This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the OBJECT of the preposition?The doctor at the hospital was well known. A) At. B) The. C) Hospital. D) Known. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospital. 2. Select the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:The dog barked at him. A) The dog barked. B) At him. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At him. 3. His name's on the ..... of my tongue, but I just can't think of it. A) Top. B) Tip. C) Dot. D) Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tip. 4. My birthday is ..... the sixth of May. A) On. B) In. C) By. D) Next. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 5. The man moved awkwardly ..... of a cane. A) On the aid. B) While the aid. C) With the aid. D) For the aid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With the aid. 6. Lucca is a city ..... the western coast of Itally. A) In. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 7. The rain finally stopped, leaving puddles on the sidewalk. A) The rain finally stopped. B) Finally stopped. C) Leaving puddles. D) On the sidewalk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the sidewalk. 8. All the students know the poem ..... A) By heart. B) By sight. C) In difficulties. D) Without a doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By heart. 9. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?The man stood by the crib and cried. A) Man stood by. B) The crib and cried. C) The man stood. D) By the crib. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the crib. 10. I was bored ..... the film. A) In. B) At. C) About. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 11. Birds chirped noisily among the branches. A) Birds chirped noisily. B) Chirped noisily among. C) Noisily among the branches. D) Among the branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Among the branches. 12. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'I went to the store to buy some groceries.' A) To buy some groceries. B) I went. C) To the store. D) The store to buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the store. 13. The documentary stressed the need ..... toward our planet. A) For a new attitude. B) Being a new attitude. C) Been a new attitude. D) With a new attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For a new attitude. 14. Cats are naughty ..... nature. You can't train one like you can with a dog A) By. B) In. C) With. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 15. He is out but he's going to come ..... soon A) Along. B) At. C) In. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Back. 16. Clay incense burners ..... effigy lids were excavated near Becan. A) Out. B) From. C) With. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 17. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:She went to the store after school. A) She went to the park. B) To the store after school. C) After the rain. D) Store after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the store after school. 18. Find the object of the preposition.The interviewer showed several scenes from the film. A) Interviewer. B) Showed. C) From. D) Film. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Film. 19. She took pride ..... having completed the project ahead of schedule. A) For. B) In. C) With. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 20. They have been living ..... the countryside for over a decade. A) On. B) In. C) With. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 21. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? A) Zero. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 22. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The book on the shelf is mine. A) The book. B) On the shelf. C) Is mine. D) The shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the shelf. 23. In Australia, there are more kangaroos than people. A) In Australia. B) There are more. C) Than people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Australia. 24. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? A) To listen. B) To music. C) Like to. D) No prepositional phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To music. 25. The black bear suddenly appeared from ..... the tent. A) Behind. B) Out. C) With. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behind. 26. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Blinded by the blaze of spells that had blasted from every direction, Harry blinked and looked down at the floor. (J.K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.) A) Harry blinked. B) Looked down at the floor. C) Blinded by the blaze of spells that had blasted from every direction. D) No participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blinded by the blaze of spells that had blasted from every direction. 27. Select the preposition. He ate three boxes of popcorn and now he has a stomach ache. A) Ate. B) Of. C) And. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 28. Which of the following sentences uses the correct prepositional phrase? A) Dont forget me in case you're gone. B) In case of fire, break the glass to escape. C) In case for the poor, defend their rights. D) In case with me, dont mind me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In case of fire, break the glass to escape. 29. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation for the introductory phrase: "In the morning I like to jog." A) In the morning I like to jog. B) In the morning, I like to jog. C) In, the morning I like to jog. D) In the morning I, like to jog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the morning, I like to jog. 30. For my report, I studied Thomas Nash. A) For my report. B) For my report, I studied. C) I studied Thomas Nash. D) Studied Thomas Nash. 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