Units 17-18 Collocations in Use Advanced

When she was a small child, Amelia’s teachers identified her as having unusual intelligence and remarkable mental ______

• agility
• heart
• place
• education

they put her on a special programme for ____ children

• agility
• distinguished
• gifted
• graduated

Amelia ___ a scholarship to attend a local grammar school

• set
• sign
• meet
• won

Amelia won a scholarship to ______ a local grammar school

• attend
• sign
• meet
• set

She _______ to several universities and was fortunate enough to secure a place at Cambridge University to read English Literature

• attended
• won
• applied
• graduated

She applied to several universities and was fortunate enough to ______ a place at Cambridge University to read English Literature

• set
• sign
• meet
• secure

She applied to several universities and was fortunate enough to secure a place at Cambridge University to ____ English Literature

• read
• set
• sign
• meet

ability to think quickly and clearly

• mental agility
• gifted children
• mature students
• core subjects

a student who always gets very good marks

• set texts
• straight A student
• mature students
• core subjects

formally requested a place at

• take
• offer
• secure
• apply to