Prepositions And Phrasal Verbs Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 6
This sixth vocabulary test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topics of prepositions and phrasal verbs of English language. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of prepositions and phrasal verbs.
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Question 1 |
1. It might be a good idea to buy a _____
raincoat because then it can be worn
with either side out.
A | decisive |
B | reversible |
C | strenuous |
D | extravagant |
E | slippery |
Question 2 |
2. She is a very____child, who always
does as she’s told.
A | apparent |
B | influential |
C | fanciful |
D | desperate |
E | compliant |
Question 3 |
3.Japan’s Ministry of Telecommunications
and Internal Affairs is _____technology,
research and development to the tune of
619 million dollars in 2006.
A | funding |
B | confronting |
C | altering |
D | tackling |
E | detecting |
Question 4 |
4.If you are both going to lie, at least
stick to the same story and don’t
_____ each other.
A | fold |
B | contradict |
C | intervene |
D | exclude |
E | blink |
Question 5 |
5.Scientists in different countries,
working _____ of each other, have
come up with very similar results.
A | independently |
B | immensely |
C | timidly |
D | sceptically |
E | respectfully |
Question 6 |
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.
A | promotion |
B | ambition |
C | commission |
D | treaty |
E | agreement |
Question 7 |
7.Pele and Maradona have b een_____
the best football players in the world
up to now.
A | continuously |
B | indescribably |
C | arrogantly |
D | indisputably |
E | indecently |
Question 8 |
8.Nokia set up a tent recently at the Los
Angeles Film Festival to _____ its
mobile-video phones and technology
A | give away |
B | put through |
C | show off |
D | come round |
E | lay down |
Question 9 |
9. His publishers will soon b e _____ his
latest collection of essays, which he
wrote during his trip in China
recently.
A | making up |
B | flooding in |
C | taking in |
D | looking down |
E | bringing out |
Question 10 |
10. She did not get the money honestly
and legally. She got it by_____ .
A | explanation |
B | deception |
C | abolition |
D | satisfaction |
E | detention |
Question 11 |
11. You can raise the microphone or
lower it. It’s _____ .
A | adjustable |
B | curable |
C | breakable |
D | readable |
E | creative |
Question 12 |
12. Last night I went to see a romantic
film which was rather _____.
A | skilful |
B | tough |
C | moving |
D | ecstatic |
E | delightful |
Question 13 |
13. Words that sound alike but are
spelled_____ are called homophones,
as in the example of to, two and too.
A | similarly |
B | differently |
C | originally |
D | quietly |
E | initially |
Question 14 |
14. One reason why artificial flavourings
and colourings are _____ used in
ready-made foods is that they are
much cheaper than natural
ingredients.
A | scarcely |
B | formerly |
C | tactfully |
D | widely |
E | slightly |
Question 15 |
15. Squids use the force of their ten long
arms to _____ themselves through the
water.
A | propel |
B | draw |
C | shift |
D | project |
E | deplete |
Question 16 |
16. The dentists working in this hospital
object to _____ teeth without doing
everything that can be done.
A | heaving |
B | extracting |
C | scattering |
D | ejecting |
E | dragging |
Question 17 |
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.
A | set out |
B | kept to |
C | held on |
D | did up |
E | gave up |
Question 18 |
18. A brief outline of the course and
bibliography were _____ to the
students at the first meeting.
A | used up |
B | broken down |
C | caught on |
D | handed out |
E | worn off |
Question 19 |
19. In formulating a hypothesis, we must
keep i t _____ with what we know of
the real world; it cannot disagree with
our experience.
A | voracious |
B | congruent |
C | unwise |
D | meticulous |
E | proper |
Question 20 |
20. Some species of animals have
become extinct because they could
not_____ to a changing environment
A | foresee |
B | adapt |
C | hustle |
D | collapse |
E | legislate |
Question 21 |
21. The college is about to ____ a
program for reducing math anxiety
among students.
A | malign |
B | nominate |
C | penetrate |
D | overthrow |
E | initiate |
Question 22 |
22. An experienced farmer can estimate
the annual _____ of his acres with
surprising accuracy
A | penalty |
B | resource |
C | scarcity |
D | yield |
E | taxation |
Question 23 |
23. Although she was knowledgeable in a
number of fields, she was hired for
her particular _____ in computer
programming.
A | expertise |
B | tolerance |
C | utility |
D | variance |
E | reluctance |
Question 24 |
24. His opponents could not harm
Achilles, who was _____ only in his
heel.
A | mutual |
B | harmonious |
C | vulnerable |
D | fruitful |
E | illegible |
Question 25 |
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.
A | vigorously |
B | subsequently |
C | emotionally |
D | fluently |
E | deliberately |
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