THIS IS THE KEY:
COLLOCATIONS KEY
CORRECTING COMMON MISTAKES: (the following are possible solutions, but not the only ones)
1. great/big/huge disappointment
2. a planned decisión/ a conscious choice
3. a real disaster
4. make a complaint (not “do”)
5. go on a diet (not “make a diet”)
6. lose (not “miss”)
7. make (not “do”)
8. achieve/obtain (not “have “)
VERB-ADVERB COLLOCATIONS
1. completely
2. flatly
3. hardly
4. strongly
5. readily
6. fully
7. legitimately
8. categorically
9. confidently
10. tentatively
VERB-ADVERB PHRASE COLLOCATIONS
1. refused
2. rejected
3. searched
4. offended
5. murdered
6. occur
7. live
8. ended
ADVERB + ADJECTIVE MATCHING
1. delicately balanced (A)
2. closely associated with (B)
3. enthusiastically received (C)
4. highly qualified (D)
5. carefully chosen (E)
6. ideally situated (F)
7. badly mistaken (G)
8. dangerously overcrowded (H)
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH AN EXPRESSION FROM ABOVE
1= (A) 2= (C) 3= (D) 4= (F) 5= (G) 6= (H) 7= (E) 8= (B)
ADVERB-ADJECTIVE MATCHING
1. bitterly disappointed
2. strictly limited
3. lavishly illustrated
4. eagerly anticipated
5. generously rewarded
6. widely available
7. heavily influenced by
8. extensively damaged
Sentence 1. ….eagerly anticipated……….widely available……….strictly limited…..bitterly disappointed
Sentence 2…lavishly illustrated (“eagerly anticipated” would also be suitable here)…heavily influenced…..generously rewarded……their reputation can be extensively damaged by so-called friends
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