This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Academic Collocations – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Collocations Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... at this beautiful painting; the colors are so vibrant! A) Do the housework. B) Do the shopping. C) Do your best. D) Do your hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do the shopping. 2. Match the correct noun to the group of words.electricity/energy/oil/gas/agricultural ..... A) Production. B) Pollution. C) Source. D) Problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Production. 3. If you are in the army you have to ..... your bed. A) Make. B) Made. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 4. ..... during lectures to review later. A) Take medicine. B) Take care. C) Take notes. D) Take time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take notes. 5. He has got a degree ..... Information Technology from Oxford University A) Of. B) For. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 6. I think I'll ..... a swim and burn off a few calories. A) Go for. B) Go. C) Go to. D) Go on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go for. 7. I have always relied ..... my sister. She is my best friend A) In. B) On. C) About. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 8. The original Ninja Turtles game for the Nintendo Entertainment System was ..... impossible to finish. A) Seriously. B) Blatantly. C) Virtually. D) Absurdly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virtually. 9. Which one of these isn't a type of collocation? A) Verb + adverb. B) Noun + noun. C) Subject + object. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + object. 10. I just didn't see the other car. It came out of the ..... A) RACE. B) BLUE. C) NIGHT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BLUE. 11. It's common for students to ..... because they worry about their future careers. A) Face academic pressure. B) Feel anxious about future job prospects. C) Aim for top university placements. D) Attend extra classes or tutoring sessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feel anxious about future job prospects. 12. To say something is really easy, we use: ..... easy A) Hugely. B) Ridiculously. C) Pathetically. D) Extremely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ridiculously. 13. He reacted ..... everything he had been taught. A) With. B) To. C) For. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 14. I have never been good at ..... letters. A) Saying. B) Writing. C) Doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing. 15. Fill in the blank with the correct collocation:' ..... a decision' A) Get. B) Do. C) Make. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 16. Newspapers have come out ..... support of the plan to promote science in schools. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 17. Watching too much TV can make you waste ..... that you could spend doing something more productive. A) Money. B) Time. C) Research. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 18. And if you "reprobar un examen?" A) Retaste an exam. B) Unpass an exam. C) Pass an exam. D) Fail an exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fail an exam. 19. I will only hint ..... some of the enterprises which I have cherished. A) Agan. B) For. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 20. We must ..... consider all potential applicants. A) Thoroughly. B) Carefully. C) Quickly. D) Absolutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefully. 21. Do consider the ..... cost apart from what it seems to be, also while preparing the budget. A) Additional. B) Incurred. C) Total. D) Sum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Additional. 22. Let's ..... a break, and have lunch in the canteen. A) Keep. B) Come. C) Take. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take. 23. Choose the best noun to complete each collocation. The analysis of research findings / academic activity showed a strong correlation between the two variables. A) Research findings. B) Academic activity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Research findings. 24. Her father paid the affordable / down / studio payment on her apartment. A) Affordable. B) Down. C) Studio. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Down. 25. Shirley hates it when she ..... mistakes. A) Makes. B) Has. C) Takes. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes. 26. When something made a lot of people complain angrily A) Cause an uproar. B) Cause a sensation. C) Unforeseen outcome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause an uproar. 27. He searched ..... for the missing book. A) CLEARLY. B) FRANTICALLY. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FRANTICALLY. 28. The doctor ..... me some tablets. A) Prescribed. B) Injected. C) Got. D) Handed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prescribed. 29. You can't rely ..... good weather for the whole trip. A) To. B) From. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 30. We're going to ..... another foreign language next year. A) Do. B) Learn. C) Draw. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learn. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAdvanced QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAcademic Collocations Quiz 1Academic Collocations Quiz 2Academic Collocations Quiz 3Academic Collocations Quiz 4Academic Collocations Quiz 5Academic Collocations Quiz 6Academic Collocations Quiz 7Academic Collocations Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books