Match the correct answer option to the meaning of the statement. - www.historyvault.ie - EFL Quiz (All rights reserved)
Q.1
When you 'cut back' or 'cut down' on smoking, you are .....
Stopping/ quitting smoking
Reducing smoking
Taking up smoking
Q.2
When you complete a form you....
'Fill up' a form
'Make up' a form
'Sign up' a form
'Fill in' a form
Q.3
When you 'run out' of something, you have....
None of it left
More of it than before
Abandoned it
Only a little of it left
Q.4
When you 'cross something out', you ......
Underline a mistake
Repeat a mistake
Highlight a mistake
Erase a mistake
Q.5
If a fire starts by accident in your kitchen, you would.....
Put it up
Put it down
Put it out
Cut it out
Q.6
If you quit or stop something completely, you.....
Cut it down
Cut it out
Cut it up
Cut it in half
Q.7
If you 'hang up' a call (telephone), you.....
Disconnect a phone call
Make a phone call
Finish a phone call
Answer a phone call
Q.8
If you are told to 'keep it up', you should.....
Improve your performance
Continue at the same rate/ Maintain present level of performance
Slow down
Speed up
Q.9
If you 'turn up' a television/ radio, you are .......
Increasing the volume of the television
Decreasing the volume of the television
Turning the television over
Q.10
If you need to 'brush up' on your French, you have to ....
Start learning French
Test your French
Practise your French
Improve your French
Q.11
If prices have increased due to new taxes being introduced, prices are said to have.....
'Gone up'
'Geared up'
'Risen up'
'Speeded up'
Q.12
If the economy has 'picked up' since last year, it has .....
Stayed the same
Worsened
Improved
Q.13
If you want to repair or improve your house, you.......
Make it up
Do it up
Dress it up
Bring it up
Q.14
If car makers deliberately increase the price of new cars by a significant amount, they are .....
Making up the prices
Drawing up the prices
Bumping up the prices
Q.15
When you get dressed in your very best clothes, you .......
Make up
Cheer up
Dress up
Dress out
Q.16
If you want to make someone feel better, you try to...........
Make them up
Drag them up
Wake them up
Cheer them up