This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Academic Collocations – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Collocations Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Familiar A) Fully. B) Actively. C) Widely. D) Vaguely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaguely. 2. A grain of ..... A) Alert. B) Smell. C) Sand. D) Afford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 3. Which verb completes the sentence: "New unemployment figures ..... the claim that the crisis is over." A) Undermine. B) Lend. C) Question. D) Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Undermine. 4. Complete the sentence with the correct collocation:You have to ..... knowledge to solve that problem. A) Do use of your. B) Take use of your. C) Have use of your. D) Make use of your. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make use of your. 5. To express that somebody is extremely thin, which adverb collocation should we use? A) Hugely. B) Badly. C) Painfully. D) Highly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painfully. 6. Everyday collocation:What is the noun form of the verb 'have'? A) Ownership. B) Possessional. C) Havement. D) Possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possession. 7. What's the correct collocation?We ..... laughing.(meaning "can't stop") A) Can't help. B) Can't avoid. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't help. 8. What'sessential, though, is (a) an effort A) A. to make. B) To get. C) To do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. to make. 9. A favor A) Do. B) Make. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 10. Choose the best verb to complete each collocation. As students process / progress through their degree courses, they are expected to handle more challenging tasks. A) Process. B) Progress. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Progress. 11. 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. 12. Cultural A) Perspective. B) Climate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspective. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Listen to A) To music. B) An article. C) To the radio. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Music. 17. To ..... up excuses A) Take. B) Make. C) Find. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. Marvin ..... a picture. A) Am painting. B) Are painting. C) Is painting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is painting. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. What is not a function of academic phrases? A) Description. B) Transition. C) Quantification. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduction. ← 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