This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Academic Collocations – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Collocations Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The company has ..... him the position. A) Applied. B) Offered. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offered. 2. Resort to violence A) Prevent violence. B) Use violence. C) Deny using violence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use violence. 3. ..... exercises is good for your health. A) Doing. B) Making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing. 4. Choose the best verb to complete each collocation. There are different ways for progressing / processing new information, and one of them is active reading. A) Progressing. B) Processing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Processing. 5. Which of the following collocations is correct? A) Make a decision. B) Do a decision. C) Take a decision. D) Have a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make a decision. 6. Mike opted ..... early retirement. A) For. B) From. C) To. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 7. Everyday collocation:What is the noun form of the verb 'give'? A) Gift. B) Grant. C) Donation. D) Bestow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gift. 8. Amused A) Fully. B) Actively. C) Mildly. D) Patently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mildly. 9. ..... YOUR OWN BUSSINES A) BEING IN CHARGE. B) RUNNING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RUNNING. 10. Sprawling A) Album. B) Association. C) Campus. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Campus. 11. Shall we ..... a drink after work? A) Go for. B) Go on. C) Go to. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go for. 12. Lay A) Emphasis. B) Attention. C) Notice. D) Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasis. 13. Which word does not collocate with "make" ? A) Mistake. B) Progress. C) Effort. D) Exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exercise. 14. Exactly the ..... A) Perfect. B) Poor. C) Together. D) Opinion. E) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Opposite. 15. Complete with a verb + adverb collocation: "You'll do it if you ..... enough." A) Try hard. B) Really try. C) Want to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Try hard. 16. Take ..... A) After someone. B) Grey. C) Housework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After someone. 17. Match the formal verb with the informal alternative.diminish A) Decrease. B) Look at. C) Disagree with. D) Get. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease. 18. Sonia ..... a quick lunch and left for work. A) Did. B) Had. C) Made. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 19. Choose the correct option this shirt is ..... fit for me A) Correct. B) Good. C) Perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfect. 20. Choose the correct collocation. A) Have a lunch. B) Have lunch. C) Take lunch. D) Take a lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have lunch. 21. "She spoke ..... to her daughter, reassuring that she's going to be just fine." A) Softly. B) Soft. C) Silently. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Softly. 22. The company made a huge amount of ..... out of tobacco sales. A) Profit. B) Money. C) Loss. D) Campaign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Money. 23. I'm not cooking tonight! Let's ..... out! We can ..... to this new restaurant and then we might ..... to the cinema. A) Tale. B) Go. C) Be. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 24. What's the correct collocation?I need to ..... the explation.(meaning "follow carefully") A) Pay attention. B) Give attention. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pay attention. 25. If you don't shut ..... your computer properly, you may lose any unsaved work. A) Off. B) Up. C) Down. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Down. Next →Related QuizzesAdvanced QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAcademic Collocations Quiz 2Academic Collocations Quiz 3Academic Collocations Quiz 4Academic Collocations Quiz 5Academic Collocations Quiz 6Academic Collocations Quiz 7Academic Collocations Quiz 8Academic Collocations Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books