Prepositional Phrases Quiz
Preview:
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence:
The class traveled through Spain and Italy.
A. The class traveled
B. through Spain
C. through Spain and Italy
D. traveled through
Which of the following groups is made up of commonly used prepositions?
A. jump, stand, look
B. he, she, it, they
C. at, in, of, on
D. and, but, or
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: The book was placed next to the vase on the shelf.
A. next to the vase
B. on the shelf
C. next to the vase on the shelf
D. placed next to the vase
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence. John travelled all the way from Massachusetts just to see me.
A. Joh travelled
B. all the way
C. from Massachusetts
D. just to see me
The pencil that fell off the desk was yellow.
A. off the desk
B. fell off the desk
C. was yellow
D. pencil that fell
Lucas ran across the parking lot.
A. Lucas
B. ran
C. across the parking lot
D. the parking lot
If you are ____ difficulty, I’m happy to give you a helping hand.
A. in
B. on
C. at
I learned to drive _____ .
A. in the age of 21
B. at 21 years
C. at the age of 21
D. on 21 years
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
After a few minutes we realized Jesse wasn’t home.
A. wasn’t home
B. realized Jesse
C. we realized
D. after a few minutes
The defendant claimed he had been acting _____ self-defence.
A. in
B. on
C. at
How is the italicized prepositional phrase in the following sentence functioning?
The grapes in my backyard grow up the trellis.
A. adverb
B. adjective
C. noun
D. verb
His name’s on the _____ of my tongue, but I just can’t think of it.
A. top
B. tip
C. dot
D. eve
The boy finished it really quick/ quickly
A. Quickly
B. Quick
An infinitive is
A. “to” + verb
B. “to”
C. “to” + noun
D. verb
Identify the function of the underlined word(s) in the sentence:
The horse ran off our property during the night.
A. subject
B. predicate
C. preposition
D. object of the preposition
Identify the prepositional phrases:
Although it was hot, Jesse did not take off his sweater at recess.
A. Although it was hot
B. did take off
C. at recess
D. his sweater
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
He put the quarters into his piggy bank.
A. put the quarters
B. he put the
C. into his piggy bank
D. his piggy bank
Preposition or Infinitive? – I’m going to the game tonight
A. preposition
B. infinitive
C. both
D. neither
The question of security is high ____ the agenda for this afternoon’s meeting.
A. in
B. on
C. at
The baby is sleeping. Please walk _______________.
A. quietly
B. quiet
What kind of music a_________ you?
A. affords at
B. appeals to
C. according to
D. accepted of
Choose the prepositional phrase from the following sentence:
I just heard the bedroom door down the hall creak open.
A. heard the bedroom door
B. down the hall
C. creak open
D. just heard
Rakha is really good…….. Editing video
A. At
B. On
C. Of
D. About
The piano was __________.
A. out of tune
B. in private
C. in person
D. out of danger
How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence:
Over the hill, through the woods, and past the old mill, a winding path leads to a secluded lake.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
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