Vocabulary Test About CASH OR CHEQUE Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 156

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Question 1

When I paid for my groceries, the shop assistant gave me the wrong _____.

A	change
B	exchange
C	return
D	sum

Question 1 Explanation:

Change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price. Exchange means swapping one thing for another, so it does not fit here.

Question 2

Who do I make the cheque _____ to?

A	in
B	on
C	out
D	up

Question 2 Explanation:

The phrasal verb make a cheque out to someone means to write that person's or company's name on the cheque as the one who gets the money: Please make the cheque out to ABC Ltd.

Question 3

Naturally you can _____ payment until you are satisfied that the work has been properly carried out.

A	hold in
B	hold out
C	withdraw
D	withhold

Question 3 Explanation:

Withhold payment means to refuse to pay for now, usually until a problem is solved. It is a fixed, formal collocation. Not withdraw, which means to take money out of an account or to take something back.

Question 4

I can buy this PC if you'll _____ a cheque.

A	agree
B	give
C	receive
D	take

Question 4 Explanation:

Take a cheque means to accept a cheque as payment: Do you take cheques? Not receive: we say a shop takes or accepts cheques, not receives them, when we mean it allows that way of paying.

Question 5

Mr Particular _____ being given a receipt for the bill he had paid.

A	asked to
B	demanded
C	insisted on
D	required

Question 5 Explanation:

Insist on + -ing means to demand something firmly: He insisted on being given a receipt. Demanded and required are not followed by an -ing form here, and asked to would need a base verb (asked to be given).

Question 6

Will you pay cash for the goods or would you like them _____ to your account?

A	charged
B	indebted
C	priced
D	receipted

Question 6 Explanation:

If goods are charged to your account, the cost is added to your account and you pay later. The sentence compares this with paying cash now. The other options do not collocate with to your account.

Question 7

She said she would pay for the clothes by credit _____.

A	bank
B	card
C	cheque
D	note

Question 7 Explanation:

A credit card is a plastic card you use to buy things and pay for them later. We say pay by credit card.

Question 8

Don't shop at SNOB's supermarket; you have to pay through the _____ there.

A	account
B	bank
C	mouth
D	nose

Question 8 Explanation:

The idiom pay through the nose means to pay far too much for something: We paid through the nose for the tickets. That is why the speaker says not to shop there.

Question 9

We will accept your cheque, although it is not our normal _____.

A	intention
B	occasion
C	practice
D	state

Question 9 Explanation:

Normal practice means the usual way of doing things in a business or organisation: It is not our normal practice to accept cheques. Not intention, which means a plan or aim, not a usual routine.

Question 10

All the _____ from the jumble sale will be given to charity.

A	expenses
B	wages
C	proceeds
D	rewards

Question 10 Explanation:

Proceeds is the money you get from selling something or from an event: The proceeds from the concert went to charity. Not rewards, which are things given to thank someone for something they have done.

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