Vocabulary Test About LANGUAGE-LEARNING Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 52

We say teach someone something, so teach students all the English they need is correct. Not learn, because the student learns and the teacher teaches. Explain and instruct don't fit this pattern.

The collocation is miss a chance, which means not use an opportunity. If I can help it means 'if I can avoid it'. Not lose, because we don't normally say 'lose a chance of doing something'.

We say show someone how to do something: Can you show me how to use this? Not learn, because you learn something yourself; you can't 'learn me'.

The phrasal verb give someone away means to show who someone really is, or reveal a secret about them. Franck's accent showed the others that he was not English. Give up means stop trying, which does not fit here.

Considering (that) means 'when you think about the fact that'. It introduces a surprising fact: Considering that he only started a year ago, his English is excellent. The other words cannot start a sentence in this way.

The only students who… means no other students could do it. Not single, because the single students would mean students who are not married. Alone cannot come before a noun.

Practise (British spelling of the verb) means do something again and again to get better at it. This second conditional uses the past form, practised. Not exercised, which is used for the body, e.g. sport.

Hardly ever means almost never: The students hardly ever use it. We cannot say almost ever or nearly ever. We say almost never instead.

Private lessons are lessons for one student, often at home, not in a class. Not personal, because 'personal lessons' is not a normal collocation. Peculiar means strange.

Distinguish between A and B means to notice the difference between them: Some learners can't distinguish between 'ship' and 'sheep'. Not differ, because differ describes things that are different, not a person noticing the difference.

Fluent English is spoken easily and well, without stopping: She speaks fluent English. Liquid is about water and other liquids, not language.

Attend classes means go to classes. Not assist, which in English means help (in some languages a similar word means 'attend'). Follow is used with a course, not usually with classes regularly.

Only agree is followed by to: agree to something / someone doing something means say yes to it. Not approve, because it needs of (approve of). Allow and permit take an object without to (allow me to study).

Your native language is the first language you learn as a child. Not mother, because the usual phrase is mother tongue, not 'mother language'.

The collocation is make progress: They haven't made much progress. Not done, because we don't say 'do progress'.

An improvement in something means it has become better: There has been a great improvement in his English. Not increase or rise, because they are about numbers or amounts getting bigger, not quality.

Look something up means find information in a dictionary or book: Look it up in the dictionary. Not make it up, which means invent something.

A high degree of something means a large amount or level of it: a high degree of competence/skill. Not grade or mark, which are scores given for tests or work.

Don't hesitate to do something means do it freely, without waiting or worrying: Don't hesitate to ask. Not mind, because mind is followed by -ing, and Don't mind would not be polite here.

Raise your hand means lift it up. Raise takes an object. Not rise, because rise has no object (The sun rises).

A tutor is a teacher who works with one student or a small group and looks after their progress. Not staff, because it means all the workers together, not one person. Not professor, which is a senior university teacher.

A common mistake is one that many people make. Not ordinary, because it means normal or not special, and we don't say 'an ordinary mistake' for a frequent error.