Social relationships practice questions.

Choose the correct preposition: 'She is very close ___ her grandmother and visits her every week.'

• with
• to
• of
• at

Answer: to

The adjective 'close' in the sense of an emotional relationship is followed by 'to': 'close to her grandmother'.

Choose the best word: 'A good friend should be ___ and keep your secrets safe.'

• reliable
• reliant
• relative
• relieved

Answer: reliable

'Reliable' means trustworthy and dependable; 'reliant' means dependent, and the other options are unrelated.

Choose the correct form: 'I wish I ___ more time to spend with my family.'

• have
• had
• will have
• would have

Answer: had

After 'I wish' about an unreal present, we use the past simple 'had' to express a regret about the current situation.

Choose the correct question tag: 'You get on well with your neighbours, ___?'

• do you
• don't you
• are you
• aren't you

Answer: don't you

A positive statement with the present simple 'get' takes the negative tag 'don't you'.

Choose the correct word: 'Social media can strengthen friendships but may also cause ___ between people who compare their lives online.'

• jealousy
• jealous
• jealously
• jealousness

Answer: jealousy

A noun is needed after 'cause'; 'jealousy' is the standard noun, whereas 'jealous' is an adjective, 'jealously' an adverb and 'jealousness' a rare form not used in standard modern English.

Choose the correct option: 'He apologised ___ forgetting her birthday.'

• to
• about
• for
• of

Answer: for

The pattern is 'apologise to someone for something'. Learners often keep the preposition of their first language here and produce 'apologise of' or 'apologise about'.