This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 48 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? Turkeys want to fly below the radar. A) Turkeys want. B) Below the radar. C) Turkeys want to fly. D) To fly below. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Below the radar. 2. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? Hermione Granger carried my little cousin around the zoo. A) Carried. B) Little. C) Zoo. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 3. What is the preposition of the sentence? Some foods with sugar have few nutrients. A) Some. B) Have. C) With. D) Few. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 4. The baker recognized Dad by his voice. What is the object of the preposition? A) By. B) Voice. C) Recognized. D) His voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 5. What does underlined prepositional phrase describe in the following sentence? For several years farmers found strange plants growing quickly. A) Farmers. B) Found. C) Plants. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 6. What is the preposition in the sentence below? My relatives in New York came to visit us last month. A) To. B) In. C) Last. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 7. What is the compound object of the preposition in the following prepositional phrase? Elizabeth and Natalie enjoy picking baskets of flowers and leaves. A) Flowers. B) Elizabeth/Natalie. C) Flowers/leaves. D) Baskets of flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers/leaves. 8. Identify the Prepositional Phrase in a sentence. We walked up the stairs A) Walked. B) Stairs. C) Up the stairs. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up the stairs. 9. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.Throughout the summer, Amanda spent much time picking flowers. A) Spent, adverbial. B) Flowers, adjectival. C) Amanda, adjectival. D) Picking, adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spent, adverbial. 10. How do you know if a prepositional phrase is adverbial? A) Modifies a noun. B) Modifies a verb. C) Modifies the subject. D) Modifies the predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifies a verb. 11. He lived in France for many years, and then he moved to the United States in 1939. A) Lived in France. B) For many years. C) And then he moved. D) The United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For many years. 12. After the game we celebrated our win. A) After the game. B) We celebrated. C) Our win. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the game. 13. Fill in the coordinating conjunction.It rained all day, ..... we didn't go outside. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So. 14. Multi servi in ..... laborant. A) Agros. B) Agris. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agris. 15. What is the meaning of phrase? A) A group of words. B) It is the rhyming word of race. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words. 16. Fill in the coordinating conjunctions.The way may be long ..... we may feel tired ..... we will not give up hope. A) And, but. B) And, and. C) But, but. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And, but. 17. Choose the correct answer. Don was ..... us for leaving him out. A) Furious with. B) Furious on. C) Furious at. D) Furious by. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Furious with. 18. Which one of the following sentences contains an adverbial prepositional phrase? A) Through the telescope we could see Saturn's rings. B) Some of the dangerous fish are upstairs. C) Is that a letter from the Department of Education?. D) The variety of fish fascinates us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through the telescope we could see Saturn's rings. 19. What role does a preposition play in a sentence? A) A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, often indicating direction, location, or time. B) A preposition is a type of verb that describes an action. C) A preposition is a word that connects two independent clauses. D) A preposition is used to modify a noun or pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, often indicating direction, location, or time. 20. Bridget was careful not to take him ..... granted. A) By. B) On. C) For. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 21. My aunt trimmed the trees in the backyard last week. A) My aunt. B) Trimmed the trees. C) In the backyard. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the backyard. 22. How can prepositional phrases function in a sentence? A) As standalone sentences providing complete thoughts. B) As adjectives or adverbs, providing additional information about nouns or verbs. C) Only as conjunctions linking clauses together. D) As interjections expressing strong emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As adjectives or adverbs, providing additional information about nouns or verbs. 23. We have Zoom class meetings during the school day. A) We have. B) Zoom class meetings. C) During the school day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the school day. 24. Replace the noun with a pronoun in the prepositional phrase:'The book belonging to Camrie is on the table next to the lamp.' A) It. B) She. C) They. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 25. He didn't feel completely ..... ease in the strange surroundings. A) In. B) At. C) On. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 26. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?The boy 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. My toy was in my wardrobe. A) Preposition:wasPrepositional phrase:was in my wardrobe. B) Preposition:inPrepositional phrase:in my wardrobe. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition:inPrepositional phrase:in my wardrobe. 28. It's the best result that could be expected ..... the circumstances. A) Under. B) With. C) By. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under. 29. Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence?We went fishing with Ben. A) We. B) Went. C) With. D) Ben. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 30. Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of a comma after a prepositional phrase? A) At the start of the race, runners were excited. B) In the drawer there are keys. C) On the roof sits a cat. D) Under the tree we found shade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the start of the race, runners were excited. ← 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