CEFR B1+ Unit 9 Use your English

Unit 9 - Use your English

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​collocations and expressions; prepositions

Collocations are just words that are commonly used together.

Think of them as "word friends" – they just sound right when you put them next to each other.

For example, we say:

• "heavy rain" (not "strong rain")

• "make a decision" (not "do a decision")

Multiple Choice

Which one is the correct collocation?

• take a photo

• make a photo

Multiple Choice

Which one is the correct collocation?

• pay attention

• give attention

Multiple Choice

Which one is not a collocation?

• get hired

• get success

• get well

• get lost

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase doesn't form a collocation with the "make"?

• an appointment 

• an offer

•  a job 

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase doesn't form a collocation with the "get"?

• redundant 

• paid 

• promoted

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase doesn't form a collocation with the "lose"?

• your job

• your time

• your temper

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase doesn't form a collocation with the "receive"?

• a job offer

• training 

• a meeting

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase doesn't form a collocation with the "work"?

• shifts

• full time

• market

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase doesn't form a collocation with the "earn"?

• money 

• respect 

• work

staff - all the people who work in a place

part-time - for only part of the day or week in which people work

in management - being part of the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization.

Multiple Choice

After the busy holiday season, they decided they wouldn't need to take on ______ again until next year.

• person

• projects
• commitments
• staff

Multiple Choice

With her experience, she would be a valuable asset to any team ____ management.

• about
• on
• for
• in

retail (n) - selling goods to the public, not from business to business

In English, it comes from the time when workers owned their own tools and carried them around in a sack, or bag. When they left a job, they had to take everything with them in the sack.

Multiple Choice

The new store manager has over ten years of _____ experience, mostly in fashion.

• management
• customer service
• marketing
• retail

reject a job offer - to decline or turn down an offer of employment

Multiple Choice

My brother works ____ a factory assembling cars.

• by
• on
• at
• as

Multiple Choice

My friend just got a job working ___ the government.

• on

• with
• by
• for

Multiple Choice

He works ___ a software engineer for a startup company."

• as
• like
• at

• by

Multiple Choice

My cousin works ___ technology, specializing in AI development.

(most common phrase)

• for
• at
• on
• in

Multiple Choice

She works closely ____ clients to understand their needs.

• with
• to
• about
• for

Multiple Choice

She's working ___ a report that needs to be submitted by Friday.

• for
• on
• with
• about

• by: agent or cause

• in: state or condition

• for: purpose or destination

• of: a state of absence or separation from something.

• on: the specific subject or occasion

• with: thing that is being supplied or given