Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

Quiz

Identify the preposition and its object in each sentence.

The hikers climbed over the mountain.

1. Preposition: over Object: mountain

2. Preposition: climber Object: over

3. Preposition: the Object: mountain

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Toward morning, the wind picked up.

1. Preposition: the Object: wind

2. Preposition: picked Object: up

3. Preposition: Toward Object: morning

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The book on the top shelf is hard to reach.

1. Preposition: hard Object: reach

2. Preposition: on Object: shelf

3. Preposition: top Object: shelf

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The horse came near but stopped a few yards from us.

1. Preposition: from Object: us

2. Preposition: but Object: stopped

3. Preposition: near Object: but

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Identify the prepositional phrase in each sentence.

We could see a long way from the mountaintop.

1. could see

2. a long way

3. from the mountaintop

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The center fielder caught the ball and threw it to the first baseman.

1. caught the ball

2. to the first baseman

3. threw it

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The scissors with the orange handles work best.

1. with the orange handles

2. scissors with

3. work best

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The bushes around the mansion bloom every spring.

1. every spring

2. around the mansion

3. mansion bloom

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Late at night, raccoons attacked the garbage cans outside.

1. Late at night

2. the garbage cans outside

3. at night

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Choose the answer that identifies the function of the boldfaced prepositional

phrase in each sentence.

A knight in shining armor is the story’s hero.

1. adjective

2. adverb

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Take exit 43 to get to my house.

1. adjective

2. adverb

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Bobby included photos in his letter.

1. adjective

2. adverb

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Have you ever seen a painting by that artist?

1. adjective

2. adverb

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Look for errors in the sentences. When you find an error, mark the letter of the line

containing the error. If there is no error, fill in the last answer space.

Find the error in the sentence below.

1. Thank you for the

2. unexpected yet welcome

3. invitation.

4. (No error)

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Find the error in the sentence below.

1. Use either paper clips nor staples

2. to keep

3. those papers together.

4. (No error)

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Find the error in the sentence below.

1. The farmers raised

2. not only pigs or chickens

3. on their farm.

4. (No error)

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Find the error in the sentence below.

1. Both your teacher but your principal

2. must sign

3. the application.

4. (No error)

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Find the interjection in each sentence.

Incredible! What timing and control that gymnast has!

1. What

2. has

3. Incredible

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Say, haven’t I seen you somewhere before?

1. Say

2. somewhere

3. before

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Great! This game is just what I wanted!

1. just

2. game

3. Great

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Wow! Did that stunt person really fall off the building?

1. Wow

2. really

3. off

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