This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The company is notorious ..... its poor working conditions and low wages. A) In. B) After. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 2. Select the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:The book is on the shelf. A) The book is. B) On the shelf. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the shelf. 3. Excuse me, waiter. Can I change my order? I'll have the beef ..... the chicken, if you don't mind. A) Except for. B) Apart from. C) Instead of. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instead of. 4. Wilbur Wright flew hir aeroplane ..... France in 1909. A) On. B) Upon. C) Until. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over. 5. That group of stars (is called, are called) the Big Dipper. A) Is called. B) Are called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is called. 6. 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. 7. The elevator's ..... again. A) Out of order. B) Out of danger. C) Out of tune. D) Out of doors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of order. 8. Preposition or Infinitive?-to + a verb A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 9. Choose the prepositional phrase:They worked together on a new sky routine. A) On a new sky routine. B) They worked together. C) Sky routine. D) Together on a new. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a new sky routine. 10. Analyse the placement of the prepositional phrase in the sentence:The keys are in the drawer. A) After the verb. B) Before the subject. C) Between the subject and the verb. D) At the end of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the verb. 11. The new highway will not be completed until next spring. A) The new highway. B) Will not be completed. C) Will not be completed until next spring. D) Until next spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Until next spring. 12. Choose the preposition expressing the instrument function. A) At. B) By. C) From. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By. 13. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The meeting was scheduled for next Monday. A) The meeting. B) Was scheduled. C) For next Monday. D) Next Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For next Monday. 14. Select the prepositional phrase.You can find my room through the door. A) You can find my room. B) Find my room. C) Through the door. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the door. 15. The match against Florida was great. A) The match. B) Was great. C) Against Florida. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Against Florida. 16. Circle the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. After recess our class will watch a science video. A) After recess. B) Our class. C) Will watch. D) A science video. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After recess. 17. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a prepositional phrase to indicate time. A) We will meet at the park. B) She arrived before the meeting. C) He jumped over the fence. D) They sat beside the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She arrived before the meeting. 18. Choose the prepositional phrase in each sentence.Can you read a book by Earthlight? A) Can you read. B) By Earthlight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By Earthlight. 19. Find the object of the preposition.The director wore a hat with a large X. A) X. B) Hat. C) With. D) Director. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X. 20. Choose the prepositional phrase:People from the nearby towns can find it easily. A) People from the. B) Nearby towns. C) Can find it easily. D) From the nearby towns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From the nearby towns. 21. A prepositional phrase in a sentence usually functions as a(n): A) Adjective or adverb. B) Noun or verb. C) Subject or object. D) Conjunction or interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective or adverb. 22. Choose the function in group complementation of verbs or adjective function. A) Ingredient, material. B) Reference. C) Exception. D) Concession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ingredient, material. 23. What is the PREPOSITION in this sentence?She handed the baby to me. A) Handed. B) She. C) Me. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 24. A visually clear image is ..... A) CLOSE-UP. B) OUT OF FOCUS. C) IN FOCUS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN FOCUS. 25. By the time I got there he had gone. A) I got. B) There. C) By the time. 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