Improve your Vocabulary for IELTS-Collocation of Facts

Key word:Facts

Verb+Facts

1. Use the correct form of these verbs:

1. My brother has a good memory and finds it easy to______facts. I’m the opposite. I forget things easily.
2. You’ll find everything you need to know about us in this booklet. It______you all the basic facts and figures about the company.
3. Professional journalists should always take the trouble to______their facts before writing a story. Mistakes can be costly.
4. Don’t give us your opinion or tell us who you think is responsible. Just______the facts. That’s all we need to know at the moment.
5. Newspapers are often accused of______the facts. No wonder many people don’t believe what they read these days.
6. Many of Shakespeare’s plays such as Macbeth and Julius Caesar are______historical facts.

Common Adjective Collocations

2. Complete the sentences with these adjectives:

1. Don’t fill your head with______facts. Make sure you learn things that can help you get on in life and get a decent job.
2. The book is full of______facts about the British Royal Family. For example, did you know they had to change their name?
3. Our sales manager, Mr Thompson, will be able to help you. He has all the______facts and figures at his fingertips.
4. It’s a______fact that boys develop later than girls.
5. The police will have to support their case with______facts if they are to prove that Manson was the killer.
6. The newspaper claims to have unearthed some______facts about the way the government is wasting taxpayers’ money.

Expressions with Prepositions

3. Use a suitable preposition to complete the sentences:

1. The fact______the matter is we can’t afford a new car at the moment.
2. I thought the course would be difficult, but______actual fact, it was quite easy.
3. I know______a fact that she hasn’t paid the bill.
4. No, I’m not leaving. As a matter______fact, I’ll be here for another three weeks.
5. Lucy was delighted she’d got the job in Singapore – apart______the fact she’d have to leave her dog behind in the UK.
6. It took me two years to get a decent job,______the fact I got a first-class degree!

Common Expressions

4. Complete the sentences with these expressions:

1. Before you start blaming us, you should______.
2. Come on, Sue!______! You’re not as young as you used to be.
3. My parents made sure I knew______before I was ten.
4. The government is totally corrupt! Is this______or just another one of your crazy ideas?

Answer Key

Verb+Facts

Ex 1:

1. retain
2. gives
3.  check
4. stick to
5. distorting
6. based on

Common Adjective Collocations

Ex 2:

1. useless
2. interesting
3. necessary
4. well- known
5. hard
6. disturbing

Expressions with Prepositions

Ex 3:

1. of
2. in
3. for
4. of
5. from
6.  despite

Common Expressions

Ex 4:

1. get your facts right
2. face the facts
3. the facts of life
4. a statement of fact

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