This sixth vocabulary test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topics of prepositions and phrasal verbs of the 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.
Prepositions And Phrasal Verbs - Advanced Level Test 6
Question 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 |
She is a very ____ child, who always does as she’s told.
A | apparent |
B | influential |
C | fanciful |
D | desperate |
E | compliant |
Question 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Pele and Maradona have been _____ the best football players in the world up to now.
A | continuously |
B | indescribably |
C | arrogantly |
D | indisputably |
E | indecently |
Question 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 |
His publishers will soon be _____ his latest collection of essays, which he wrote during his trip to China recently.
A | making up |
B | flooding in |
C | taking in |
D | looking down |
E | bringing out |
Question 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 |
You can raise the microphone or lower it. It’s _____.
A | adjustable |
B | curable |
C | breakable |
D | readable |
E | creative |
Question 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 |
Words that sound alike but are spelt _____ are called homophones, as in the example of to, two and too.
A | similarly |
B | differently |
C | originally |
D | quietly |
E | initially |
Question 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 |
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 |
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 |
We thought of buying the pretty wooden Ottoman house we saw by the Bosphorus, but then we _____ 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 |
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 |
In formulating a hypothesis, we must keep it _____ 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was _____ only in his heel.
A | mutual |
B | harmonious |
C | vulnerable |
D | fruitful |
E | illegible |
Question 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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