Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Prepositional Phrases – Quiz 4
1. Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:The pencil fell under the desk.
A) Fell under the desk.
B) Under the desk.
C) The desk.
D) The pencil.
2. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? On Wednesday, we celebrated my sister's birthday at our house for at least two hours!.
A) One.
B) Two.
C) Three.
D) Four.
3. The smile _____ told me everything was all right.
A) Mean her face.
B) With her face.
C) In her face.
D) On her face.
4. SHE WAS _____ HOME WHEN I ARRIVED.
A) AT .
B) IN.
C) ON.
D) None of above.
5. I've been _____ the move all day (= very active and busy).
A) On.
B) At.
C) In.
D) For.
E) By.
6. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?Her medical bag was near the bed.
A) Her medical bag.
B) Was near the bed.
C) Near the bed.
D) The bed.
7. Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence and indicate what kind it is:Louis and I have been friends for a long time.
A) Have been friends-adjective.
B) For a long time-adjective.
C) For a long time-adverb.
D) Have been friends-adverb.
8. In town people are getting ready to celebrate the holidays.
A) Ready to.
B) In town.
C) To celebrate.
D) People are.
E) Getting ready.
9. Choose the sentence that contains a prepositional phrase.
A) Do not leave for school without your lunch box.
B) Please put your paper down so that others won't see your answers.
C) Because he doesn't have enough money to buy ice cream, he must do without.
D) Please don't forget to let the dog in.
10. What is the OBJECT of the preposition in the highlighted phrase? We played on the giant water slide aboard the massive ship.
A) Massive.
B) Ship.
C) Aboard.
D) Cruise.
11. His name's on the _____ of my tongue, but I just can't think of it.
A) Top.
B) Eve.
C) Tip.
D) Dot.
12. _____ noon.
A) Noon.
B) For.
C) At.
D) In.
13. What's up? Are you afraid _____ the dark?.
A) About.
B) -.
C) For.
D) Of.
14. Which of the following is prepositional phrase?.
A) Mrs. Lowry teacher Language Arts.
B) To the bus.
C) Walked in the door.
D) Waited outside.
15. What are the prepositions in the sentence:At 8:00, the students will walk into the classroom.(Hint:There are 2.).
A) Students.
B) At.
C) The.
16. Nearly.
A) Far from.
B) Below.
C) In front of.
D) Near.
17. What is the prepositional phrase?Beside the bed sat Dr. Brown.
A) Beside the bed.
B) Sat Dr. Brown.
C) The bed sat.
D) None of above.
18. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? Somewhere over the rainbow birds fly gracefully to their destinations with strong wings and with the help of the wind.
A) 4.
B) 3.
C) 6.
D) 5.
19. In agris curro.
A) In the fields.
B) In the field.
C) You all run.
D) None of above.
20. Identify the object of the prepositions:The dog hid underneath the couch during the thunderstorm.
A) Underneath.
B) Dog.
C) Couch.
21. Identify the prepositional phrases:Hemingway wrote his first book on this typewriter.
A) On this typewriter .
B) Hemingway wrote.
C) His first book.
D) None of above.
22. What are the adjectives in this sentence?The horse was brown, beautiful, and magnificent.
A) Beautiful, brown, magnificent.
B) Brown.
C) Horse.
D) None of above.
23. Which of these is NOT a prepositional phrase?.
A) On the floor.
B) At the table.
C) How are you.
D) In the journal.
24. My new boss explained the job _____ .
A) At a profit.
B) In detail.
C) In whole.
D) In public.
25. It is [?] the worst film in the world.
A) By far.
B) So far.
C) Far.
D) None of above.