ADJ

demanding, difficult, gruelling
easy, simple
fair, good, objective
This type of exam does not provide a fair test of the student's knowledge
listening, oral, practical, written
cloze, multiple-choice
placement
He scored well in the placement test and was put in the most advanced class
achievement, aptitude, endurance, intelligence, IQ, language, memory, mental, proficiency, spelling
The recruits were put through a week of gruelling endurance tests
driving
screen
Three actors out of a hundred were chosen from the screen test

VERB + TEST

do, sit (for), take
I took my driving test last week
pass
fail
give, set
administer
mark

TEST + NOUN

result
conditions
As a final practice for the exam, they had to write two essays under test conditions
paper, questions

PREP

in a/the ~
Some of the questions in the history test were rather difficult
~ in
a test in mathematics
~ on
a test on the French Revolution

ADJ

exhaustive, extensive, rigorous, stringent, thorough
statistical
empirical, experimental
field, laboratory
successful
negative, positive
medical
screening
screening tests for cancer
diagnostic
forensic
Forensic tests showed that the man had been poisoned
eye, sight
hearing
blood, DNA, skin, urine
dope, drug/drugs
fitness
breath, breathalyser
smear
The government has launched a campaign advising women of the need for regular smear tests
HIV
pregnancy
personality, psychological, psychometric
lie-detector, polygraph
means
flight, road, safety
atomic, nuclear
alpha, beta
The revolutionary new system goes into beta test this month

QUANT

number, series
She underwent a series of blood tests

VERB + TEST

have, undergo
do,
use
The test used in detecting the disease carries its own risks
fail
Three athletes were sent home after failing drugs tests

TEST + VERB

take place
confirm sth, indicate sth, reveal sth, show sth
The urine test showed some sort of infection
prove negative/positive
come into force
The new safety test came into force last month
be designed to
a test designed to detect bowel cancer

TEST + NOUN

result
a negative/positive test result
data
conditions
The machine refused to perform properly under test conditions
bed
The company is using the university data library as a test bed for its new software
site
protesters at nuclear test sites
facility
drive, flight, run
He's taken the car out on a test run
driver, pilot
aircraft, car
trial
The new drink went down well in the test trials
methods, procedures
system
performance
subject
equipment, instruments, kit, machine
samples, substances
programme, schedule
phase, stage
The software is still at the test stage
session
Subjects had to attend ten test sessions on different days
certificate
The vehicle did not have a current test 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 test case

PREP

~ for
a test for diabetes
~ on
a test on the engine

ADJ

good
critical, crucial, key, real, supreme, true, ultimate, vital
a real test of character
serious, severe, stiff, tough
simple
objective
subjective
political

VERB + TEST

pose
The calls for tax reform pose a severe test for the government
put sb/sth to
The latest pay dispute has really put her management skills to the test
face
The new prime minister is facing his toughest political test so far

TEST + NOUN

case

PHRASES

the acid test (= a way of carry out, conduct, perform, run deciding whether sth is successful or true)
Whether he would accept a pay cut would be the acid test of his loyalty to the company
stand the test of time
Whether this new technology will stand the test of time remains to be seen

ADV

adequately, properly
The product had not been adequately tested before being put on the market
rigorously
extensively
fully, exhaustively, thoroughly
regularly, routinely
You should test your brakes regularly
directly
empirically, experimentally
the importance of empirically tested research
formally
successfully
The exercise successfully tested the procedures for dealing with a serious oil spillage
clinically, dermatologically
out
a good way to test out his hypothesis

VERB + TEST

decide to
We decided to test 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 test a potential cure when a disease is ill-defined

PREP

for
Squeeze the fruit to test for ripeness
on
We only sell products that have not been tested on animals

PHRASES

have sth tested
I'm having my eyes tested this week
test negative/ positive
Two of the athletes tested positive for illegal drugs
test sth to the limit
The training tested his body to the very limit
tried and tested
tried and tested techniques

ADV

seriously, severely, sorely
Neither goalkeeper was seriously tested in a rather poor match. There were times when my temper was sorely tested