Online Research Pre-test

Match the beginning of the sentence with its ending to complete the collocation.

Our professor mentioned a really useful website, but I didn’t make...

• a note of it! I’ll have to email him

• your search by using more keywords.

• online journals so that students can access them for free.

• paste the address into a separate document.

Select the best word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

When I write an essay, I start by ...... a web search of key words in the question.

• making

• doing

• having

Select the word that best collocates with the word in red in the following sentence.

You may not find what you need first time, but there are a lot of ...... resources to help you search effectively.

• offline

• onsite

• online

Select the right word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

The college website has some good hints and ...... pages which helped me when I started writing essays.

• pointers

• pieces of advice

• tips

• strategies

Select the right verb to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

If you get too many results, you could ...... your search by using more keywords.

• refine

• better

• improve

• enhance

Select the right adverb to complete this collocation which means to think carefully about whether something is reliable or truthful.

It’s important to evaluate sites ...... , so check who wrote the information and when.

• meticulously

• succinctly

• critically

• perfectly

Select the right combination which means to pay for or ask to receive (journals) regularly.

• subscribe to online journals

• log in online journals

• read online journals

• receive updates from online journals

Select the right answer to complete the collocation which means previous editions of a magazine, newspaper or journal.

You can often search by keyword in ...... issues to find

older articles that might be relevant.

• back

• old

• past

• previous

Select the right word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

When I find a useful site, I usually ...... and paste the address into a separate document.

• scan

• duplicate

• copy

• type

Select the right verb to complete this collocation: ...... a record of

• have

• make

• keep

• take