Better English Lessons
Multiple-Choice Questions
Click on the answer you think is correct.
| 1. He seems really competent but he's not. But he appears so assured that he'll ______ in a lot of people. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | take |
| c) | put |
| d) | get |
| 2. It's a really big assignment. I'm going to have to ______ in a lot of hard work. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | call |
| c) | put |
| d) | get |
| 3. You'll need to be able to demonstrate this without any errors so if I were you I'd ______ in some practice beforehand. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | call |
| c) | come |
| d) | get |
| 4. That's the usual company policy but it's not something that is ______ in stone. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | call |
| c) | put |
| d) | get |
| 5. There are 120 applicants for every vacancy so it's not very easy to ______ in. | |
| a) | call |
| b) | get |
| c) | put |
| d) | give |
| 6. I don't think I'll get the job but I decided to ______ in an application anyway. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | put |
| c) | come |
| d) | call |
| 7. Things were going very badly so we decided to ______ in an outside consultant. | |
| a) | give |
| b) | take |
| c) | come |
| d) | call |
| 8. The joint venture you are proposing is very interesting and we would really like to ______ in on it. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | come |
| c) | put |
| d) | give |
| 9. I tried to resist his arguments but in the end I had to ______ in on that point. | |
| a) | give |
| b) | take |
| c) | be |
| d) | get |
| 10. It's an excellent scheme and we would love to ______ in on it. | |
| a) | bring |
| b) | be |
| c) | cave |
| d) | dig |
| 11. He will not respond well to pressure. Give him an ultimatum and he's likely to ______ in and refuse to negotiate. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | be |
| c) | put |
| d) | dig |
| 12. They held out for some time but eventually had to ______ in and admit defeat. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | take |
| c) | cave |
| d) | get |
| 13. When he took over, he decided to ______ in some outside consultants to look over the business. | |
| a) | bring |
| b) | be |
| c) | dig |
| d) | give |
| 14. It's too much for our present team so I'm going to ______ in some outside help. | |
| a) | give |
| b) | be |
| c) | come |
| d) | get |
| 15. The rest of the industry was prepared to agree to a minimum salary and we had to ______ in with what they wanted. | |
| a) | fall |
| b) | take |
| c) | put |
| d) | get |
| 16. It's time to get rid of the old team and ______ in some fresh ideas. | |
| a) | set |
| b) | be |
| c) | come |
| d) | bring |
| 17. I'm very unhappy with the service and I intend to ______ in a complaint. | |
| a) | cave |
| b) | take |
| c) | dig |
| d) | put |
| 18. I don't feel we can cope with this and I suggest we ______ in Judith to help us with this. | |
| a) | come |
| b) | give |
| c) | bring |
| d) | be |
| 19. The company was in serious financial trouble so they decided to ______ in the receivers. | |
| a) | dig |
| b) | take |
| c) | call |
| d) | be |
| 20. It seems a shame to call off the project after all the hard work you have ______ in. | |
| a) | put |
| b) | give |
| c) | cave |
| d) | dig |