Prepositional Phrases Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 28
1. Select all of the words that are part of the prepositional phrase in this sentence?"Hang the picture above this oak cabinet.".
A) Above.
B) Hang.
2. We're all looking _____ spending our holidays with the family.
A) Into.
B) Forward to.
C) Forward.
D) To.
3. Which is the prepositional phrase and what kind is it?The sound of the wind made a whistling sound.
A) A whistling sound-adjective.
B) Of the wind-adverb.
C) Of the wind-adjective.
D) A whistling sound-adverb.
4. Is the highlighted prepositional phrase an adjective or an adverb phrase?The woman in the shawl was watching Elizabeth.
A) Adverb.
B) Adjective.
5. What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?The dog followed her down the stairs.
A) Down the stairs.
B) The dog.
C) Her.
D) Followed her.
6. Identify the prepositional phrase:The boy walked the dog down the busy street.
A) Walked the dog.
B) Down the busy street.
C) Dog down the busy.
D) The boy walked the dog.
E) The busy street.
7. To the left of.
A) Between.
B) Behind.
C) To the left of.
D) Near.
8. Please return the book return the book to the cabinet.
A) Please return.
B) Please.
C) To the cabinet.
D) Return the book.
E) The book return.
9. Answer true or false:Prepositional phrases can act as verbs.
A) True.
B) False.
10. My teacher likes to sit.
A) Next to the table.
B) Around the bush.
C) And then.
D) None of above.
11. Which parts of speech can be the object of a preposition?.
A) Adjective.
B) Noun.
C) Preposition.
12. TRUE or FALSE:Prepositional phrases are EXTRA and may be removed from a sentence.
A) FALSE.
B) TRUE.
13. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The big brown bird flew into the window, but was okay.
A) Into the window.
B) Into the window but was okay.
C) Flew into the window.
D) The big brown bird flew.
14. I want to sit there, so please sit next to your sister.
A) Please sit.
B) Next to your sister.
C) There.
D) Your sister.
E) To your sister.
15. _____ average.
A) In.
B) For.
C) On.
D) At.
16. The match against Florida was great.
A) The match.
B) Against.
C) Against Florida.
D) Was great.
17. Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "A large fire was burning in the fireplace.".
A) Adverbial prepositional phrase.
B) Adjectival prepositional phrase.
18. Circle the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. After recess our class will watch a science video.
A) After recess.
B) Will watch.
C) Our class.
D) A science video.
19. The castaway built a hut (a) encountering wild dogs.
A) Between.
B) During.
C) Around.
D) A after.
E) Because.
20. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. "The Mississippi River flows towards the south.".
A) River Flows.
B) Towards the south.
C) The Mississippi River.
D) Flows towards.
21. Identify the prepositional phrases:Anne Frank wrote her first book on this typewriter.
A) On this typewriter .
B) Anne Frank wrote.
C) Her first book.
D) None of above.
22. He returns to the village.
A) She returns.
B) We return.
C) They return.
D) You return.
23. Which word in the sentence is the PREPOSITION:We went swimming after school on Thursday.
A) After, on.
B) We, school.
C) Went, swimming.
D) None of above.
24. How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?After recess, we will go to the gymnasium for a game with the other fifth-grade classes.
A) 2.
B) 3.
C) 1.
D) 4.
25. I just want it to put it [?] for you.
A) In a nutshell.
B) In nutshell.
C) In the nutshell.
D) None of above.