This quiz on prepositional phrases tests us and helps us understand what prepositional phrases are, how they are formed, what they do in a sentence, and how to identify them.
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#1. A prepositional phrase is a ___.
#2. Which of these is not true about a prepositional phrase?
#3. Select the false statement.
#4. “Some of us never learn from our mistakes in life.” How many prepositional phrases are there in the sentence?
Explanation: These are the prepositional phrases in the sentence:
- Of us
- From our mistake
- In life
#5. “If you have time to lean, you definitely have time to clean.” How many prepositional phrases are there in the sentence?
Explanation: There is no preposition in the sentence. ‘To,’ in the phrases ‘to lean’ and ‘to clean’, is a particle, a part of an infinitive.
#6. “The girl looking at us from the window is a sister of one of my friends living in Canada.” How many prepositional phrases are there in the sentence?
Explanation: Here are the 5 prepositional phrases in the sentence:
- At us
- From the window
- Of one of my friends living in Canada
- Of my friends living in Canada
- Living in Canada
Note that a prepositional phrase can have further prepositional phrases in it. The third prepositional is an example of that.
Another example: Some of my office friends working on the project that was given to us at the meeting are not giving their best.
Subject: Some of my office friends working on the project that was given to us at the meeting
Prepositional phrase 1: of my office friends working on the project that was given to us at the meeting
Prepositional phrase 2: on the project that was given to us at the meeting
Prepositional phrase 3: to us
Prepositional phrase 4: at the meeting
#7. “I don’t think about what is not in my hands.” How many prepositional phrases are there in the sentence?
Explanation: Here are the two prepositional phrases in the sentence:
- About what is not in my hands
- In my hands
#8. “I want them to write a book about my life.” What is the prepositional phrase ‘about my life’ in the sentence?
Explanation: It is a part of the noun phrase ‘a book about my life’ wherein it modifies the noun ‘book’. It gives more information about it.
#9. “One of my brothers is throwing a lavish party at his farmhouse the day after tomorrow.” What is the prepositional phrase ‘at his farmhouse’ in the sentence?
Explanation: It modifies the verb ‘throwing’ and tells us the place of the action. Where is he throwing the party? At the farmhouse.
#10. “We will call him at midnight and ask him to come out of his house to surprise him.” What is the prepositional phrase ‘at midnight’ in the sentence?
Explanation: It modifies the verb ‘call’ in terms of time. It indicates the time of the action.
#11. “A man of such caliber is difficult to find in this world.” What is the prepositional phrase ‘of such caliber’ in the sentence?
Explanation: It modifies the noun ‘man’, telling us the kind of a man the speaker is referring to in the noun phrase.
#12. “The house across the street is open to be sold.” What is the prepositional phrase ‘across the street’ in the sentence?
Explanation: It works as an adjective by modifying the noun ‘house’. It tells us which house the speaking is referring to by giving a reference of a location.
#13. “When he takes a bath, he sings like a crazy person.” What is the prepositional phrase ‘like a crazy person in the sentence?
Explanation: The prepositional phrase functions as an adverb in the sentence, indicating the manner in which the action ‘singing’ takes place.
#14. Which of these is not a prepositional phrase?
Explanation: It is a subordinate clause. It has both a subject (the game) and its verb/predicate (end). ‘After’ works as a subordinating conjunction in the sentence. The other two options are prepositional phrases having ‘after’ as a preposition and its object as a noun phrase.
#15. Which of these is not a prepositional phrase?
Explanation: It is a subordinate clause. Here, ‘before’ works as a conjunction, not a preposition. In the other two examples, ‘before’ is a preposition.
#16. Identify the prepositional phrase.
Explanation: Here, ‘until’ is a preposition, and ‘the end’ is its object. The first option is an infinitive phrase and the second is a noun phrase.
#17. Identify the prepositional phrase.
Explanation: Here, ‘according to’ is a preposition, and ‘the police is its object. The second one is a present participle phrase, and the third one is a dependent/subordinate clause.
#18. Identify the prepositional phrase.
Explanation: It has the preposition ‘in’ and its object ‘my opinion’. The first one is a noun phrase and the last one is a complete predicate.
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