Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Quiz
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Choose the sentence that uses the preposition “between” correctly.
A. She walked between the park.
B. He chose between apple and orange.
C. Between the rain, we saw a rainbow.
D. I sat between John and Mary.
What is the prepositional phrase? Daniel watched the smoke rise up the chimney.
A. up the chimney
B. watched the smoke
C. Daniel watched
D. rise up the chimney
Select the sentence that uses a preposition to show the relationship between two things.
A. The book is on the table.
B. She will arrive at noon.
C. He ran to the store.
D. They laughed at the joke.
Which of the following is a preposition?
A. Because
B. Under
C. Have
D. And
Choose the option that correctly fills in the blank with a preposition: “They talked _____ the night.”
A. Over
B. Through
C. During
D. By
What is the prepositional phrase? The gopher scurried back into his hole.
A. into his hole
B. scurried back
C. back into his hole
D. The gopher
What is the preposition? Under a warm blanket, Pam rested.
A. under
B. blanket
C. rested
D. Pam
What is the prepositional phrase? The team will meet tonight outside the gym.
A. outside the gym
B. meet tonight
C. will meet tonight
D. tonight outside the gym
The house _________ is haunted.
A. in this picture
B. after the test
C. to another bank
D. below the ocean floor
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: “The books on the shelf are dusty.”
A. The books on
B. On the shelf
C. Are dusty
D. The shelf are
What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: “They sat by the fire.”
A. They
B. Sat
C. By
D. The fire
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: “With great power comes great responsibility.”
A. With great power
B. Comes great
C. Great responsibility
D. Power comes
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: “He ran through the park.”
A. He ran
B. Ran through
C. Through the park
D. The park
What is the preposition? Dwight walked across the street.
A. across
B. street
C. walked
D. the
What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: “She walked to the store.”
A. She
B. Walked
C. To
D. The store
Choose the sentence that uses a preposition correctly to indicate location.
A. She walked quickly to the store.
B. He jumped over the fence.
C. They laughed at the joke.
D. The book was on the table.
Which sentence does NOT use a preposition correctly?
A. The cat jumped off the counter.
B. She is interested for learning new things.
C. They walked through the park.
D. He waited at the bus stop.
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: “She is interested _____ learning Spanish.”
A. On
B. In
C. At
D. To
What is the prepositional phrase? Evan’s house is near a busy intersection.
A. near a busy intersection
B. near a busy
C. house is near
D. Evan’s house
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: “After the movie, we went to dinner.”
A. After
B. The
C. Went
D. To
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: “The painting hangs _____ the fireplace.”
A. Above
B. On
C. At
D. Through
Rick found a strange bug _________.
A. during the movie.
B. on the tree.
C. to another bank.
D. after the test
Which sentence correctly uses a preposition to show time?
A. She will meet you at 3 PM.
B. He is taller than his brother.
C. They went through the park.
D. She looked under the bed.
Which of the following is NOT a preposition?
A. Before
B. Underneath
C. Could
D. Within
What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: “The gift from my parents was unexpected.”
A. The gift
B. From
C. My parents
D. Was unexpected
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