This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Collocations – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Collocations Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One part of the engineering process is to ..... a smaller working ..... before moving on to a production version. A) Build-frame. B) Find-frame. C) Build-model. D) Make-frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build-model. 2. A lot of musicians around the world ..... out playing in local pubs and streets. A) Went. B) Started. C) Come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 3. L'm not sure if I can come tonight. It depends ..... what time I finish work. A) With. B) On. C) Of. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 4. I really don't believe ..... supersticions A) In. B) To. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 5. The principal insisted? being in every meeting. A) In. B) On. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 6. Girls usually talk ..... fashion A) About. B) In. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 7. He often helps his wife ..... the dishes. A) Did. B) Do. C) Make. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 8. Scientists have ..... a lot of research into renewable energy sources.a.done b.solved c.carried d. made A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 9. Which preposition correctly completes the sentence:'She is interested ..... learning new languages.' A) With. B) At. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 10. The team consisted? John, Joe and I. A) From. B) Of. C) On. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 11. On the spur of the moment A) Immediatly. B) At the end of something. C) At the beginning of something. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immediatly. 12. I never ..... a school uniform. A) Use. B) Wear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wear. 13. Our team was ..... defeated in last Saturday's game. A) Narrowly. B) Closely. C) Finely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrowly. 14. You really need to ..... an effort if you want to achieve your goal. A) Set. B) Give. C) Make. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 15. Make a mountain out of a molehill A) To confuse people. B) To turn something meaningless into an bigger problem. C) To underestimate what someone says. D) To mess up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To turn something meaningless into an bigger problem. 16. The expression "give somebody a lift" means ..... A) Hacer un lifting. B) Llevar a alguien. C) Dar un regalo. D) Ir en ascensor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Llevar a alguien. 17. Some children are good at speaking, but they find it difficult to write ..... A) Well. B) Fairly. C) Good. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well. 18. We are full. We've just had a ..... meal. A) Four course. B) Diet. C) Light. D) Four parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four course. 19. He practised ..... to go to the school by himself A) To go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going. 20. We consider ..... to disneyland for Christmass A) TRAVELLING. B) TO TRAVEL. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRAVELLING. 21. Please ..... to know more A) Get a job. B) Get to know. C) Get in touch. D) Get better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get in touch. 22. Charlie is married ..... an economist. A) Along. B) . C) To. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 23. Can you teachh me how to play ..... ? A) Sailig. B) Karate. C) Badminton. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Badminton. 24. We ..... a rest, a nap, a snooze, a nap A) Get. B) Have. C) Make. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 25. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence:'He apologized ..... being late.' A) About. B) Of. C) For. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 26. He ..... his back while carrying the couch up the stairs. A) Sprung. B) Springed. C) Sprained. D) Strained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strained. 27. We'll have to translate this ..... Japanese. A) On. B) Into. C) Off. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into. 28. It's your turn to ..... the cooking. A) Get. B) Do. C) Make. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 29. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence:'He apologized ..... being late to the meeting.' A) About. B) For. C) With. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 30. She tends ..... his problems with her friends A) To share. B) Sharing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To share. 31. Travelling to Tokyo made me really keen ..... studying Japanese. A) To. B) For. C) On. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 32. Identify the common collocation:bitter cold / sour cold A) Spicy cold. B) Bitter cold. C) Sweet cold. D) Salty cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitter cold. 33. Erick is so lucky. Speaking English comes ..... to him. A) Name. B) Home. C) Naturally. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naturally. 34. Identify the correct preposition for the sentence:'The book is full ..... interesting facts.' A) About. B) Of. C) With. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 35. I like ..... TV in the evenings before bed. A) See. B) Watch. C) Seing. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching. 36. We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to ..... our party tonight.a.make place for b.take up c.make room for d. give place A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 37. I should ask Mario to help me ..... out this problem. A) Find. B) Run. C) Sort. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sort. 38. Ross isn't interested ..... baseball. A) Of. B) At. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 39. Excuse me, could you ..... this autograph to me? A) Sing. B) Sign. C) Make. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sign. 40. Driving while speaking on the mobile is ..... the law. A) For. B) Against. C) Ordered by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 41. It will be your fault if you don't ..... my advice. A) Follow. B) Ignore. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Follow. 42. Grandpa was ..... and his memory wasn't so good. A) Got old. B) Gets old. C) Get old. D) Getting old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Getting old. 43. Which verb can go before the following words or phrases? ..... online shops ..... the internet ..... a book A) Find. B) Browse. C) Go to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Browse. 44. Have you cleaned your teeth? = A) Made. B) Done. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Done. 45. If you ..... the law, you must face the consequences. A) Follow. B) Break. C) Abide by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 46. What do you want me to ..... for dinner tonight? A) Make. B) Do. C) Did. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 47. Our bus crashed ..... a parked car, but nobody was hurt. A) Beside. B) Under. C) Into. D) Towards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Into. 48. Masks protect us? covid-19. A) For. B) In. C) From. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From. 49. Take off means to A) Wear clothes. B) Remove clothes. C) Take control. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remove clothes. 50. I'm not very good ..... maths. A) With. B) In. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 51. My friends and I ..... swimming in the river. A) Go. B) Practice. C) Play. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 52. The council decided to spend the funds on improving the town's sports ..... A) Facilities. B) Conveniences. C) Sites. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facilities. 53. We couldn't buy that new CD because we ..... out of money quickly. A) Ran. B) Went. C) Found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran. 54. She doesn't eat chocolate because she 's allergic ..... it A) In. B) For. C) With. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 55. We belong ..... the Ronald McDonald foundation. A) To. B) At. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 56. Complete the collocation:take care ..... A) Of. B) To. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 57. We were involved? so many activities that we could not rest. A) On. B) For. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 58. Her grandmother was very unkind ..... her. A) At. B) To. C) Near. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 59. A blanket of ..... A) Fog. B) Snow. C) Wind. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fog. 60. Which verb is commonly used with "golf" ? A) Play. B) Swim. C) Go. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAdvanced QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCollocations Quiz 1Collocations Quiz 3Collocations Quiz 4Collocations Quiz 5Collocations Quiz 6Collocations Quiz 7Collocations Quiz 8Collocations Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books