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Prepositional Phrase Grammar Exercises: Level B1-B2 (with Answers)

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: B1, B2 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +16 (on pass)

How well do you really know Prepositional Phrase? Find out with 15 exercises designed for B1-B2 learners. Instant scoring shows exactly where you stand, and detailed explanations turn every mistake into a learning moment. Retake any time to measure your improvement.

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Question 1: The children played happily ___ the garden all afternoon.

Question 1 options
'In' is correct because it forms a prepositional phrase indicating location. 'On', 'at', and 'by' do not collocate naturally with 'garden' to express the children being inside it.
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Question 2: She always drinks a cup of tea ___ breakfast to start her day.

Question 2 options
'Before' is correct because it forms a prepositional phrase showing time sequence. 'During', 'after', and 'beyond' each place the action at a different or impossible time relative to breakfast.
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Question 3: A prepositional phrase must contain at least one preposition and an object of that preposition.

Question 3 options
True because a prepositional phrase is defined as a group of words beginning with a preposition followed by its object (a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause). A preposition cannot stand alone without an object.
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Question 4: In the sentence 'The man in the blue coat is my uncle', what role does the prepositional phrase 'in the blue coat' play?

Question 4 options
'In the blue coat' is an adjectival prepositional phrase because it modifies the noun 'man', giving extra description about which man is being referred to — exactly the role an adjective plays.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • belongs
  • The book
  • to me
  • on the top shelf

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'The book on the top shelf belongs to me' because the prepositional phrase 'on the top shelf' directly follows the noun 'book' it modifies, acting as an adjectival phrase.
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Question 6: Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase correctly?

Question 6 options
'She left without saying goodbye' is correct because 'without saying goodbye' is a well-formed prepositional phrase using a gerund as its object. The other options each misuse the preposition by pairing it with a grammatically incompatible object form.
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Question 7: Customer: 'Excuse me, where is the meeting room?' Receptionist: 'It's ___ the third floor, just next to the lift.'

Question 7 options
'On' is correct because floors in a building take the preposition 'on' in English to form a locative prepositional phrase. 'In', 'at', and 'by' are not used with floor numbers in standard British or American English.
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Question 8: Which sentence uses an adverbial prepositional phrase (not an adjectival one)?

Question 8 options
'He spoke with great confidence' is correct because 'with great confidence' modifies the verb 'spoke', telling us how he spoke — this is the adverbial use of a prepositional phrase. In the other options, the prepositional phrase modifies a noun.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • ran
  • with great speed
  • along the street
  • Daniel

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'Daniel ran along the street with great speed' because 'along the street' is an adverbial prepositional phrase modifying 'ran' (place), and 'with great speed' is a second adverbial phrase (manner), both following the verb.
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Question 10: My grandmother lives in a small cottage ___ the edge of the village.

Question 10 options
'At' is correct because 'at the edge' is the standard English prepositional phrase used for positions at a boundary or limit. 'On', 'in', and 'by' do not collocate naturally with 'edge of the village' to express this specific location.
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Question 11: Which statement about prepositional phrases is true?

Question 11 options
A prepositional phrase can function either as an adjective (modifying a noun) or as an adverb (modifying a verb), depending on what it describes in the sentence. It does not always modify a verb, nor is it always placed at the end of a sentence.
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Question 12: Original: 'The students showed great enthusiasm during the lesson.' Rewrite, moving the prepositional phrase to the front: '___ , the students showed great enthusiasm.'

Question 12 options
'During the lesson' is correct because a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb of time can be moved to the front of the sentence without changing the meaning, followed by a comma. The other options alter or omit parts of the original prepositional phrase.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct description of how the prepositional phrase is used.

Question 13 options
The girl with the long hair is my cousin.
He finished his homework after dinner.
She answered all the questions with confidence.
The café on the corner opens at seven.
Adjectival phrase — modifies the noun 'café'
Adjectival phrase — modifies the noun 'girl'
Adverbial phrase of time — modifies the verb 'finished'
Adverbial phrase of manner — modifies the verb 'answered'

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

Prepositional phrases function as adjectival phrases when they modify a noun, and as adverbial phrases when they modify a verb, expressing time, place, or manner.
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Question 14: The object of a preposition in a prepositional phrase can only be a noun or a pronoun — never a verb form.

Question 14 options
False because the object of a preposition can also be a gerund (a verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun), such as in 'She left without saying goodbye', where 'saying' is a gerund acting as the object of 'without'.
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Question 15: Which sentence most clearly uses a prepositional phrase to express the reason or cause of an action?

Question 15 options
'He stayed home because of the storm' uses 'because of the storm' as an adverbial prepositional phrase expressing cause. The other options use prepositional phrases to express location, time, or manner — not cause.