Prepositional Phrases Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 1
1. What is the synonym to:in vain.
A) At a loss.
B) By virtue of.
C) In the wrong.
D) To no avail.
2. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Susan ran behind the bushes when she played hide and seek.
A) Behind the bushes.
B) When she played.
C) Susan ran behind.
D) Played hide and seek.
3. Identify the prepositional phrases:A passenger without a life jacket fell off the boat.
A) Without a life jacket.
B) A passenger.
C) None of above.
4. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?At noon the colonel strode across the courtyard toward the gate.
A) 1.
B) 3.
C) 4.
D) 2.
5. What is the best prepositional phrase to complete the following sentence?Ramona delivered an excellent informative presentation _____ .
A) Across the lake.
B) On Arabian cooking.
C) Off the chair.
D) From the tree.
6. How many prepositions are in the sentence below?Hundreds of people swarmed into the theater for the concert.
A) 4.
B) 2.
C) 1.
D) 3.
7. What is the preposition in this sentence?I saw a mouse in the garage.
A) The.
B) In.
C) Saw.
D) Mouse.
8. Wich is NOT prepositional phrases?.
A) Beside me.
B) He stole it.
C) By the door.
D) Near the pool.
9. _____ life.
A) At.
B) By.
C) On.
D) For.
10. Frances thought she saw Mrs. Anderson in her car on the highway.
A) Thought she saw.
B) In her car.
C) Frances thought.
11. He was by nature a philosophical person.
A) He was by.
B) A philosophical person.
C) By nature.
D) He was.
12. SHE WAS _____ THE LIBRARY WHEN I ARRIVED.
A) AT .
B) IN.
C) ON.
D) None of above.
13. The question of security is high _____ the agenda for this afternoon's meeting.
A) On.
B) In.
C) At.
D) None of above.
14. A prepositional phrase ALWAYS begins with a(n).
A) Noun.
B) Preposition.
C) Verb.
D) Object of the preposition.
15. What is the synonym to:at fault.
A) In the wrong.
B) By accident.
C) At sea.
D) To some extent.
16. How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?Please bring your kite to the park on Wednesday.
A) 2.
B) None.
C) 1.
D) 3.
17. By my watch it is two o'clock.
A) Adverb.
B) Adjective.
18. Prepositional phrase:" She was inside the school, when she heard the noise.".
A) She was.
B) Inside the school.
C) When she heard.
D) The noise.
19. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence I enjoy playing the clarinet.
A) I enjoy playing.
B) Playing in the clarinet.
C) Enjoy playing in.
D) There is no preposition!.
20. True or False:Some prepositions show time and place and others add detail.
A) True.
B) False.
21. He took the purse from her by force.
A) By force.
B) He took.
C) Took the.
D) The purse.
22. _____ heart.
A) For.
B) In.
C) By.
D) On.
23. My birthday's _____ April 1st.
A) On .
B) At.
C) In.
D) None of above.
24. What are prepositional phrases in the sentence?At 8:00, the students will walk into the classroom.
A) At 8:00.
B) The students.
C) Will walk.
25. The problem was _____ all day.
A) On his mind.
B) On a diet.
C) On the house.
D) None of above.