Vocabulary Practice Collocations

APTIS VOCABULARY PRACTICE Collocations COLLOCATIONS ONE 1. incentive imminent

unacceptable

heavy

traffic

rear view

tense

vital

heavy

unacceptable behaviour vital

information

tense

muscles

rear view

mirror

incentive

scheme

imminent

danger

2. lie of land proposal

an invitation

turn down an invitation a bald patch of land bitter taste blatant lie feeble execuse clear proposal put forward plan of action

taste

excuse

plan of action

a

3. on behalf artificial

scratch

obscured

deeply

boost

reveal

boost immune system reveal confidential information obscured by clouds artificial light on behalf of others deeply shocked scratch the surface 4. order values coincidence

helping

the report

the wound

unacceptable

amazing coincidence totally unacceptable restore order inherent values second helping dress the wound hand in the report 5. face join

grow

grow a beard face the music pungent smell

avid

adjust

on second

pungent

join forces avid reader on second thoughts adjust the bass and treble

6. disease mind

a different angle years

course

the ice

teeth

speech

all hours

freedom of speech break the ice terminal disease false teeth state of mind open all hours from a different angle teenage years obstacle course

7. linen windscreen marble derelict

marble floor pale blue freight train taboo topic

breaking locker

glossy

pale

freight

taboo

organic

organic farming linen suit windscreen wiper locker room derelict building glossy magazines breaking news 8. hang out tackle

win

barbed

room

defeat

achieve

transparent

steep

steep hill barbed wire transparent procedure room for manoeuvre win a prize achieve success defeat an opponent tackle the problem hang out at shopping malls

COLLOCATIONS TWO – FIND ONE WORD WHICH CAN BE USED AS A STRONG COLLOCATION WITH EACH WORD. 1. break a promise the record someone's heart ice the rules

2. make a mess an effort money progress a profit 3. catch the bus a cold fire someone's eye 4. get the sack a life angry divorced lost upset started

5. speak with a strong accent your mind 6. face the problem the music down

7. turn up out of the blue

down an invitation right

8. frame of mind of reference of the bed

9. collect the laundry information a friend form the airport data

10. take risks notes

11. information access gather irrelevant accurate

12. meet the demand

the needs the standard an old friend

13. reveal the source of information a secret confidential data the truth

14. tell the way lies right from wrong the time tales

15. against all odds the wind the wall my will

16. mind change read

make up open

17. pay a complement attention bills dividend

18. do my very best an enormous favour more harm than good business

19. odd _______ one out an _______ sock he is ______

20. make a breakthrough a discovery a fortune up for lost time

21. get on well with people the message across away from it all