This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prepositional Phrases Quiz 57 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the preposition in the sentence:The M & Ms are hidden amongst the Skittles. A) Are. B) Hidden. C) Amongst. D) Skittles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amongst. 2. Which prepositional phrase would complete this sentence correctly? ....., she craved mashed potatoes. A) At dinner time. B) Above the stove. C) Around the corner. D) Inside the dishwasher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At dinner time. 3. What is the adjectival phrase in the following sentence? The voices of the people talking outside the house are very loud.. A) Outside the house. B) Of the people. C) Very loud. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the people. 4. What is/are the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence below? To get to the castle, you must go through the woods. A) To get/you must go. B) To the castle/through the woods. C) To get/through the woods. D) To the castle/you must go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the castle/through the woods. 5. #4 on the back:What is the purpose of the underlined preposition? "Most animals move to a warmer place each winter, but Emperor penguins do not." A) To describe when animals move. B) To connect warmer with animals. C) To connect two phrases about winter. D) To show a relationship between move and place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show a relationship between move and place. 6. Choose the one which is the preposition for TIME. A) He sat on the chair. B) They are running on the street. C) Do you work on Friday?. D) The key is on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do you work on Friday?. 7. What is the prepositional phrase? They met during a talent contest. A) They met during. B) During a talent. C) A talent contest. D) During a talent contest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During a talent contest. 8. What is the object of the prepositional phrase? The woman on the boat is my aunt Carol. A) Woman. B) Aunt Carol. C) On. D) Boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boat. 9. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:A monkey crouches in the tree. A) Monkey. B) In. C) Crouches. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 10. What is the object of the preposition in the following sentence? My teacher is always very pleased with my work. A) Work. B) Teacher. C) Pleased. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. 11. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? Turkeys want to fly below the radar. A) Turkeys want. B) Below the radar. C) Turkeys want to fly. D) To fly below. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Below the radar. 12. Which word is the preposition in the following sentence? Hermione Granger carried my little cousin around the zoo. A) Carried. B) Little. C) Zoo. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Around. 13. What is the preposition of the sentence? Some foods with sugar have few nutrients. A) Some. B) Have. C) With. D) Few. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 14. The baker recognized Dad by his voice. What is the object of the preposition? A) By. B) Voice. C) Recognized. D) His voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 15. What does underlined prepositional phrase describe in the following sentence? For several years farmers found strange plants growing quickly. A) Farmers. B) Found. C) Plants. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 16. What is the preposition in the sentence below? My relatives in New York came to visit us last month. A) To. B) In. C) Last. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 17. What is the compound object of the preposition in the following prepositional phrase? Elizabeth and Natalie enjoy picking baskets of flowers and leaves. A) Flowers. B) Elizabeth/Natalie. C) Flowers/leaves. D) Baskets of flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers/leaves. 18. Identify the Prepositional Phrase in a sentence. We walked up the stairs A) Walked. B) Stairs. C) Up the stairs. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up the stairs. 19. Identify the word the underlined phrase modifies and tell if it's an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase.Throughout the summer, Amanda spent much time picking flowers. A) Spent, adverbial. B) Flowers, adjectival. C) Amanda, adjectival. D) Picking, adverbial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spent, adverbial. 20. How do you know if a prepositional phrase is adverbial? A) Modifies a noun. B) Modifies a verb. C) Modifies the subject. D) Modifies the predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifies a verb. 21. He lived in France for many years, and then he moved to the United States in 1939. A) Lived in France. B) For many years. C) And then he moved. D) The United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For many years. 22. After the game we celebrated our win. A) After the game. B) We celebrated. C) Our win. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the game. 23. Fill in the coordinating conjunction.It rained all day, ..... we didn't go outside. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So. 24. Multi servi in ..... laborant. A) Agros. B) Agris. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agris. 25. What is the meaning of phrase? A) A group of words. B) It is the rhyming word of race. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words. ← 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