This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Academic Collocations – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Collocations Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of these is a very common collocation? A) Fast food. B) Quick food. C) Rapid food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast food. 2. She worked hard to ..... in computer science. A) Get married. B) Get a letter. C) Get a chance. D) Get a degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get a degree. 3. I am so stubborn! In that sense I ..... after my mother. A) Take. B) Get. C) Do. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take. 4. ..... FOOD A) QUICK. B) FAST. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FAST. 5. To ..... an offer A) Do. B) Make. C) Put. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make. 6. What's the correct collocation?My car broke down, but it will be a ..... (meaning "the simplest solution") A) Quick fix. B) Fast fix. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quick fix. 7. The high level of air pollution in our country negatively ..... the health of a large number of people. A) Changes. B) Alters. C) Affects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affects. 8. Only 31% of the students who ..... the final exam passed it. A) Took. B) Had. C) Made. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took. 9. Ill A) Seriously. B) Widely. C) Strongly. D) Carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seriously. 10. He'll have to ..... and work harder or he'll fail the exam A) Pull his socks up. B) Polish his head. C) Empty his washing basket. D) Stick his neck out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pull his socks up. 11. After years of struggles, they decided to ..... A) Get divorced. B) Get married. C) Get a letter. D) Get home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get divorced. 12. To ..... preparations for sth A) Do. B) Make. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make. 13. Which ONE of the following collocates with "negative" ? A) Effect. B) Goal. C) Opportunities. D) Achievement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effect. 14. Comprehensive A) Relationship. B) System. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) System. 15. Deem A) Difficult. B) Appropriate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appropriate. 16. What is the equivalent slang term of the colloquial term "I'm sorry?" A) Epic fail. B) My bad. C) Beat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My bad. 17. The children have a ..... diet with lots of fruit and vegetables and only a few sweet things now and then. A) Great. B) Balanced. C) Terrible. D) Minimal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balanced. 18. Academic collocation:What is the noun form of the verb 'establish'? A) Establishing. B) Establishment. C) Established. D) Establisher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establishment. 19. Missed A) Fiercely. B) Highly. C) Readily. D) Sorely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sorely. 20. Choose the best verb to complete each collocation. Students need to activate / navigate the course materials carefully to succeed. A) Activate. B) Navigate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navigate. 21. The villagers had to work hard in fields all day and could hardly ..... ends meet. A) Do. B) Know. C) Make. D) Fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 22. "I'm going shopping with Mia today, so could you please ..... an eye on your little sister?" A) Keep. B) Watch. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep. 23. ..... I talk to the manager? A) Would. B) Might. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 24. I never finished the original Castlevania. The fight against Death was ..... difficult. (Castlevania was a very difficult game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Death was the 2nd last boss you have to defeat). A) Blatantly. B) Absurdly. C) Totally. D) Fully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absurdly. 25. Fill in MAKE, DO, GET or TAKE to form collocations: ..... a break A) MAKE. B) DO. C) GET. D) TAKE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TAKE. 26. Two of the main greenhouse ..... are carbon dioxide and methane A) Changes. B) Rainforests. C) Gases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gases. 27. Collocations:Set up a ..... A) Vehicle. B) Study group. C) Mind maps. D) Behind the wheel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study group. 28. Which collocation is correct for expressing a routine action? A) Make exercise. B) Do exercise. C) Take exercise. D) Have exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do exercise. 29. Painstaking ..... A) Work. B) Mark. C) Production. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. 30. What do you say when you want to tell someone that you had a great time? A) I was chill. B) You flaked out. C) I had a blast!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had a blast!. ← 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