English Collocations Proficiency Quiz!

13 Questions | By Ghoues.amine | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 729

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1.

What is a collocation?
- A.
  
  Collocation is a type of formulaic language. Formulaic language consists of fixed expressions that you learn and understand as units rather than as individual words.
- B.
  
  Collocation means a natural combination of words.
- C.
  
  Collocation is a pair or a group of words that are often used together.
- D.
  
  Collocation is a verb that consists of a verb and a particle or a verb and two particles.
2.

Which of these words does fast collocate with car, food, glance, meal?
- A.
  
  Food
- B.
  
  Car
- C.
  
  Meal
- D.
  
  Glance
3.

Which of these are compounds: computer, narrow-minded, teapot, ancient monument, car park?
- A.
  
  Computer
- B.
  
  Narrow-minded
- C.
  
  Teapot
- D.
  
  Car park
- E.
  
  Ancient monument
4.

What do we call expressions like passing the buck and be over the moon?
- A.
  
  Collocations
- B.
  
  Idioms
- C.
  
  Phrasal verbs
5.

Learning collocations will make your English sound more natural.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Learning collocations will help you to express yourself in a variety of ways.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

You will not be understood unless you use collocations properly.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Learning collocations will help you to write better English.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Make a mistake, a storm in a tea cup and live music are:
- A.
  
  Compound, idioms and collocation
- B.
  
  Idiom, collocation and compound
- C.
  
  Collocation, idiom and compound
10.

When I left university I [Blank] a decision to take up a profession in which I could be creative.
11.

I could [Blank] the guitar, but I’d never[Blank] any songs.
12.

I[Blank]some recordings but I had a rather heavy cold, so they didn’t sound good. I made some more, and sent them to a record company and waited for them to reply.
13.

So, while I was waiting to [Blank] famous, I[Blank] a job in a fastfood restaurant. That was five years ago. I’m still [Blank] the same job.