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 (26 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. II-Choose the verb that complete the collocation in each sentence. 4. Although the doctors tried hard, they couldn't ..... his life. A) A) save. B) B) bring. C) C) take. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) save. 2. What's the correct collocation?The retirement home has different ..... for each day of the week.(meaning "time for visits") A) Visiting hours. B) Visiting schedules. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visiting hours. 3. She gambled and she ..... bankrupt. A) Got. B) Went. C) Took. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 4. Choose the best noun to complete each collocation. Researchers carefully structured their research findings / research design to address the study's objectives. A) Research findings. B) Research design. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research design. 5. I haven't driven for 10 years now so I definitely need to do a ..... course. A) Refresher. B) Correspondence. C) Training. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Training. 6. Sometimes you have to ..... risks in order to win. A) Take. B) Get. C) Make. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take. 7. What's the correct collocation?I ..... waiting in line.(meaning "can't tolerate") A) Can't stand. B) Can't support. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't stand. 8. During peak hours, it ..... take more than two hours. A) Can. B) Should. C) Might. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 9. My bedroom window overlooks / oversees / overviews the mountains. A) Overlooks. B) Oversees. C) Overviews. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overlooks. 10. I ..... my promise, I took him to the beach for his birthday. A) Kept. B) Took. C) Did. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kept. 11. Sally Ambrose, britain's best hope in this year's eurotennis tournament, ..... when she won her first march today against sweden's Ulla Hemvik A) Made a promising start. B) Made a dissapointing start. C) Get a dissapointing start. D) Get a promising start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made a promising start. 12. She ..... refused any assistance, insisting on doing it herself. A) Strongly. B) Well. C) Flatly. D) Actively. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flatly. 13. Complete the collocation:You just need to focus ..... what it's important A) Of. B) On. C) At. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 14. She doesn't have any ..... family let, only an uncle. A) Memories. B) Clearly. C) Close. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Close. 15. This necklace isn't expensive but it has sentimental ..... A) Price. B) Expense. C) Value. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Value. 16. Uncollected rubbish, billboards, ugly construction areas and graffiti all ..... what is known as "visual pollution" A) Contribute to. B) Make. C) Predict. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contribute to. 17. I wonder if they have that dress in my size? I ..... a size 10. A) DO. B) TAKE. C) HAVE. D) MAKE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TAKE. 18. Celia ..... every morning before she goes to work; she doesn't like to have a shower. A) Take a bath. B) Make her bed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take a bath. 19. "Marked the beggining of an end" is a right collocation? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. It was raining ..... so that we couldn't go out. A) Lazily. B) Heavily. C) Silly. D) Strongly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavily. 21. What does he do to the assumption that homework always leads to better academic performance? A) Support. B) Question. C) Accept. D) Ignore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question. 22. Fill in MAKE, DO, GET or TAKE to form collocations: ..... a living A) TAKE. B) GET. C) DO. D) MAKE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MAKE. 23. Complete the collocation:Catch ..... A) An indoor climbing wall. B) A study group. C) A choir. D) A fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fish. 24. Complete the sentences with the preposition:I spend time ..... my grandparents on the weekend. A) At. B) With. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With. 25. The meeting will have three parts. A) Involves. B) Occurred. C) Indicates. D) Consist of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consist of. 26. Choose the correct collocation:She ..... a complaint about the noise. A) Took. B) Had. C) Made. D) Did. 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