Apr 5, 2022
✅Collocations
✅Other expressions
1. Blind disease
2. Profound faith
3. Pass the time
4. Heavily armed
5. Fatal effect
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10. Can you ___ to meet us this week?
A. Make time
B. Do time
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9. I will forget all about it ___ day.
A. When time cones
B. As time goes
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8. They're really busy. They work ___ dusk.
A. From dawn to
B. From day to
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7. The Internet was developed in the ___ century.
A. Last 20th
B. Late 20th
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6. There have been several cases in the ____ weeks.
A. Past few
B. Few past
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5. We ___ time sitting in a traffic jam. We should've taken the train.
A. Damaged
B. Wasted
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4. If we take this road we'll ___ some time.
A. Keep
B. Serve
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3. We couldn't finish since we _____ time.
A. Ran through
B. Run out of
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2. What do you do in your ___ time?
A. Free
B. Loose
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1. He arrived at exactly 11am, ___ on time.
A. Right
B. Straight
📌Two or more words often go together. Combining words which would sound natural, but often times, misused with the wrong "sound"
Do a match:
1. ____someone's blood pressure
2._____some improvement
3._____a complete recovery
4._____an allergy to something
5._____advice to someone
Choices:
-make
-have
-take
-give
-see
Examples:
1. Round of applause
2. Plane took off
3. Whispered softly
Types of collocations
1. Adverb + adjective
2. Adjective + noun
3. Noun + noun
4. Noun + verb
5. Verb + noun
6. Verb + expression with preposition
7. Verb + adverb
Rules
1. Be aware and recognize
2. Single blocks
3. Write down
4. Revise regularly
5. Find information