This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She didn't allow cancer to discourage her ..... , she began to work twice as hard. A) On the contrary. B) By the contrary. C) In the contrary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the contrary. 2. What is an infinitive? A) A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb. B) Something that goes on for ever and ever. C) A made up thing. D) A sentence that tells someone what to do, like "Clean your room.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb. 3. What is the preposition in this sentence?Singing is fun during the holidays. A) Is. B) Singing. C) During. D) Holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During. 4. Pick the preposition that tells about TIME to complete the following sentence: ..... lunch, we will do a science experiment. A) After. B) Down. C) Past. D) Toward. E) Delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 5. Identify the complete prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The students talked excitedly during the assembly.' A) The students talked. B) Talked excitedly. C) During the assembly. D) The assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the assembly. 6. What is the object in the following phrase? aboard the massive cruise ship A) Ship. B) Massive. C) Aboard. D) Cruise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ship. 7. Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentence:He placed the books ..... the shelf. A) On. B) Over. C) Against. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 8. What are the objects of the prepositional phrases in the sentence below? Felicia skipped through the open gate in front of her house. A) Open gate, her house. B) Through, in front of. C) Open gate. D) Gate, house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gate, house. 9. Let's pick the strawberries tomorrow. A) Pick the strawberries. B) Let's pick. C) Tomorrow. D) No prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No prepositional phrase. 10. True or False:In the sentence 'The girl with the blue backpack is my cousin, ' the phrase 'with the blue backpack' acts like an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Complete the sentence:The bird flew ..... the trees. A) Through. B) Over. C) Beside. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 12. Choose the OBJECT of the preposition.The cookies are in the oven. A) Oven. B) Are. C) Cookies. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oven. 13. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?Hundreds of people swarmed into the theater for the concert. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 14. Identify what kind of prepositional phrase the sentence has:Amy showed me a picture of her new puppy. A) Prepositional phrases as adjectives. B) Prepositional phrases as adverbs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional phrases as adjectives. 15. To correctly use a gerund (-ing word) as the object of a preposition, complete this sentence:'You can't get good grades without ..... ' A) To study. B) Studied. C) Studying. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studying. 16. What is the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the following sentence? I will see you on Monday. A) I will. B) See you. C) On Monday. D) See you on Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On Monday. 17. What is the preposition:Make sure you stay with your mother, so that you don't get lost. A) Make sure. B) With. C) Lost. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 18. Find the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The flowers are next to the fence. A) Under the tree. B) Next to the fence. C) Across the street. D) Inside the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Next to the fence. 19. The function of the prepositional phrase in the sentence '' mom walked beside my sister and got into the room then." A) Adverb, adjective. B) Adverb, adverb. C) Adjective, adverb. D) Adjective, adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb, adverb. 20. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The cupcake with colorful sprinkles is yours. A) Colorful sprinkles. B) With colorful sprinkles. C) The cupcake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With colorful sprinkles. 21. What is the infinitive in this sentence?We were going to eat at the restaurant, but it was too crowded, so we left. A) To eat. B) At the restaurant. C) Too crowded. D) So we left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To eat. 22. The little bunny slid ..... the gate. A) Under. B) Over. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 23. I ran ..... my dad. A) I. B) Ran. C) To. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 24. What is the PREPOSITION in the following sentence?I will see you on Monday. A) I. B) Will. C) You. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 25. Fill in the missing preposition:Today I had to explain English grammar ..... the class A) To. B) On. C) Under. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPrepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 1Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 2Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 3Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 5Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 6Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 7Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books