This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best definition for the following phrases (prepositional)In keeping with A) Instead of. B) In match with. C) Completely ineffective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In match with. 2. We make mistakes if we do things ..... A) In the pink. B) In order to. C) In a hurry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a hurry. 3. Find the preposition.He studied at a New York university. A) He. B) Studied. C) At. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 4. What is the role of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'She arrived after the meeting'? A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Adverbial. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbial. 5. A la derecha de A) Behind. B) Beside. C) To the right of. D) To the left of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the right of. 6. It will cost at least 200 dollar. A) 200 dollar. B) It will. C) Will cost. D) At least. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At least. 7. What is the function of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'She placed the book on the table'? A) It describes the book. B) It indicates the location of the book. C) It shows the time of the action. D) It identifies the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It indicates the location of the book. 8. What is the preposition in the sentence? The man in the sports car is my neighbor. A) The. B) Man. C) In. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 9. Preposition or Infinitive?-I have to run to the store for milk. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) This sentence has neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 10. If you meet someone accidentally, you meet them ..... A) BY FAR. B) IN A HURRY. C) BY CHANCE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BY CHANCE. 11. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence?We rode our bikes along the road. A) Rode. B) Our. C) Road. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Road. 12. Wait by the car and I'll be there soon. A) By the car. B) I'll be there. C) There soon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the car. 13. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Feeling slightly more cheerful, Harry helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.) A) Helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes. B) Feeling slightly more cheerful. C) Harry. D) No participial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling slightly more cheerful. 14. Morroco is located ..... northern Africa. A) In. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 15. He is ..... , which means he owes money to the bank. A) In debt. B) In doubt. C) On loan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In debt. 16. Mexico is ..... the south of the United States. A) To. B) In. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 17. Is the highlighted prepositional phrase an adjective or adverb phrase?The man with the broken leg groaned loudly. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 18. Select the object of the preposition in the following sentence.After the game, the players shook hands. A) Hands. B) Players. C) Shook. D) Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Game. 19. A candle had set the curtains ..... fire. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 20. What is the synonym to:at fault A) In the wrong. B) To some extent. C) At sea. D) By accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the wrong. 21. I haven't seen Carlos since yesterday, have you? A) Seen Carlos. B) Since yesterday. C) Have you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since yesterday. 22. Toronto is located ..... Lake Ontario. A) On. B) In. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 23. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:A mobile composed of shimmering mirrors and silver wire swayed gently from the elegant hotel lobby ceiling. A) Composed of shimmering mirrors. B) A mobile. C) Swayed gently. D) From the elegant hotel lobby ceiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From the elegant hotel lobby ceiling. 24. Complete these sentences using a prepositional phrase from the box.It's ..... certain that the job will go to an external candidate A) At odds with. B) By no means. C) On its own merits. D) Over the top. E) Beyond all expectation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By no means. 25. The piano was ..... A) Out of tune. B) In private. C) In person. D) Out of danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of tune. 26. Find the preposition.The video store near my house carries his films. A) Video. B) Store. C) Near. D) Carries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near. 27. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The crowd walked through the door. A) Through the door. B) The crowd walked. C) The door. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through the door. 28. That group of stars is called the Big Dipper. A) Change is to are. B) Change are to is. C) Change Big Dipper to big dipper. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make no change. 29. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?We sat beside the river and had a picnic. A) We sat. B) Beside the river. C) And had. D) Had a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside the river. 30. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:'They hid behind the tree.' A) The tree. B) Behind the tree. C) They hid. D) Behind the. 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