Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score - Key Word: A Copy of

When you think of some of the most effective ways in order to improve your IELTS band score, it must be mainly in the Speaking and Writing modules. It must be by mastering collocations; which are just the combinations of words that naturally go together in the English language. 

But a proper set of vocabulary for the IELTS exam does not just mean knowing a long list of words. The collocation “a copy of” is a common English collocation which is used to refer to one example, or reproduction of something mainly when that thing exists in many identical or similar forms.

Practice Exercise: Keyword - A Copy of

A collocation is nothing but a pair or group of words which are often used together, just like “a copy of.” Combinations like this will surely sound natural to the native speakers, and when you are using them correctly in your IELTS Speaking and Writing exam, it will show that you have a firm command of the English language. 

In this blog, we will learn about this collocation of “a copy of” with the help of our expert crafted practice exercises that you can use in both academic and everyday English.

1          Copy of + noun

Complete the sentences with these nouns:

unauthorised              free                  well-thumbed              poor

1. ______________ copies of the leaflet on scholarships are available from the Department of Education.
2. I still have my ______________ copy of Shakespeare’s Sonnets somewhere in the house. I’ll go and get it for you.
3. Making an ______________ copy of this article is against copyright law.
4. It’s such a ______________ copy of the original painting. Surely nobody would be taken in by such an obvious fake.

advance           back                true

5. Any photocopies you send must be certified as ______________ copies of the original documents.
6. I have over 200 ______________ copies of the magazine. I don’t think I missed an issue.
7.  ______________ copies of a book are usually sent to reviewers before it appears in the shops.

2          Verb + copy of

Use the correct form of these verbs:

enclose            get hold of                   keep

print                make                           sign

1. I think we’d better ___________ twenty copies of the agenda and bring them to the meeting.
2. We ___________ file copies of all official letters that we send out just in case we need to refer to them at a later date.
3. Please remember to ___________ a copy of your birth certificate with your application form.
4. Bruce Witlon will be___________ copies of his latest book straight after this talk.
5. I finally managed to ___________ a copy of that book you were looking for. I picked one up in a second-hand bookshop.
6. The publishers only ___________ 500 copies of the book. They don’t think it will be a big seller.

Answer Key: Keyword - A Copy of

Ex 1: 1. Free  2. well-thumbed  3. unauthorised  4. poor  5. true  6. back  7. Advance

Ex 2: l. make  2. keep  3. enclose  4. signing  5. get hold of  6. printed

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