This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? Geese live in flocks while cattle live among herds in pastures. A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 2. 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. 3. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? On Wednesday, we celebrated my husband's birthday at my mom's house for two hours. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 4. What is the preposition? Over this school year we have learned to work hard. A) The. B) Have. C) To. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over. 5. Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:In the lobby she sat down. A) In the lobby. B) She sat down. C) Rested. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the lobby. 6. Identify the complete prepositional phrase:I ate a hot dog with ketchup and mustard last night. A) With ketchup. B) And mustard. C) With ketchup and mustard. D) Last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With ketchup and mustard. 7. Choose the correct prepositions to complete the sentence.We are not familiar ..... all the words given ..... the spelling list. A) With, in. B) To, in. C) Of, to. D) Off, in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With, in. 8. What word in the sentence below is a preposition? The unicorn hopped high above the clouds. A) Clouds. B) Unicorn. C) Hopped. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above. 9. What is the object of the prepositional phrase and is it adverbial or adjective? The ballerina danced across the floor. A) Ballerina, adjective. B) Ballerina, adverbial. C) Floor, adjective. D) Floor, adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Floor, adverbial. 10. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? The butterfly kite is in the tree. A) In the tree. B) Is in the tree. C) The butterfly kite. D) Butterfly kite is in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the tree. 11. What is the object of the preposition in the underlined prepositional phrase? I fell asleep during the long and boring movie. A) During. B) Long. C) Boring. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movie. 12. What is the preposition in the sentence below? We read a book about magic last week. A) Read. B) Book. C) Last week. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About. 13. What is the preposition in the sentence? I still live in that stucco house in the next block. A) Still. B) In. C) Stucco. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 14. What is the preposition in this sentence? My sister painted the walls of her bedroom. A) Sister. B) The. C) Of. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 15. After the game will be too late for us to go to dinner. How many prepositional phrases? Which? Identify. A) 1. After the game(adv). B) 2. After the game(adv), and to dinner(adv). C) 3. After the game(adv), for us(adv), and to dinner(adv). D) 3. After the game(adv), for us(adj), and to dinner(adv). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. After the game(adv), for us(adv), and to dinner(adv). 16. What is the object of the sentence? :Glucose then releases energy throughout our bodies. A) Throughout. B) Bodies. C) Glucose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bodies. 17. In the following sentence, which word is the preposition? Over the weekend, we went swimming. A) Went. B) Over. C) Weekend. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over. 18. What is the object of the preposition in the sentence below? To forgive someone is a divine act according to the priest's homily. A) Homily. B) Act. C) Priest's. D) Someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homily. 19. Identify the prepositional phrase.We walked up the stairs. A) We. B) We walked. C) Up the stairs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up the stairs. 20. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? The shortstop threw the baseball across the field to the first baseman, and the inning was over. A) 0. B) 1. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 21. The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition is called ..... A) The preposition's best friend. B) The phrase finisher. C) The object of the preposition. D) The subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The object of the preposition. 22. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? William went home and left his jacket behind the door. A) Behind the door. B) Went home. C) Left his jacket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behind the door. 23. What is the object of the preposition in th A) Under. B) The. C) Stairs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stairs. 24. Adverbial phrase modifies the following EXCEPT A) Verbs. B) Adverbs. C) Adjectives. D) Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronouns. 25. What do we call a group of words that cannot stand alone? A) Sentence. B) Preposition. C) Object. D) Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phrase. ← 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