This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Corpus Linguistics > Multi Word Expressions – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Multi Word Expressions Quiz 8 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He is always ..... stories to write his fantasy books. (invent a story or plan) A) Taking off. B) Making up. C) Getting away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making up. 2. Exit from a website A) Turn off. B) Switch off. C) Log off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Log off. 3. The cost of the repairment ..... thousands of dollars. A) Ran down. B) Ran into. C) Ran out. D) Ran away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ran into. 4. He ..... a novel idea about using water as fuel for cars. A) Came on. B) Came up with. C) Came with up. D) Come on with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came up with. 5. The official's decision to investigate a minor procedural error rather than address the widespread corruption issue was an example of ..... A) Pulling a fast one. B) Barking up the wrong tree. C) Getting hold of the wrong end of the stick. D) Making heavy weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making heavy weather. 6. Have a good relationship/like each other A) Get on with. B) Chat sb up. C) Go off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get on with. 7. What is the structure of a prepositional verb? A) Preposition + Verb + Subject. B) Verb + Preposition + Complement (optional). C) Subject + Verb + Preposition. D) Verb + Subject + Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb + Preposition + Complement (optional). 8. Tod's CEO expects China and India to account ..... A) We called off the party immediately. B) A customer who has a problem. C) For as much as 25 per cent of revenues in the near future. D) So we can't afford to put if off once again. E) Of strengthening our relations with our suppliers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For as much as 25 per cent of revenues in the near future. 9. Is Sarah listening ..... music? A) With. B) To. C) At. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 10. L don't think l'm going to pass the exam this year. A) Set up. B) Get through. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get through. 11. A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge A) Corpus. B) Habeas corpus. C) Ad hoc. D) Quid pro quo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habeas corpus. 12. Sit on one's heels A) Hunker down. B) Derring-do. C) Higgledy-piggledy. D) Ad hoc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunker down. 13. Existing in fact, whether with lawful authority or not A) De facto. B) Ex post facto. C) Ad hoc. D) Quid pro quo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) De facto. 14. What's the sinonym of "create from" ? A) Make (something new) out of it. B) Pick out. C) Throw away. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make (something new) out of it. 15. Which compound adjective best describes a poor person? A) Well-off. B) Big-headed. C) Hard-up. D) Good-tempered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard-up. 16. "I'm going to try ..... this new type of paint on my walls." A) In. B) Out. C) On. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out. 17. The company's reckless expansion strategy, executed without adequate market research, was doomed to failure from the outset, making it an example of ..... business decisions. A) As daft as a brush. B) As good as gold. C) In the red. D) Making a move. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As daft as a brush. 18. Unlike traditional systems that rely on electromagnetic waves, ..... is used in military aircraft to detect enemy movement through reflected radio signals, providing an early-warning mechanism against potential threats. A) Laser. B) Radar. C) Sonar. D) Pneumatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radar. 19. In three years' time we plan to set up ..... A) A customer who has a problem. B) So they'd better learn to get on together. C) The contract as soon as possible. D) A distribution network in Mexico. E) We called off the party immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A distribution network in Mexico. 20. In the phrase "rosy-cheeked child", the compound adjective most likely suggests that the child is: A) Sad and tired. B) Pale and quiet. C) Healthy and cheerful-looking. D) Angry and aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Healthy and cheerful-looking. 21. Remove A) Take off. B) Pu on. C) Give up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take off. 22. John has to ..... his younger brother. A) Look for. B) Look up. C) Look at. D) Look after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look after. 23. What's the sinonym of "collect" ? A) Set up. B) Pick up. C) Throw away. D) None of the above. 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