B) On the tree. C) To another bank. D) After the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the tree. 7. Outside food doesn't agree ..... me. A) To. B) With. C) Without. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 8. Put a checkmark by the word that is a preposition. A) School. B) Toward. C) Books. D) Mrs. Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toward. 9. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The keys are in the drawer.' A) In the drawer. B) Are in the drawer. C) The keys. D) In the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the drawer. 10. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'She is sitting on the chair.' A) In the chair. B) On the chair. C) Sitting on. D) The chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the chair. 11. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:Jennifer walked over to her neighbor's house. A) Jennifer. B) Walked. C) Over. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 12. Identify the preposition in this sentence:'The bird flew above the trees.' A) Above. B) Below. C) Between. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 13. The clock, in my grandma's, house was broken last week. A) Broken last week. B) Grandma's house was. C) In my grandma's house. D) House was broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In my grandma's house. 14. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:She walked through the park to get to the store. A) Inside. B) Around. C) Underneath. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 15. Identify the preposition in this sentence:Please return the book to the cabinet. A) Please. B) Return. C) To. D) Cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 16. Identify the prepositional phrase:I watched the ball sail toward me. A) Watched the ball. B) The ball sail. C) Sail toward me. D) Toward me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toward me. 17. Complete the sentence with the appropriate prepositional phrase:They arrived ..... the middle of the night. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 18. A preposition is a word that shows the 1) ..... of a noun or 2) ..... to some other word in a sentence. A) Relationship2) verb. B) Job2) adjective. C) Relationship2) pronoun. D) Job2) adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relationship2) pronoun. 19. There was a massive traffic jam ..... the rains. A) By. B) On account of. C) From. D) In spite of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In spite of. 20. What is the preposition in "The toy is inside the box" ? A) The. B) Is. C) Inside. D) Box. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside. 21. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the preposition "under." A) The cat sleeps under the warm sun. B) She placed the book under the table. C) Under the movie, we ate popcorn. D) He runs under quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She placed the book under the table. 22. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?Our class has been running behind schedule. A) Behind schedule. B) Has been running. C) Our class. D) Running behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behind schedule. 23. Complete the sentence:During the holiday, we stayed ..... our grandmother's house. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 24. What is the prepositional phrase? Kady ran faster then everyone. A) Kady ran. B) Faster. C) Everyone. D) Faster then everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Faster then everyone. 25. Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase to show the *agent* (the doer) in a passive voice construction? A) The pizza was delivered to my house. B) The winning goal was scored by Maya. C) The game was played on a rainy day. D) The announcement was made over the loudspeaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The winning goal was scored by Maya. 26. Complete the sentence:Dad divided the chores ..... my brother, my sister, and me. A) Between. B) Among. C) Through. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 27. Identify the prepositional phrase:After school, the boys had baseball practice. A) Baseball practice. B) Had baseball practice. C) The boys. D) After school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After school. 28. Identify the object of the preposition:Not many people stayed until the end. A) Many. B) People. C) The. D) End. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End. 29. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "She arrived after the meeting." A) She arrived. B) After the meeting. C) The meeting. D) Arrived after. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the meeting. 30. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "They walked through the park." A) They walked. B) Through the park. C) Walked through. D) The park. 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