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20 MCQs • Prepositions, prepositional phrases, parts of speech, grammar, and correct usage

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20 questions · 20 min · 20 marks

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  1. Question 1

    Choose the correct preposition: The bird came _____ the walk.

    • Aat
    • Bdown
    • Cinto
    • Dbetween
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    Answer: B

    The poem begins with the phrase 'came down the Walk'.

  2. Question 2

    Choose the correct preposition: The bird drank dew _____ the grass.

    • Afrom
    • Bbetween
    • Cunder
    • Donto
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    Answer: A

    'From' indicates the source of the dew.

  3. Question 3

    Choose the correct preposition: The beetle passed _____ the bird.

    • Abeside
    • Bwithout
    • Cwithin
    • Donto
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    Answer: A

    'Beside' means at the side of something.

  4. Question 4

    Identify the prepositional phrase: The bird hopped to the wall.

    • AThe bird
    • Bhopped
    • Cto the wall
    • Dthe wall
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    Answer: C

    'To the wall' begins with a preposition and ends with its object.

  5. Question 5

    Which word is a preposition in the phrase “from a convenient grass”?

    • Afrom
    • Bconvenient
    • Cgrass
    • Da
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    Answer: A

    'From' introduces the prepositional phrase.

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