This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Collocations – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Collocations Quiz 24 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They had some people help them ..... the crime. A) Carry out. B) Carry on. C) Carry through. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry out. 2. Saying that your alarm clock didn't ring is a ..... excuse for being this late. (mala excusa) A) Bad. B) Lame. C) Lamentable. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lame. 3. They say taking vitamin C helps you not to ..... a cold. A) Catch. B) Feel. C) Suffer. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catch. 4. To ask a woman to marry you is to pop ..... A) The question. B) The answer. C) The ring. D) The champagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The question. 5. I like the nature. I ..... hiking every Sunday A) Go. B) Do. C) Play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 6. The proposals also (a) questions about workers' retirement age. A) A. raise. B) Field. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. raise. 7. If you want to ..... statement, wear interesting jewelry or high-fashion clothes. A) Buck a. B) Make a. C) Do a. D) Keep up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make a. 8. It can be difficult to earn ..... as a musician A) Interest. B) Accounts. C) A living. D) Donated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A living. 9. Which adverb CANNOT be used?I'm not ..... sure that amateurs can enter this competition. A) Entirely. B) Absolutely. C) Thoroughly. D) Completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoroughly. 10. My best friend is going to ..... when she knows that she failed the exam. A) Get help. B) Get angry. C) Get upset. D) Get started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get upset. 11. Since it was a ..... conviction, he was let out of prison. A) Wrongful. B) Wrong. C) Wrongly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrongful. 12. The city council voted ..... the proposed housing development. A) In common. B) In favor of. C) Increase in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In favor of. 13. Many people go dancing because they want to ..... , not just to look cool. A) Get behind you. B) Get the message. C) Get the impression. D) Get in shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get in shape. 14. ..... a gossip A) Give. B) Take. C) Make. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 15. Which adjective does NOT collocate with WIDELY? A) Available. B) Read. C) Opposed. D) Publicised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposed. 16. There was one scene in the film that really ..... A) Blow my mind. B) Blew my mind. C) Blowed my mind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blew my mind. 17. It can get very expensive to be ..... you always have to buy the latest styles! A) On the radar. B) The height of fashion. C) A slave to fashion. D) The world of fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A slave to fashion. 18. I have never ..... a bungee jump before. A) Done. B) Slept. C) Climbed. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Done. 19. The industrial revolution ..... things worse, pumping sugar and processed flour into our diets. A) Made. B) Put. C) Have. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 20. Jeff has ..... a fortune in the stock market, so he can afford his expensive lifestyle. A) Achieved. B) Made. C) Taken. D) Won. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 21. She never ..... any of our discussions, does she? A) Participates in. B) In common. C) Succeed in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participates in. 22. Every home owner should ..... necessary precautions against fire. A) Make. B) Put. C) Buy. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take. 23. Jenny and I have been arguing for hours. I hope we can ..... to an agreement soon. A) Make. B) Have. C) Come. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Come. 24. COLLOCATIONS REVIEW. Choose the correct verb ..... the drums / the violin A) Do. B) Play. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play. 25. One couple spent £2 million on lawyers' fees in a (a) battle. A) A. divorce. B) Leadership. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. divorce. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAdvanced QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCollocations Quiz 1Collocations Quiz 2Collocations Quiz 3Collocations Quiz 4Collocations Quiz 5Collocations Quiz 6Collocations Quiz 7Collocations Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books