Collocations
(Set 1)
Test your knowledge
Write the correct collocation in the blank space
1. After having two bad interviews, Clara was nervous about__________________.
2. That restaurant is great! We go there____________________.
3. She has to kill all the spiders in the house because her son is
_______________them.
4. If you want to succeed in your exams, you have to be _______________. It
requires constant dedication and hard work.
5. She received a raise due to her ___________________ performance.
6. You have to ________________ if you want to leave work early.
7. When Robert submitted his project 2 weeks late, his teacher said,
“_______________________.”
8. It is ________________________ that you review all collocations before the IELTS exam.
9. I don’t drink coffee ___________________ because the caffeine interferes with my sleep.
10. I like to organize my files in _______________________ because it makes it easier to find
information.
11. She was _____________________ the beauty of the waterfall.
12. We got so lost trying to find the city theater, we had to stop and _____________________.
13. We are not allowed to drive on the wrong side of the road, it is _______________________.
14. My yoga teacher does a lot of meditation and natural healing, she even uses
______________________ when she is sick.
15. When John came home from work, he asked his wife if she had managed to cook dinner. Her
response was, “I only arrived home from work a few minutes ago, so I’m
____________________.”
16. I try to finish all my work at work so that I don’t have to bring any work home to do
__________________.
17. I don’t know what Penny is so ______________________, both her daughters did so well in the
competition.
18. Is Adam _________________________ Jack, they look like they might even be related.