Common Collocations!

Every home owner should _____ necessary precautions against fire.

• make

• put

• buy

• take

Jenny and I have been arguing for hours. I hope we can ____ to an agreement soon.

• make

• have

• come

• see

The manufacturing industry is _______ a serious shortage of labour.

• facing

• meeting

• spending

• pending

Some people go to great ______ to try to make their homes attractive.

Meaning: to try very hard to achieve something

• distance

• heights

• lengths

• extent

While bones can survive the march of ______, biological material like chewed food cannot.

Meaning: the fact that something is impossible to stop

• space

• time

• foot

• people

The industrial revolution ______ things worse, pumping sugar and processed flour into our diets.

• made

• put

• have

• make

Cold-blooded animals depend _______ the temperature of their immediate environment.

• upon

• on

• off

• for

The police were quick to remove the suspects ______ the scene.

• off

• to

• from

• into

He consistently altered the script according ______ their impulses and quirks.

• for

• to

• by

• from

The term koi no yo kan is a poetic Japanese turn of _______ that expresses the feeling of knowing that you will soon fall in love.

Meaning: a unique manner of expression

• phrase

• event

• sentence

• words