¡Descarga ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS FOR ADVANCED PREPARATION COURSE y más Ejercicios en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! B2 Collocations: Activity 1 Complete the phrases and collocations below: DO - GET -GIVE – HAVE - MAKE – TAKE 1. ________________ calm 2. ________________ a seat 3. ________________ a noise 4. ________________ harm 5. ________________ a speech 6. ________________ in mind 7. ________________ quiet 8. ________________ the bed 9. ________________ notes 10.________________ permission 11.________________ business 12.________________ trouble 13.________________ a lecture 14.________________ no doubt 15.________________ a degree 16.________________ money 17.________________ sb. a favour 18.________________ a promise 19.________________ a shower 20.________________ your time B2 Collocations: Activity 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb from the verbs in Group 1 and a corresponding noun from GROUP 2: Group 1: BREAK - BURST – CATCH - GET – GIVE - KEEP - LOSE – MAKE - MEET – RAISE – RUN - TAKE Group 2: BREAK - DIVORCE – EFFORT - EXPECTATIONS – GLIMPSE - LIFT - PROMISE – RECORD - RISK - TAXES – TEARS - TEMPER 1. When our daughter found out that our cat was missing, she ______________ into ______________ and couldn't be stopped. 2. Our boss is often angry and ______________ his ______________ when things go wrong. 3. If she never posts anything on her personal website, she ______________ the ______________ of alienating her fans. 4. Not everything happens on its own. Sometimes you have to ______________ an ______________ to get things done. 5. Why don't you ______________ a ______________? You've been working so hard recently. 6. He has been the race preparing for months. He wants to ______________ his own ______________ and be the best in the world. 7. His car broke down, so I ______________ him a ______________ to the nearest garage. 8. Politicians often think we should ______________ ______________ in order to get more money to spend. 9. The new teacher didn't ______________ the headmaster's ______________ and was fired after only two months on the job. 10.The couple ______________ a ______________ only a few months after their wedding. 11.Dad ______________ his ______________ and took me to Disneyland in the summer holidays. 12.We ______________ a ______________ of the famous football player as we came down the stairs. 15.The four-leaf clover a got from my girlfriend ___________________ me luck at the test. 16.When the robber tried to escape from the bank the police were already waiting and ___________________ him red-handed. 17.If you don’t start learning more, you’ll ___________________ badly in the test next week. 18.Arguing like this will ___________________ us nowhere. We must start from the beginning B2 Collocations: Activity 5 Complete the sentences with a prepositional phrase below: AT RISK – BEHIND SCHEDULE – BETWEEN THE LINES – IN ADVANCE - IN DEMAND – IN THEORY – IN THE LONG RUN - ON ALERT - ON AND OFF – ON DISPLAY – ON SECOND THOUGHTS – OUT OF BREATH – OUT OF SHAPE – UNDER ARREST – UNDER FIRE – WITH THE NAKED EYE 1. Because of the stormy weather many trains in the region are running ___________________. 2. We were told by the travel agent to book ___________________because the hotel is very popular among tourists. 3. I wanted to go to Spain over the extended weekend, but ________________________, I think I'll stay at home. 4. The young woman was ___________________for possessing a substantial amount of drugs. 5. They used to have ___________________relationship, but at the moment they're seeing each other quite often. 6. You can only see a few planets ________________________. To see the others, you need a telescope. 7. His plan seemed very good ___________________, but it didn't work out the way we wanted it to. 8. The President put troops and military advisors in the region ___________________, as a conflict seemed to be imminent. 9. Many tropical plants and animals are ___________________of becoming extinct over the next few decades. 10.If you read __________________________you will clearly see what he means. 11. I can't compete with you at the moment because I'm completely ___________________ and need a few practice sessions. 12.Rembrandt's paintings were ___________________ at the national museum. 13.Electric bikes are currently ___________________ and manufacturers cannot keep up their production. 14.She ran so quickly she was completely _______________________when she arrived. 15.The lieutenant's soldiers were _________________, so he had to withdraw from the front lines. 16.It will take some time but, _______________________, all schools will be equipped with modern technology.
