This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 52 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many prepositional phrases? In spite of the relentless rain, they forged on through the dense jungle across many rising rivers. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 2. What is the object of the sentence? :Fiber does not release energy within our bodies. A) Does. B) Bodies. C) Fiber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bodies. 3. Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:We were looking for the documents that were hidden. A) Looking. B) Documents. C) Hidden. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Documents. 4. What is the object of the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? My favorite restaurant is next to the enormous shoe store. A) Restaurant. B) Store. C) Enormous. D) Shoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Store. 5. In the following sentence, what word is an OBJECT of the PREPOSITION? Before she published her book, Louisa May Alcott wrote for a small publisher. A) She. B) Book. C) Alcott. D) Publisher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Publisher. 6. Name the prepositional phrase.Peanuts reached millions of readers in 75 countries. A) Peanuts reached. B) Millions of readers. C) Of readers. D) In 75 countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of readers. 7. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.My cousin has been sick ..... Sunday. A) About. B) Over. C) Into. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 8. Prepositional phrase? Of all the people who took the test, you were the only one with an "A" . A) An "A". B) Who took the test. C) Of all the people. D) Only one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of all the people. 9. Indicate the type of prepositional phrase in the sentence below.You can run quickly in those new shoes. A) Adjectival Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial Phrase. 10. How can the following two sentences be joined together into one sentence using a prepositional phrase? The fax machine is an important tool. It is a tool for modern communications. A) The fax machine makes modern communications. B) The fax machine is an important tool that can be used to make modern communications. C) The fax machine is an important tool for modern communications. D) Modern communications can be done using the fax machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fax machine is an important tool for modern communications. 11. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? The cat with the red collar is my favorite. A) My favorite. B) The red collar. C) The cat with the red collar. D) With the red collar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With the red collar. 12. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence? The host talked among his guests. A) Talked. B) Among. C) His. D) Guests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guests. 13. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.The policeman told the journalist that the corrupt politicians were ..... investigation. A) Over. B) On. C) In. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under. 14. Identify the COMPOUND PREPOSITION.Because of the water drought, everyone is thirsty. A) Water drought. B) Everyone is thirsty. C) Because of. D) Everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of. 15. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:This morning, we flew above the clouds. A) We flew above. B) This morning. C) The clouds. D) Above the clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above the clouds. 16. One of his friends won the top prize. What is the object of the preposition. A) Friends. B) Won. C) Top prize. D) Prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friends. 17. Identify the prepositional phrase:A 'bon mot' is a French expression. In French the phrase means 'good word'. A) A 'bon mot'. B) S a French expression. C) In French. D) The phrase means 'good word'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In French. 18. Which word is being modified by the underlined prepositional phrase? The huge jets on the runway waited to take off. A) Huge. B) Waited. C) Roared. D) Jets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jets. 19. Which word is being modified by the underlined prepositional phrase? The jet planes roared above us. A) Planes. B) Roared. C) Above. D) Us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roared. 20. Find the preposition in this sentence:Mrs. Bowsman put new white ghost lights on the tree. A) Ghost. B) On. C) Mrs. Bowsman. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 21. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? Please get there after 3 p.m. A) Please. B) Please get there. C) After 3 p.m. D) Get there after. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After 3 p.m. 22. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? He wrote the answers to the test on his desk. A) Wrote. B) Answers. C) Test. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 23. Which sentence uses an adverbial prepositional phrase? A) The elderly at Kanlungan ni Maria welcomed the pupils from LSGH. B) The boys from LSGH entertained their partners. C) The boys waved goodbye to their reachout partners. D) The experience taught the boys a valuable lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys waved goodbye to their reachout partners. 24. Find the preposition in this sentence:Susan ran behind the bushes when she played hide and seek. A) When. B) Susan. C) Played. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behind. 25. What is the preposition in the sentence? :We could not live without carbohydrates. A) Without. B) Could. C) Live. D) Not. 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