This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 35 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. By noon, all the runners were finished. A) The runners. B) The nerds. C) By noon. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By noon. 2. Black slaves used to work ..... the cotton plantations of the southern United States. A) On. B) In. C) At. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 3. Identify the prepositional phrase:A new dining room was built beside the old one. A) New dining room. B) Was built. C) Beside the old one. D) Was built beside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beside the old one. 4. He's never late, and he's never early; He always arrives right ..... time. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 5. The doormat ..... looks dirty. A) On the front steps. B) Above the front steps. C) With the front steps. D) Through the front step. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the front steps. 6. If you do something ..... person, you go somewhere and do it yourself. A) At. B) By. C) On. D) In. E) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 7. Do you know the number of minutes in 24 hours? What kind of a prepositional phrase is in 24 hours and what does it modify? A) In 24 hours is an adverb phrase that modifies hours. B) In 24 hours is an adverb phrase that modifies know. C) In 24 hours is an adjective phrase that modifies number. D) In 24 hours is an adjective phrase that modifies minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In 24 hours is an adjective phrase that modifies minutes. 8. Identify the prepositional phrase:After school, I take the bus home. A) Take the bus. B) After school. C) I take. D) The bus home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After school. 9. For all we know means that the speaker: A) Knows everything about the situation. B) Does not know the facts about the situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not know the facts about the situation. 10. She's afraid ..... A) Of spiders. B) Spiders. C) From spiders. D) In spiders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of spiders. 11. Identify the prepositional phrase:In spite of the rain, the game was still played. A) In spite of. B) In spite of the rain. C) Was still played. D) The game was still. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In spite of the rain. 12. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Mr. Pierre had to drive through the largest puddle. A) Through the largest puddle. B) To drive. C) Had to drive. D) To drive through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through the largest puddle. 13. What part of speech is the last word of a prepositional phrase? A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 14. The doctor said that I should be on a diet A) Adjective phrase. B) Adverb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective phrase. 15. Daniel ran along the street with grace A) Adjective phrase. B) Adverb phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb phrase. 16. I WAS ..... BED WHEN SHE CALLED ME. A) IN. B) ON. C) AT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IN. 17. Identify the prepositional phrase:The waiter cleared the dirty dishes from our table. A) From our table. B) Cleared the dirty dishes. C) The dirty dishes. D) The waiter cleared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From our table. 18. Why did Mike take the stairs?-Oh, he's terrified ..... elevators. A) About. B) -. C) Of. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 19. I WAS ..... THE HOSPITAL WHEN SHE CALLED ME. A) IN. B) ON. C) AT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IN. 20. Let us sit under the tree. A) We sit. B) You all sit. C) I sit. D) You sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We sit. 21. The man near the door is her husband A) Near the door. B) Her husband. C) The man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the door. 22. ..... the whole = In general A) Out of. B) By. C) On. D) In. E) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 23. This time she's leaving ..... good (= she will never return). A) At. B) By. C) For. D) In. E) Out of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 24. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?Brooklyn flopped on the couch when she entered the room. A) When she entered. B) Brooklyn flopped. C) On the couch. D) Entered the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the couch. 25. True or False:Verbs can be in prepositional phrases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The kid walked the dog down the busy street. A) Walked the dog. B) The busy street. C) Down the busy street. D) Dog down the busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down the busy street. 27. The best defense ..... the enemy is being intelligent. A) For. B) To. C) Counter. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 28. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:Micah's dog jumped on my bed and woke me up. A) On my bed. B) Micah's dog jumped. C) On my bed and woke me up. D) Woke me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On my bed. 29. Queen Mumtaz Mahal was the source A) Of his own portrait. B) By a complete unknown. C) Of inspiration for the Taj Mahal. D) To the eruption of a real volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of inspiration for the Taj Mahal. 30. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Mary ran around the corner to meet her friends. A) To meet. B) Her friends. C) Ran around. D) Around the corner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around the corner. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPrepositional Phrases Quiz 1Prepositional Phrases Quiz 2Prepositional Phrases Quiz 3Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4Prepositional Phrases Quiz 5Prepositional Phrases Quiz 6Prepositional Phrases Quiz 7Prepositional Phrases Quiz 8Prepositional Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books