Verb + noun combinations quiz
Short-answer quiz
- Businessmen often have to take ______________ in order to make money.
- Smith __________ the previous world record for running 1000 meters.
- To help _______ with stress, I do yoga every morning.before I go to work.
- I _____________ my fear of spiders by learning to pick them up.
- HSBC _________ ________Hang Seng Bank many years ago. (Two words)
- If you want to improve your English, you’ll have to make some ______________ - in your case, your Sunday morning lie-in.
- As a handicapped person, he had to _____________ enormous difficulties to win the race.
- After five attempts, she finally _______________ success when she finished the Hong Kong Marathon last year.
- He has shown enormous ________________ in his work, often working a twelve-hour day in order to improve performance in the department.
- In building this school for poor children, I think we have really achieved something _____________ .
- PC Kwok won an ____________ for bravery after chasing three armed men during a bank raid in Sham Shui Po.
- Long hours and stressful schedules are problems many working people have to _____ _______ .(Two words)
- If we are to achieve _______________ in the championship, we'll have to train very hard indeed.
- Olives was a excellent little family-run sandwich bar until it was ______ _________ by MegaFood Holdings. After that, the sandwiches were inedible! (Two words)
- If you're really going to save up to buy a car, you're going to have to make some _________ . That holiday in Japan will have to be cancelled for a start.
- If you're not prepared to take_____________ , you'll never make much money on the stock market.
- You should read the statistics about air safety. It might help you __________ your fear of flying.
- Google wins multi-million _____________ bid for YouTube. Full story, page 3. (*Difficult question - word building necessary)
- Are you a _____ ______ ? Do the quiz and find out your appetite for danger! (Two words. *Difficult question - word building necessary)
- In 2005, a Boeing passenger plane left Hong Kong on a __________-____________ 13, 422-mile flight to London, flying east over America to Europe non-stop. (Hyphenated word - type in the hyphen. *Difficult question - word building necessary)
- ________-__________ film director John Fu is in Hong Kong this week to promote his latest film, 'Tough Cops Cry Too'. (Hyphenated word - type in the hyphen. *Difficult question - word building necessary)