This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which prepositional phrase would best complete this sentence?The children played ..... A) Through recess. B) At recess. C) Under recess. D) Beside recess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At recess. 2. Complete these sentences using a prepositional phrase from the box.Clare's claim that she locked the door behind her is ..... what she said earlier. 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: A) At odds with. 3. I would like to live (a) a farm. A) A. in. B) Above. C) On. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. in. 4. In the sentence 'The cat under the table is sleeping, ' what is the function of the prepositional phrase 'under the table'? A) Adjectival. B) Adverbial. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival. 5. Mount Rainier towers nearly three miles ..... the sea level. A) Up. B) At. C) Along. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above. 6. The members of the committee ..... into the chamber. A) Walks solemnly. B) Walk proudly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walk proudly. 7. Identify the prepositional phrase.This machine is for making ice cream. A) This machine. B) For making ice cream. C) Machine is. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For making ice cream. 8. The company's success largely depends ..... its ability to adapt to market changes. A) For. B) From. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 9. She preferred to look for another job ..... continue working with such a horrid man. A) Along with. B) In favour of. C) Rather than. D) Instead of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rather than. 10. Find the modifier(s):On small stage. A) Small. B) On, small. C) Small, stage. D) Stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. My birthday is ..... the sixth of May. A) On. B) In. C) By. D) Next. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. I was bored ..... the film. A) In. B) At. C) About. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. He is out but he's going to come ..... soon A) Along. B) At. C) In. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Back. ← 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