This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Collocations – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Collocations Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Grow your ..... A) Nails. B) Arms. C) Head. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nails. 2. Who ..... you send messages to? A) Every day. B) Twice a week. C) To my friends. D) To music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To my friends. 3. Take a train A) Stop the train. B) Find a train. C) Catch a train. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catch a train. 4. Poverty is not an issue we can solve simply by ..... it. We need several approaches. A) Change money. B) Throwing money around. C) Squander money on. D) Throwing money at. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Throwing money at. 5. Alan is 1.85 tall at age 14, so he really ..... in his class. A) Stands up. B) Stands in. C) Stands out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stands out. 6. My sister really enjoys acting as a hobby, but she doesn't want to do it for a (n) ..... a.survival b.occupation c.living d. existence A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 7. Choose the word that completes this collocation:make/change ..... A) A bag. B) Plans. C) A holiday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plans. 8. A lot of medical problems are caused by a ..... diet A) Nourishing. B) Poor. C) Healthy. D) Fussy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poor. 9. One part of the engineering process is to ..... a smaller working ..... before moving on to a production version. A) Make-frame. B) Build-model. C) Find-frame. D) Build-frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build-model. 10. A lot of musicians around the world ..... out playing in local pubs and streets. A) Went. B) Started. C) Come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 11. L'm not sure if I can come tonight. It depends ..... what time I finish work. A) About. B) With. C) Of. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 12. I really don't believe ..... supersticions A) In. B) To. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 13. The principal insisted? being in every meeting. A) In. B) On. C) For. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 14. Girls usually talk ..... fashion A) About. B) In. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 15. He often helps his wife ..... the dishes. A) Made. B) Do. C) Did. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do. 16. Scientists have ..... a lot of research into renewable energy sources.a.done b.solved c.carried d. made A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 17. Which preposition correctly completes the sentence:'She is interested ..... learning new languages.' A) In. B) On. C) At. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 18. The team consisted? John, Joe and I. A) Of. B) In. C) On. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 19. On the spur of the moment A) At the end of something. B) At the beginning of something. C) Immediatly. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immediatly. 20. I never ..... a school uniform. A) Use. B) Wear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wear. 21. Our team was ..... defeated in last Saturday's game. A) Narrowly. B) Closely. C) Finely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrowly. 22. You really need to ..... an effort if you want to achieve your goal. A) Give. B) Do. C) Make. D) Set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 23. Make a mountain out of a molehill A) To underestimate what someone says. B) To turn something meaningless into an bigger problem. C) To confuse people. D) To mess up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To turn something meaningless into an bigger problem. 24. Put on ..... A) Clothes. B) Muscle. C) A look. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clothes. 25. The expression "give somebody a lift" means ..... A) Dar un regalo. B) Hacer un lifting. C) Llevar a alguien. D) Ir en ascensor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Llevar a alguien. 26. Cope A) Food. B) In love. C) With. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 27. Some children are good at speaking, but they find it difficult to write ..... A) Well. B) Fairly. C) Good. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well. 28. We are full. We've just had a ..... meal. A) Four course. B) Four parts. C) Light. D) Diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four course. 29. He practised ..... to go to the school by himself A) To go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going. 30. We consider ..... to disneyland for Christmass A) TRAVELLING. B) TO TRAVEL. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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