This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 56 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the object of the preposition in the following sentence? I am reading a great book by a relatively unknown author. A) Author. B) Book. C) Unknown. D) Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author. 2. When, where, why, how A) Preposition. B) Prepositional Phrase. C) Object of the Preposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 3. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? The summer sun shone brightly in the afternoon. A) Summer sun shone. B) Brightly in the afternoon. C) Sun shone. D) In the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the afternoon. 4. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentences.The bareback riding at the Calgary Stampede is daring. A) The bareback. B) Riding at the Calgary. C) Stampede is daring. D) At the Calgary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the Calgary. 5. Identify the preposition.My mom took a walk around the block. A) My mom. B) Walk. C) Around. D) Block. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 6. Identify the prepositional phrase:Be sure that you know your facts before the quiz. A) You know. B) Before the quiz. C) Be sure. D) Review your facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before the quiz. 7. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence? We rode our bikes on the road. A) Rode our bikes. B) We rode our bikes. C) On the road. D) Our bikes along. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the road. 8. What is the object of the preposition? Please get there after 3 p.m. A) Please. B) There. C) Get. D) 3 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 p.m. 9. Which of the following types of punctuation CAN'T be used to set off/identify an appositive/appositive phrase? A) Quotation marks. B) Commas. C) Parenthesis. D) Dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks. 10. What is the object of the underlined preposition? In the middle of the night, a lioness hunted her prey. A) Night. B) Lioness. C) Middle. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle. 11. What is the preposition in the sentence below? He is the tallest among all the pupils in his section. A) Among. B) Pupils. C) Section. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Among. 12. Find the preposition in this sentence:The boy walked the dog down the busy street. A) Walked. B) Street. C) Down. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down. 13. What is the object of the preposition in the underlined prepositional phrase? He is going there with his friend. A) Friend. B) With. C) His. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friend. 14. Which of these words in the following sentence are considered as a prepositional phrase? The birthday gift from his parents surprised John. A) From his. B) Surprised John. C) The birthday gift. D) From his parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From his parents. 15. What is the object of the prepositional phrase in this sentence? The announcement during class interrupted my work on the math test. A) Announcement. B) Class. C) Work. D) Math test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class. 16. How do you know if a prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase? A) Describes or modifies a noun. B) One that modifies a verb. C) Modifies the subject. D) Modifies the predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describes or modifies a noun. 17. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? I have been up since midnight. A) Since midnight. B) I have been. C) Up since midnight. D) I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since midnight. 18. The store is located near the highway. What is the prepositional phrase? A) Near the highway. B) The store. C) Is located. D) The highway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the highway. 19. Which word is being modified by the underlined prepositional phrase? Your teeth should be brushed after every meal. A) Teeth. B) Should. C) Brushed. D) Your. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brushed. 20. Choose the preposition that makes the most sense in the following sentence:Luke turned off the computer ..... finishing his homework. A) Under. B) After. C) Around. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 21. Where is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Mary ate an apple between the rehearsals. A) Mary ate. B) Between the rehearsals. C) An apple between. D) The rehearsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between the rehearsals. 22. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentencesThe most beneficial exercise for the heart is aerobic exercise. A) Most beneficial exercise. B) For the heart. C) Is aerobic exercise. D) Exercise for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the heart. 23. Indicate the type of prepositional phrase in the sentence below.Joe is the student with the highest grade . A) Adjectival Phrase. B) Adverbial Phrase. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectival Phrase. 24. Which word is being modified by the underlined adverbial phrase? The ticket holders waited patiently outside the theater. A) Waited. B) Patiently. C) Holder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waited. 25. Find the preposition in this sentence:The strange man parked his car by the tall trees. A) Parked. B) Strange. C) By. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. ← 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