This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Academic Collocations – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Collocations Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One solution is to ..... that let students rest between lessons. A) Attend extra classes or tutoring sessions. B) Struggle with heavy workloads. C) Create more flexible school schedules. D) Be driven by cultural expectations of success. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Create more flexible school schedules. 2. Cultural A) Perspective. B) Climate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspective. 3. Don't tell Sarah about your illness. She will ..... her mouth off and everybody will know about it! A) Shoot. B) Talk. C) Speak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoot. 4. Choose the best noun to complete each collocation. Scholars share various types of information / academic activity through research papers, conferences, and lectures. A) Information. B) Academic activity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information. 5. Complete the collocation:We need to learn to take ..... ourselves A) Care of. B) Care. C) After. D) Care in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Care of. 6. Listen to A) To music. B) An article. C) To the radio. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Music. 7. To ..... up excuses A) Take. B) Make. C) Find. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make. 8. I ..... accept my faults, I know I am far from perfect. A) Readily. B) Firmly. C) Especially. D) Deeply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Readily. 9. After two years working part-time at the factory, he finally got a ..... job. A) Permanent. B) Durable. C) Fixed. D) Everlasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permanent. 10. Romy and Kim ..... on the phone. A) Am talking. B) Are talking. C) Is talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are talking. 11. Help somebody = A) Do sb a favor. B) Make sb a favor. C) Get sb a favor. D) Put sb a favor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do sb a favor. 12. Marvin ..... a picture. A) Am painting. B) Are painting. C) Is painting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is painting. 13. Which is an example of a verb + noun collocation? A) A terrible mistake. B) Commonly mistaken. C) Make a mistake. D) Make a terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make a mistake. 14. Match the definition to the collocations:A subject on which people hold different views. A) A popular believe. B) A matter of of opinion. C) Firmly believe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A matter of of opinion. 15. What is not a function of academic phrases? A) Description. B) Transition. C) Quantification. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduction. 16. They want to ..... new cars onto the market next year. A) Launch. B) Campaign. C) Sample. D) Profit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Launch. 17. He was fired, which was a big ..... to the company. A) Lost. B) Loose. C) Loss. D) Lose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss. 18. When she didn't answer the phone, I resorted ..... calling up to her from the street. A) From. B) In. C) To. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 19. I hope I made myself ..... clear. I don't more confusions. A) Highly. B) Perfectly. C) Deadly. D) Mildly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfectly. 20. When you were a baby, did you ..... a nap in the afternoons? A) Have. B) Take. C) Do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 21. Which phrase correctly collocates in the sentence?"He spent all afternoon ..... in the backyard." A) Doing a shopping. B) Doing a story. C) Doing a garden. D) Doing a path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doing a garden. 22. Pay through ..... A) The ears. B) The nose. C) The eyes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nose. 23. -I've been sitting at the desk all day today. I need some fresh air.-Oh, don't you know? She ..... an accident and she was in hospital. A) Take. B) Have. C) Get. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 24. I'm not ready for children now, but I'd love to have ..... in a few years. A) A family. B) In love. C) Sympathy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A family. 25. Football ..... A) Course. B) Pitch. C) Court. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitch. 26. I want to ..... progress in my career. I'm going to a training. A) Take. B) Make. C) Get. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make. 27. I have ..... a lot of thinking A) Done. B) Made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Done. 28. Madam Eileen has to ..... on her daughter to do the dishes. A) Listen. B) Concentrate. C) Keen. D) Rely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rely. 29. The girl ..... no notice of the audience when she started singing. A) Made. B) Did. C) Had. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 30. The interview was very tense at the beginning, but then John ..... a joke, and after that it was much more relaxed. A) Told. B) Made. C) Took. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. ← 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