Prepositions And Phrasal Verbs Advanced Level Test – Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 6

1. It might be a good idea to buy a _____ raincoat because then it can be worn with either side out.

2. She is a very____child, who always does as she’s told.

3.Japan’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Internal Affairs is _____technology, research and development to the tune of 619 million dollars in 2006.

4.If you are both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don’t _____ each other.

5.Scientists in different countries, working _____ of each other, have come up with very similar results.

6.In recent years, scientists have come to a / an _____ that the earth is warming mostly due to the emission of carbon dioxide from electrical power plants that burn coal, oil and natural gas.

7.Pele and Maradona have b een_____ the best football players in the world up to now.

8.Nokia set up a tent recently at the Los Angeles Film Festival to _____ its mobile-video phones and technology

9. His publishers will soon b e _____ his latest collection of essays, which he wrote during his trip in China recently.

10. She did not get the money honestly and legally. She got it by_____ .

11. You can raise the microphone or lower it. It’s _____ .

12. Last night I went to see a romantic film which was rather _____.

13. Words that sound alike but are spelled_____ are called homophones, as in the example of to, two and too.

14. One reason why artificial flavourings and colourings are _____ used in ready-made foods is that they are much cheaper than natural ingredients.

15. Squids use the force of their ten long arms to _____ themselves through the water.

16. The dentists working in this hospital object to _____ teeth without doing everything that can be done.

17. We thought of buying the pretty wooden Ottoman house we saw by the Bosphorus, but then w e _____ the idea, as the roof was too damaged.

18. A brief outline of the course and bibliography were _____ to the students at the first meeting.

19. In formulating a hypothesis, we must keep i t _____ with what we know of the real world; it cannot disagree with our experience.

20. Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not_____ to a changing environment

21. The college is about to ____ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.

22. An experienced farmer can estimate the annual _____ of his acres with surprising accuracy

23. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular _____ in computer programming.

24. His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was _____ only in his heel.

25. We ____ kept George off the planning committee because we didn't want him to know that the party was to be in his honour.