This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Prepositions > Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:He is fascinated ..... astronomy. A) By. B) To. C) At. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 2. Complete the sentence:The cat is hiding ..... the couch. A) under B) at C) with D) for A) Under. B) At. C) With. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 3. I have ordered food ..... the new restaurant down the street. A) At. B) In. C) By. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From. 4. The eagle sat ..... the telephone pole. A) Through. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 5. Fill in the blank with the most precise preposition:The concert starts exactly ..... 8:00 PM. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 6. Select the prepositional phrase in this sentence:'The cat slept under the warm blanket.' A) Under the warm blanket. B) The cat. C) Slept under. D) Warm blanket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the warm blanket. 7. Fill in the blank to correctly use a gerund as the object of a preposition:My dad is thinking about ..... a new car. A) To buy. B) Buy. C) Buying. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buying. 8. Identify the prepositional phrase as "adjectival" or "adverbial."I left the rake inside the tool shed. A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 9. Find the prepositional phrase:Hawks flew over the treetops. A) Over the treetops. B) Hawks flew. C) Hawks flew over. D) The treetops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over the treetops. 10. Identify the preposition in each sentence.We finished the assignment on time. A) We. B) Finished. C) On. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 11. Pick the preposition that tells about DIRECTION to complete the following sentence:The dog chased the cat ..... the stairs. A) For. B) In. C) Of. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up. 12. Identify the prepositional phrase that shows reason:I stayed indoors because of the storm. A) I stayed. B) Indoors because. C) Because of the storm. D) The storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of the storm. 13. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "After the movie, we went to dinner." A) After. B) The. C) Went. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 14. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.It was a beautiful day for a pool party. A) A beautiful day. B) For a pool party. C) Was a beautiful day. D) Pool party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For a pool party. 15. Which of the following words are a preposition? A) Inside. B) My. C) Cat. D) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside. 16. Select the preposition.The dog hid under the bridge. A) Bridge. B) Hid. C) Dog. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 17. What is the prepositional phrase?Six kids on the team are here. A) Six kids. B) On the team. C) Are here. D) On the team are here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the team. 18. Chose the preposition:Grade's bookbag is in my locker. A) My. B) Bookbag. C) In. D) Locker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 19. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'Mary's mother found her keys between two books.' A) Found her keys. B) Between two books. C) Mary's mother. D) Her keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between two books. 20. The baby ran towards her smiling grandmother. A) Towards her smiling grandmother. B) The baby ran. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towards her smiling grandmother. 21. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The book is under the table? A) Above the ceiling. B) Beside the door. C) On the chair. D) Under the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the table. 22. They could build a tree house by themselves. What question does the prepositional phrase answer? A) How they could build. B) Where they could build. C) When they could build. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How they could build. 23. Which of the following contains a prepositional phrase indicating time? A) She sings beautifully. B) He runs every morning. C) They danced gracefully. D) We laughed at his joke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He runs every morning. 24. Which part of the sentence 'The dog with the fluffy tail wagged it happily' is the complete prepositional phrase? A) The dog. B) With the fluffy tail. C) Wagged it. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the fluffy tail. 25. Fill in the blank:My new skateboard is leaning ..... the wall in my room. A) Against. B) Because. C) Happily. D) It. 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