I.
noun
1 examination of sb's knowledge/ability
ADJECTIVE
▪ demanding , difficult , gruelling/grueling
▪ easy , simple
▪ fair , good , objective
▪
This type of exam does not provide a fair ~ of the student's knowledge.
▪ standardized
▪ class ( BrE ), take-home ( AmE )
▪ listening , oral , practical , written
▪ essay ( AmE )
▪ cloze , multiple-choice
▪ aptitude , SAT™ ( in the US )
▪ intelligence , IQ , mental
▪ achievement , endurance , proficiency
▪
The recruits were put through a week of demanding endurance ~s.
▪ language , memory , spelling
▪ placement
▪
He scored well in the placement ~ and was put in the most advanced class.
▪ driver's ( AmE ), driving , road ( AmE )
▪ screen
▪
Three actors out of a hundred were chosen from the screen ~.
VERB + TEST
▪ do ( BrE ), sit ( BrE ), take
▪
I took my driving ~ last week.
▪ review for ( AmE ), revise for ( BrE ), study for
▪ complete
▪ pass
▪ fail
▪ give , set
▪ administer
▪ monitor
▪ grade ( esp. AmE ), mark ( esp. BrE )
TEST + NOUN
▪ result , score
▪ conditions
▪
As a final practice for the exam, they had to write two essays under ~ conditions.
▪ paper , questions
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ ( BrE ), on a/the ~ ( AmE )
▪
a good mark in the ~ ( BrE )
▪
a good grade on the ~ ( AmE )
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in mathematics
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on the French Revolution
2 experiment; medical examination
ADJECTIVE
▪ exhaustive ( esp. BrE ), extensive , rigorous , stringent , thorough
▪ initial , preliminary
▪ routine , standard
▪ statistical
▪ empirical , experimental
▪ field , lab ( informal ), laboratory
▪ successful
▪ negative , positive
▪ medical
▪ screening
▪
screening ~s for cancer
▪ diagnostic
▪ forensic
▪
Forensic ~s showed that the man had been poisoned.
▪ eye , sight ( BrE )
▪ hearing
▪ blood , DNA , genetic , skin , urine
▪ dope ( esp. BrE ), drug , drugs ( BrE )
▪ fitness
▪ breath , breathalyser/Breathalyzer™
▪ Pap ( AmE ), Pap smear ( AmE ), smear ( BrE )
▪
a campaign advising women of the need for regular Pap/smear ~s
▪ AIDS , HIV
▪ pregnancy
▪ paternity
▪ personality , psychological , psychometric
▪ ink-blot , Rorschach
▪ lie-detector , polygraph
▪ means
▪ flight , road , safety
▪ crash
▪ atomic , nuclear
▪ alpha , beta
▪
The new system goes into beta ~ this month.
… OF TESTS
▪ number , series
▪
She had a series of blood ~s.
VERB + TEST
▪ have , undergo
▪ carry out , conduct , do , perform , run
▪
Rigorous safety ~s are being carried out on the new jet.
▪ apply , use
▪
The judge applied the wrong ~ in coming to his decision.
▪
The ~ used in detecting the disease carries its own risks.
▪ fail
▪
Three athletes were sent home after failing drugs ~s.
TEST + VERB
▪ take place
▪ confirm sth , demonstrate sth , indicate sth , measure sth , reveal sth , show sth
▪
The urine ~ showed some sort of infection.
▪ prove negative , prove positive
▪ come into force
▪
The new safety ~ came into force last month.
▪ be designed to
▪
a ~ designed to detect bowel cancer
TEST + NOUN
▪ result
▪
a negative/positive ~ result
▪ data , statistics
▪ conditions
▪
The machine refused to perform correctly under ~ conditions.
▪ bed , platform
▪
The company is using the library as a ~ bed for its new software.
▪ range , site
▪
protesters at nuclear ~ sites
▪ facility
▪ drive , flight , run
▪
He's taken the car out on a ~ run.
▪ driver , pilot
▪ aircraft , car
▪ trial
▪
The new drink went down well in the ~ trials.
▪ methods , procedures
▪ system
▪ performance
▪ subject
▪ equipment , instruments , kit , machine
▪ samples , substances
▪ strip
▪
Dip the ~ strip in the urine sample.
▪ programme/program
▪ period , phase , stage
▪
The software is still at the ~ stage.
▪ ban
▪
negotiations on a nuclear ~ ban
▪ session
▪
Subjects had to attend ten ~ sessions on different days.
▪ certificate ( BrE )
▪
The vehicle did not have a current ~ certificate at the time of the accident.
▪ case
▪
This was the first action taken by a cancer sufferer against a tobacco company, and was seen as a ~ case.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for diabetes
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on the engine
3 shows how good, strong, effective, etc. sb/sth is
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
▪ critical , crucial , key , real , supreme , true , ultimate , vital ( esp. BrE )
▪
a real ~ of character
▪ serious , severe , stiff , tough
▪ simple
▪ objective
▪ subjective
▪ political
VERB + TEST
▪ pose , provide
▪
The calls for tax reform pose a severe ~ for the government.
▪ put sb/sth to the ~
▪
The pay dispute has really put her management skills to the ~.
▪ face
▪
The new president is facing his toughest political ~ so far.
TEST + NOUN
▪ case
PHRASES
▪ the acid ~ , the litmus ~ (= a way of deciding whether sth is successful or true)
▪
Whether he would accept a pay cut would be the acid ~ of his loyalty to the company.
▪ stand the ~ of time
▪
Whether this new technology will stand the ~ of time remains to be seen.
II.
verb
1 examine sth to find out if it is working/what it is like
ADVERB
▪ adequately , properly
▪
The product had not been adequately ~ed before being put on the market.
▪ extensively , fully , rigorously , thoroughly
▪ systematically
▪ periodically , regularly , routinely
▪
You should ~ your brakes regularly.
▪ independently , individually , separately
▪ simultaneously
▪ formally
▪ successfully
▪
The exercise successfully ~ed the procedures for dealing with a serious oil spillage.
▪ clinically
▪ empirically , experimentally , scientifically
▪
the importance of empirically ~ed research
▪ statistically
▪ out
▪
a good way to ~ out his hypothesis
VERB + TEST
▪ decide to
▪
We decided to ~ the theory experimentally.
▪ attempt to , seek to , try to
▪ be designed to , be intended to
▪ be used to
▪ be difficult to
▪
It is difficult to ~ a potential cure when a disease is ill-defined.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
Squeeze the fruit to ~ for ripeness.
▪ on
▪
We only sell products that have not been ~ed on animals.
PHRASES
▪ get sth ~ed , have sth ~ed
▪
I'm having my eyes ~ed this week.
▪ ~ negative/positive
▪
Two of the athletes ~ed positive for illegal drugs.
▪ ~ sth to the limit
▪
The training ~ed his body to the very limit.
▪ tried and ~ed
▪
tried and ~ed techniques
2 require all sb's strength, ability, resources, etc.
ADVERB
▪ seriously , severely , sorely
▪
Neither player was seriously ~ed in the contest.
▪
There were times when my temper was sorely ~ed.
Test is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ researcher
Test is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ability , ↑ accuracy , ↑ alarm , ↑ approach , ↑ assumption , ↑ authenticity , ↑ bomb , ↑ device , ↑ drug , ↑ effect , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ efficiency , ↑ endurance , ↑ equipment , ↑ eye , ↑ feasibility , ↑ hypothesis , ↑ idea , ↑ knowledge , ↑ limit , ↑ loyalty , ↑ microphone , ↑ missile , ↑ patience , ↑ possibility , ↑ prediction , ↑ product , ↑ proposition , ↑ prototype , ↑ quality , ↑ reflex , ↑ sample , ↑ skill , ↑ strain , ↑ strength , ↑ suitability , ↑ system , ↑ theory , ↑ validity , ↑ viability