COLLOCATIONS: THE WAY WORDS COMBINE IN A LANGUAGE TO PRODUCE NATURAL SOUNDING

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE.

Ex. Sour: apples, grapes, milk

Strong: possibility, feeling, influence

Wide: choice, grin, variety

Plain: English

High: heels, speed

Complete the following sentences with one of the adjectives from below with one of the words from
above.

Heels, possibility, English, variety, number, influence, grin, speed, feelings, choice, argument, clothes, gap.

1. My grandparents have ___________ on the subject of hospitality.

2. Can you give me directions to your house in plain ________ so that I can understand them?
3. Davids face broke into a ______ _______ when I invited him in.
4. Everyone drives at such a ______ ______ today. It is so dangerous.
5. Four different types of tea what a ______ _______.
6. In more traditional cultures, grandparents have a ________ _________ on children.
7. Please take your shoes off in the gym. ______ _________ can damage the floor.
8. If you call Tony, theres a _________ _________ that hell invite you to visit him.

PHRASAL VERBS

Complete the following sentences with UP or DOWN:

1. The dinner wont cook if you dont turn the heat _______.
2. We cant afford a big party. We need to keep costs ___________.
3. The old bus station has gone . theyve pulled it _____________.
4. When you see someones glass is empty go and fill it ___________.
5. He settled ________ on the sofa to read his book.
6. The towns getting bigger, theyve put _____ a lot of new houses.
Match the phrasal verbs with the opposite to complete the sentence.

1. Please tidy up ____

2. I never turn down ______
3. Remember to wrap up _______________
4. She took down _____________
5. Look up______________
6. They put up ____________
7. Never let down ________________
8. He decided to do up

a. The apartment and sell it for a big profit.

b. Your best friend by breaking a promise.
c. The time of the next train on the website.
d. The mess as soon as possible.
e. The presents before going to the party.
f. The offer of a lift home.
g. The decorations from the wall.
h. A tent in the garden.

Match the phrasal verbs to the definitions below:

1. The Principal handed in his resignation.

2. The students turned up late for class.
3. The teacher got her ideas across very well.
4. We worked out the answers very easily.
5. He stayed on at university another year.
6. I got down to work as soon as I arrived.
7. A taxi picked them up and took them to college.
8. She kept up with the other students.
9. We carried out a survey on staff attitudes.
10. He went over the exercise with his students.

a. Arrived
b. Collected
c. Managed to understand
d. Stayed level with
e. Performed
f. Examined
g. Gave to a person in charge
h. Communicated
i. Started
j. remained
Complete the following with the phrasal verbs from above:

1. havent your notes _______________yet? Perhaps theyre in your coat?

2. Are you ___________ after class tonight or going home?
3. Whos going to _____ that experiment?
4. Its time I _______________marking the papers.
5. ___________your answers carefully.
6. I havent _________ my homework yet. Its still in my bag.
7. I cant ___________all the latest technology.
8. Come and ___________your old coursework from my office.
9. He didnt really __________ his meaning _______ to the students.
10. Were trying to ___________ the best way to meet the students needs.