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COLLOCATION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You are not supposed to park on the hard _____  except in an emergency.

                                                

a)

A. lane     

b)

B. shoulder  

c)

  C. leg        

d)

  D. area

2.

We are on the __________ of a new era in medicine so a number of diseases will be eliminated soon.

                                                            

a)

A. frontier 

b)

B. gateway 

c)

C. threshold  

d)

     D. forefront

3.

Tamara has set her _______ on becoming a ballet-dancer.

                                                                        

a)

A. feet

b)

      B. brain 

c)

  C. head  

d)

D. heart

4.

Before their restoration, parts of the medieval building were in a state of ______.

a)

A. debris                                              

b)

B. dilapidation

c)

C. devastation          

d)

D.destruction

5.

Jenny has been on a diet, but she can't resist her _______ for sweets now and then.

                                                    

a)

A. inclination 

b)

B. craving     

c)

C. attraction 

d)

D. tendency

6.

We could feel the _____ effect of the oil spill on the fauna and flora of the island years after that.

                                          

a)

A. backwash

b)

B. backup       

c)

  C. backlog

d)

D. backdrop

7.

Those who _______________ for a vegetarian diet must usually weigh up a variety of aspect

a)

PREFER

b)

OPT

c)

SELECT

d)

FAVOR

8.

After my success, I decided to .............my close friends to an enormous dinner.

a)

ASK

b)

OFFER

c)

TREAT

d)

ALLOW

9.

Grief is like an illness that must .................. its course

a)

FLY

b)

RUN

c)

GET

d)

GIVE

10.

Blood is the most specialized fluid within ..............animals, playing an absolutely critical role

a)

ALIVE

b)

LIVELY

c)

LIVING

d)

LIVE

11.

Floods have completely.................the farmer’s crops.

a)

A. spoiled

b)

B. damaged

c)

C. harmed

d)

D. injured

12.

I gave the waiter a $50 notes and waited for my................... .

a)

A. change

b)

B. supply

c)

C. cash

d)

D. cost

13.

Susan wasn’t in when I arrived. I suppose she..................... I was coming.

a)

A. must have forgotten

b)

B. must forget

c)

C. may forget

d)

D. can’t have forgotten

14.

The judge ........................ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.

a)

A. sentenced

b)

B. convicted

c)

C. accused

d)

D. prosecuted

15.

Nam has now........................... to the point where his English is almost fluent.

a)

A. arrived

b)

B. approached

c)

C. reached

d)

D. advanced