Grammar Quiz

Prepositions and Preposition Phrases Quiz

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Analyze the sentence and identify the prepositional phrase(s).

A crowd swarmed around the injured player.

A. a crowd swarmed

B. around the injured player

C. swarmed around

D. No prepositional phrase


Identify the preposition in the following sentence: He jumped over the fence.

A. over

B. jumped

C. the

D. fence


Which of the following is a preposition phrase: at the store, quickly ran, under the bed, jump high

A. under the bed

B. jump high

C. at the store

D. quickly ran


Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: The book is ___ the table.

A. beside

B. under

C. inside

D. on


Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

We stood behind a tall person and couldn’t see the stage.

A. we stood

B. behind a tall person

C. couldn’t see the stage

D. and couldn’t see


What is a preposition?

A. A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.

B. A type of verb

C. A form of punctuation

D. A type of adverb


True or False:

Some prepositions show time and place and others add detail.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


What is the OBJECT of the preposition in the following sentence?

I received a letter from the friendly little, old lady.

A. from

B. lady

C. friendly

D. old


In the following sentence, what word is an OBJECT of the PREPOSITION?

It all started the summer before second grade when our moving van pulled into her neighborhood.

A. summer

B. grade

C. moving

D. pulled


How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?

During our math test, I kept hearing strange noises in the ceiling.

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4


Which of the following is a preposition: run, beside, quickly, happy

A. run

B. beside

C. quickly

D. happy


Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: The cat is ___ the tree.

A. under

B. beside

C. above

D. in


Identify the prepositional phrase:

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


Which of the following is a preposition: with, happy, jump, quickly

A. with

B. happy

C. jump

D. quickly


How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?

My dog barked at my neighbor on Tuesday after dinner.

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4


What is the preposition in the following sentence: She walked through the door.

A. under

B. beside

C. through

D. over


Identify the prepositional phrase:

The strange man parked his car by the tall trees.

A. parked his car

B. strange man parked

C. by the tall trees

D. the tall trees


How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? Enter the number of prepositional phrases.

On Wednesday, we celebrated at my mom’s house for two hours.

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four


Prepositions begin phrases and end with an object. An object is always either a ______ or a _______ .

A. adjective or adverb

B. noun or verb

C. pronoun or conjunction

D. noun or pronoun


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