This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Collocations And Phrasal Verbs – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Collocations And Phrasal Verbs Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... balance - weighing the pros and cons A) From. B) In. C) At. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 2. What is the meaning of call in? A) Yell. B) Phone. C) Make a noise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phone. 3. -Kim: "Why don't we set up an English speaking club for our class?" -An:" ..... " A) It is an international language. B) At least 30 of us. C) That's a good idea. D) As it may improve my English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That's a good idea. 4. ..... smth into smth A) Repair. B) Exchange. C) Convert. D) Adapt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convert. 5. Find the synonym to "very quickly or very soon" A) At the first time. B) At times. C) At all times. D) In no time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In no time. 6. I'm ..... shopping on Saturday A) Going. B) Going to. C) Went. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 7. These toys ..... my kids amused- These toys keep my kids entertained. (keep them in a state where they're having fun) A) Do. B) Keep. C) Have. D) Hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep. 8. The printer will never work! You haven't ..... . A) Carry on. B) Look into it. C) Plugged it in. D) Come up with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plugged it in. 9. Succeed ..... smth-succeed in something A) In. B) At. C) To. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 10. Complete the sentence with the correct collocation:I would definitely ..... a cake for Mother's Day and surprise my mom. A) Make. B) Do. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 11. I had to stop running to ..... my breath. A) Catch. B) Run. C) Hold. D) Keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catch. 12. My friend finds his job really ..... that's why he is totally involved in it. A) Thrilled. B) Amused. C) Upsetting. D) Rewarding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rewarding. 13. As soon as school breaks ..... for summer, I'm going to Greece on holiday for three weeks. A) Up. B) Down. C) Out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up. 14. I'm not sure how much of his explanation she ..... A) Got in. B) Get. C) Took in. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took in. 15. Developing a new vaccine has been ..... priority for scientists all over the world this year. A) High. B) Top. C) Both are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both are correct. 16. The national action plan contains a specific section ..... to the rights of women. A) Dedicated. B) Adapted. C) Intended. D) Involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dedicated. 17. Complete the sentence with the correct collocation: ..... me a favor and give me a ride home? A) Would you do. B) Could he do. C) Can you do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can you do. 18. David:"It's terrible. I don't think I will be able to pass the exam." -Mary: " ..... " A) Let's try it. B) Don't worry. Everything will be all right. C) Ok. What's that?. D) Why not pass it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't worry. Everything will be all right. 19. They have to make ..... they are ready to experience it. make sense A) Sense. B) Sure. C) Right. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sure. 20. After a fallout with his friend, Ricardo ..... the party he'd planned for her. A) Called off. B) Went ahead with. C) Spread out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called off. 21. If Maria doesn't put a hat on she's going to ..... a cold. A) Catch. B) Take. C) Make. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catch. 22. What will you do if you don't get ..... university next year? A) In. B) Into. C) To. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into. 23. When I go on holidays I love ..... in posh hotels. A) Staying. B) Going. C) Going to. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staying. 24. When I have a cough I sometimes ..... medicine A) Give. B) Do. C) Catch. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take. 25. Choose the place for playing golf: A) A field. B) A course. C) A court. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A course. 26. This job requires a considerable ..... of work.-This job requires a considerable amount of work. A) Extent. B) Amount. C) Degree. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount. 27. The key to success is to be in the right place ..... the right time. A) In. B) Of. C) On. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At. 28. The national action plan contains a specific section ..... to the rights of women. This national plan contains a separate section on women's rights. A) Involved. B) Intended. C) Adapted. D) Dedicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dedicated. 29. You can't afford to run businesses inefficiently ..... this day and age (at the present time) A) From. B) At. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 30. I went to bed late last night, so I slept in the next day A) Stay in bed in the morning. B) Not go to bed. C) Take a break. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stay in bed in the morning. 31. How much do you usually ..... on a regular month? Simple present A) Make. B) Making. C) Do. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 32. Children love ..... the stories as they tell them. A) Remember. B) Acting out. C) To read. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acting out. 33. ..... your time! We don't have to hurry. A) Get. B) Take. C) Getting. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 34. Andrew isn't coping very well ..... his schoolwork and his after-school activities. He's doing too many things at the same time. A) With. B) At. C) For. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With. 35. Whenever we ....., I always have pasta. A) Eat in. B) Eat off. C) Eat out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eat out. 36. Wining a Nobel Prize is considered a ..... award for many people who work in different areas. A) High. B) Top. C) Cool. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Top. 37. Please don't wait for me. I might ..... before I'm ready to leave. A) Take a seat. B) Take a step. C) Take a while. D) Take a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take a while. 38. Unfortunately, I'm in a hurry and don't have any time to ..... for talks now. A) Spend. B) Waste. C) Spare. D) Pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spare. 39. Complete the sentence with the correct collocation:You ..... her word for it because it's obvious she's in love with you. A) Have to take. B) Have already taken. C) Took. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have to take. 40. Last but ..... ....., make a list of things you need to take with you. Last but not least, make a list of things you need to take with you. A) Not the least. B) Not less. C) Not least. D) No least. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not least. 41. On Saturday I always ..... later because I mustn't work the next day. A) Have a time off. B) Stay up. C) Spend time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay up. 42. The union voted not to strike ..... . A) After time being. B) In the time being. C) On the time being. D) For the time being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For the time being. 43. He's done painting the rooms, now he ..... ..... the kitchen! A) Is doing. B) Did. C) Has been doing. D) Has done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is doing. 44. What is the meaning of strike up? A) Start something (.e.g. a conversation). B) Give something. C) Manage to do something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Start something (.e.g. a conversation). 45. Which of these verbs does not collocate with 'festival'? A) Hold. B) Take place. C) Happen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happen. 46. Do you want chocolate or strawberry ice cream? ..... up your mind quickly! Command A) Make. B) Lets do. C) Do. D) Let's make. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 47. Cheryl loves ..... the food shopping when she is hungry. A) Make. B) Do. C) Doing. D) Making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doing. 48. The government is determined to ..... to the demonstrations A) Say a stop. B) Put a stop. C) Be a stop. D) Cause a pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put a stop. 49. Why don't we meet after this confinement period? A) Get off. B) Get together. C) Get with. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get together. 50. I always ..... dinner at 10.30pm A) (it's correct). B) Have a. C) Have. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 51. Erick sometimes ..... his childhood because his life was easier. A) Spreads out. B) Dates back. C) Looks back at. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looks back at. 52. Peter was lost ..... sea when his ship sank. A) At. B) On. C) In. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 53. After 14 years living and working in this country, she thinks it's time to ..... it a day A) Ask. B) Name. C) Call. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call. 54. This job requires a considerable ..... of work. A) Degree. B) Amount. C) Extent. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount. 55. Peter was lost ..... sea when his ship sank.-Peter was lost at sea when his ship sank. A) For. B) At. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 56. The concert has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak A) Called for. B) Called up. C) Called off. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called off. 57. By the end of the year the Prime Minister's approval rating had fallen as ..... as 12 percent. A) Narrow. B) Deep. C) Far. D) Low. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Low. 58. Choose the verb which does NOT collocate ..... a subject A) Drop. B) Take. C) Leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave. 59. Sorry I can't ..... to the meeting tomorrow. A) Make it. B) Take it. C) Arrive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make it. 60. I ..... a headache A) Have. B) Stay. C) Staying with. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCollocations And Phrasal Verbs Quiz 2Collocations And Phrasal Verbs Quiz 3Advanced Vocabulary QuizAffixes QuizAnalogies QuizAntonyms QuizBasic Spanish Words QuizBusiness English Vocabulary QuizConnotation And Denotation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books