unit 1

Question 1

hair

Answer 1

blond, auburn

Question 2

arouse

Answer 2

interest, curiosity, suspicion

Question 3

seminar

Answer 3

attend a seminar, lead a seminar, give a seminar on smth,

Question 4

what are appropriate adverbs for different and contradict?

Answer 4

fundamentally different, flatly contradict

Question 5

give an example of noun+noun collocation

Answer 5

a lick of paint ( also: words of wisdom, a team of experts)
a spate of attacks/thefts, a barrage of insults/questions, a stroke of luck , a snippet of information

Question 6

collocations with the following words:
suggestion, bus, bill, principles, drive, market

Answer 6

come up with a suggestion, alight from the bus, run up a bill, adhere to your principles, go on an economy drive, play the stock market

Question 7

what is the use of studying collocations?(with examples)

Answer 7

Make fewer mistakes.(of GREAT importance)
Exploit a wider range of language and gain more marks in an exam.( have a blissfully happy holiday, a picturesque little village, spectacular mountains, take stunning photographs, sample the mouth-watering local cuisine)
Understand when a skillful writer departs from normal patterns of collocations.

Question 8

Collocations for the following words:
happy, meeting, circumstances, weather

Answer 8

deliriously happy, adjourn/cancel/call/hold/schedule a meeting, mitigating circumstances/factors, inclement weather

Question 9

collocations for the word BROAD

Answer 9

shoulders, smile, avenue, hint, accent, in broad agreement(with)

Question 10

…. a living

Answer 10

do for a living, make/scrape a living

Question 11

let smn off - meaning

Answer 11

Because there were mitigating circumstances, the judge let him off with a warning

Question 12

examples of verb+noun collocations and noun+verb ones

Answer 12

draw up a list/contract, withstand the impact/pressure, pass up a chance/an opportunity

opportunity arise, standards slip

Question 13

transform into collocations:simply a threat, unlikely to be fulfilled hope, growing concern,truth

Answer 13

an idle threat, vain hope, mounting concern, simple/plain truth

Question 14

drive, fail, foam, sing,

Answer 14

drive recklessly, fail miserably, foam at the mouth, burst into song(tears, laughter)

Question 15

give examples of complex collocations

Answer 15

put the past behind you, take it easy for a while

Question 16

collocations with disease, teeth, wind, smoke, evidence

Answer 16

disease spreads, teeth chatter, wind howls, smoke rises, evidence suggests

Question 17

collocations with challenge, thoughts, qualify, respect, battle, milestone

Answer 17

face/pose a challenge, rise to the challenge, a direct/serious challenge,, turn your thoughts to, newly qualified, qualify fully, gain the respect of, win the battle, pass a milestone

Question 18

collocations with PENDING

Answer 18

pending the results/outcomes, pending a successful result

Question 19

hard to place

Answer 19

difficult to pin down

Question 20

supple, translate, bilingual, do smth important,

Answer 20

lissome and lithe, provide simultaneous translation, make a difference, have a gift for languages

Question 21

Describe London for tourists

Answer 21

Street buskers , provide no-cost entertainment in a car-free setting, have got the chance of being plucked from the street to help out with a trick, underestimate the value of, source of fun/amusement, grab a seat

Question 22

collocations with chance

Answer 22

pass up a chance, miss a chance , jump at the chance, stand a chance

Question 23

How to learn collocations?

Answer 23

make an effort, get hold of, do your best, make/avoid mistakes, commit to memory, make a point of, make/take a note of

Question 24

different ways of saying investigate

Answer 24

look into, probe, be subject to investigation, conduct and investigation, dig out info about

Question 25

collocations with assignment, extension, tutor

Answer 25

submit/hand in assignment, ask for/request an extension, consult/have a word with your tutor

Question 26

I don’t know

Answer 26

I haven’t a clue, I haven’t the foggiest idea

Question 27

another way of saying a new computer

Answer 27

fully/bang up to day software

Question 28

3 formal sentences

Answer 28

Affix a passport-size photograph to your application(affix to -stick on)
Currency exchange offices are located in the arrivals lounge
We have been conducting the study on family-size units for a few months now

Question 29

to attempt, charts, return

Answer 29

in a bid, climb/hit the charts, forfeit the right to compensation

Question 30

list all collocations IN A HOSPITAL

Answer 30

run a temperature, come out in a rash, have trouble getting off to sleep, feel down, write smn out a prescription, clear up the rash
elevated temperature, present yourself at, complain of an inability to concentrate, exhibit symptoms

Question 31

d

Question 32

d