This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete these sentences using a prepositional phrase from the box.John's angry reaction to my letter was completely ..... 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: D) Over the top. 2. What is the OBJECT of the preposition? The book on the shelf is mine. A) Book. B) On. C) Shelf. D) Mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shelf. 3. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?She wrote a letter on her own stationery. A) Wrote a letter. B) She wrote. C) On her own stationery. D) Own stationery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On her own stationery. 4. Select the prepositional phrase.Across the street, there is a playground. A) Across the street. B) Street, there is. C) Is a playground. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across the street. 5. ..... making her angry again, I think it's best we do as she asks. A) In addition to. B) Along with. C) Except for. D) Rather than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rather than. 6. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase in the sentence:'The dog ran under the table.'? A) Under the table. B) Beside the table. C) Above the table. D) Below the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the table. 7. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "With great enthusiasm, she started her project." A) With great enthusiasm. B) She started. C) Her project. D) Started her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With great enthusiasm. 8. I cooked the rice ..... the directions on the box. A) According to. B) By means of. C) As fo. D) In favour of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According to. 9. Preposition: "I speak loudly by mistake" . A) By. B) I. C) Loudly. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 10. There is a parcel ..... you. I think it is ..... your mother. A) From, to. B) For, from. C) To, from. D) From, for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For, from. 11. What is the difference between an adjective phrase and an adverb phrase? A) An adjective phrase modifies a noun, while an adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. B) An adjective phrase modifies a verb, while an adverb phrase modifies a noun. C) An adjective phrase is a type of adverb phrase that describes actions. D) An adjective phrase and an adverb phrase are the same and can be used interchangeably. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adjective phrase modifies a noun, while an adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. 12. Mr. Carson and Mr. Bates work together in a big house. A) Mr. Carson and Mr. Bates. B) Work together. C) In a big house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a big house. 13. Identify the preposition in this sentence:You must stay within bounds, or you're out. A) You. B) Must. C) Stay. D) Within. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Within. 14. Shouts from the crowd ..... the baby. A) Is frightening. B) Are frightening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are frightening. 15. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?I will place my paper in the basket. A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 16. The Red Sea is ..... the west coast of Saudi Arabia. A) To. B) On. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 17. He is so much in love. He is completely d ..... his girlfriend. A) Discounted at. B) Demanded on. C) Desired of. D) Devoted to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devoted to. 18. Choose the function in group disjunct or conjunct function. A) Exception. B) Subject matter. C) Reaction. D) Respect, standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exception. 19. Select the prepositional phrase.We will stay here until dinner. A) Stay here until dinner. B) Until dinner. C) We will stay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until dinner. 20. Identify the prepositional phrase.We went to the park last week. A) We went. B) To the park. C) Last week. D) Went to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the park. 21. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence 'He sat beside his friend'? A) Between the lines. B) Beside his friend. C) Across the street. D) Under the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beside his friend. 22. Find the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE in the sentence below:News anchor, Lester Holt, is the lead anchor of the show, NBC Nightly News. A) Of the show. B) Is the lead anchor. C) Lead anchor. D) News anchor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of the show. 23. Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.Run over the hill to catch the runaway dog. A) Run over. B) The runaway dog. C) To catch the runaway. D) Over the hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over the hill. 24. How many prepositional phrases are there in the following sentence?The first reports about the cause of these mysterious patterns appeared in 1978. A) 1 prepositional phrase. B) 2 prepositional phrases. C) 3 prepositional phrases. D) 4 prepositional phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 prepositional phrases. 25. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?On Wednesday, we celebrated my sister's birthday at our house for at least two hours! A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. ← 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