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Use Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: a loss of
‘a loss of’ Loss of+Noun Complete the sentences with these nouns: earnings players property loved one face privacy sound jobs Nothing can make up for the loss of a ______ . Many people never get over it. This club does not accept responsibility for loss of members’ personal ______ . He is seeking compensation for loss of ______ caused by the accident which left him unable to work for two years. The team has been weakened by the loss of some key ______ through injury. I’m afraid that the loss of some ______ is necessary if the company is to...
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Increase Your IELTS Vocabulary Score – Collocation of Matter
Key Word:Matter Verb+Matter Use the correct form of these verbs: be discuss get look into bring settle Have you______this matter with anyone else? This kind of damage to the environment should______a matter of concern to us all. We took the matter up with the manager and he promised t ______it. I said I’m sorry, so why can’t you let the matter drop?>>>Okay. I promise not to______ the matter up again. Let’s______this matter once and for all. We’ve been trying to resolve it for months now. We’ve no time to deal with that just now, so let’s______on with the matter in...
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Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Concern
Concern Concern – A worry about Something Use the correct form of these verbs: appreciate express cause grow override share Many doctors have __________ deep concern about the safety of this new drug. The build-up of enemy troops on the country’s southern border is __________ great concern. I__________ your concern, but don’t worry – I’m all right. I know what I’m doing. Public concern is __________ over the number of children who leave school without any kind of formal qualification. The headmaster and the staff __________ your concern about what happened on the trip to the zoo. We must make...
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Boost Your IELTS Score with Collocations-Key Word:Report
Key Word:Report Verb+Report Use the correct form of these verbs: blame deny highlight publish recommend give The committee are due to______their long- awaited report on the health service next week. A spokesman refused either to confirm or______the reports that bank rates were about to rise. I’ve got to______a report on our financial situation to the board meeting on Friday. The report______some of the problems in schools today. In particular, it identifies the main causes of violence and lack of discipline. The report calls for a total ban on smoking in night clubs. It also______that all buildings be fitted with smoke...
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Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Chance/Opportunity
Key Word: Chance Verb + chance (Opportunity) Exercise 1. Use the correct form of these verbs: give have improve take miss jump at need wait for I can do much better. Please __________ me one more chance and I’ll show you what I can really do. I can’t believe how rude Pete was. He snatched the newspaper out of my hand before I __________ a chance to read it. Don’t __________ this chance to buy three of your favourite videos for the price of one. You should __________ the chance to travel abroad while you’re still young. I had no...
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Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Apology
Key word: apology 1 Verb + apology Use the correct form of these verbs: give demand expect make offer owe We weren’t looking for any compensation for the delay, but we did at least __________ an apology. Don’t you think you __________ your mother an apology for the way you behaved at Jo’s wedding? I’m really sorry we can’t come to dinner on Saturday. Something really serious has come up. Please__________ our apologies to your wife. My wife was so angry with the way she had been treated that she marched up to the manager and __________ an apology for...
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Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Challenge
Key Word: Challenge 1 Verb + challenge Use the correct form of these verbs: accept face issue meet pose provide Persuading staff to accept new patterns of work is a challenge _________ by many companies that want to develop. Have you heard the news? Lewis has just _________ Tyson’s challenge to fight for the world title. The trouble with my current job is that it doesn’t _________ me with enough of a challenge. We need to modernise this business in order to _________ the challenges of the next decade. In the near future Frankfurt could _________ a real challenge to...
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Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Advantage
Key word: advantage 1 Verb + advantage Use the correct form of these verbs: give have outweigh take stress weigh up I think we should go ahead with the plan. The advantages far ___________ the disadvantages. He had no trouble finding a job because he___________ the advantage over the other candidates of speaking fluent Spanish. I haven’t decided yet whether to emigrate or not. I’m still ___________ the advantages and disadvantages. The Prime Minister was at great pains to ___________ the advantages of the new system. His height and long arms ___________ him a huge advantage over other boxers. While...
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Improve your Vocabulary for IELTS-Collocation of Facts
Key word:Facts Verb+Facts Use the correct form of these verbs: be based on retain give distort check stick to My brother has a good memory and finds it easy to______facts. I’m the opposite. I forget things easily. You’ll find everything you need to know about us in this booklet. It______you all the basic facts and figures about the company. Professional journalists should always take the trouble to______their facts before writing a story. Mistakes can be costly. 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....
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Increase Your IELTS Vocabulary Score – Collocation of Responsibility
Keyword: Responsibility 1. Verb+Responsibility Use the correct form of these verbs: accept assume deny have claim lie As a security officer, I ______ the responsibility for ensuring that nothing is stolen from the office. The club does not______ responsibility for loss of or damage to club members’ personal property. No terrorist organisation has yet ______ responsibility for this latest bomb outrage. The problem is out of my hands now that Derek Winton has ______ responsibility for the business. He took over full responsibility for the running of the firm last week. The rail company are trying to evade responsibility for...
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Increase your IELTS Vocabulary Score – Collocation of Record
In IELTS speaking, collocations are very important and will help your lexical resource as well as your common vocabulary. Collocations are 2 or more words that naturally go together. These words will help you in boosting up your vocabulary in the IELTS examination. Keyword: Record 1. Verb + record (highest / best) Use the correct form of these verbs : break hold reach knock set stand The footballer Rivaldo ____________ a new record for the amount of money paid for a footballer when he joined the Barcelona team. Unemployment has____________ an all-time record of 4 million. Maurice Green____________ the world...
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Increase Your IELTS Vocabulary Score-Collocation of Moment
Key Word:Moment Verb+Moment Use the correct form of these verbs: have pause for spare choose last dread take wait Could you look through my report when you______a moment or two? As I boarded the plane, I began to panic, but thankfully, the feeling only______a moment. Don’t worry. You won’t feel a thing. This won’t______a moment. I’m terribly busy. I can only______a few moments, I’m afraid. Now, what was it about? Could you______a moment, please. I’ll be with you as soon as I can. It was now my turn to make a speech. This was the moment I had been______all day....
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Increase Your IELTS Vocabulary Score – Collocation of Measures
Key word: measures 1 Verb + measures Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets: The government needs to__________ all necessary measures to stop the influx of asylum seekers. (adopt / adapt) Immediate measures need to be__________ to protect the thousands of historic buildings under threat of demolition. (taken / got) New measures are being __________ to try and ease traffic congestion in Birmingham city centre. (started / introduced) The government is__________ measures to restrict the sale of cigarettes to adults over 21. (considering / thinking of) In his speech last night the Prime Minister __________ new measures to...
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Improve your Vocabulary for IELTS – Collocation of Place
Key word: place 1 Verb + place Use the correct form of these verbs: earn change find look for mark take save hold Sorry, we’re late. It took us ages to ____________ a parking place. I’m fed up living with my parents, so I’m ____________ a place of my own. It’s quite common for people to ____________ their place in a book they’re reading by turning down the corner of a page. Come and sit here beside us. We’ve ____________ a place for you. If you want to ____________ a place in this team, you’ll have to prove you’re worth...
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Improve your Vocabulary for IELTS – Collocation of Opinion
Key word: opinion 1 Verb + opinion Use the correct form of these verbs: influence respect form give Could you read this essay and ____________ me your opinion on it before I hand it in to my tutor? I always value our teacher’s opinion. He’s a man whose opinion I ____________ . What do you think of this new government? => It’s too early to say. I haven’t really ____________ an opinion yet. There can be no doubt that television and newspapers do____________ public opinion. express ask revise share The fact that he passed the exam has made me ____________...
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Improve your Vocabulary for IELTS – Collocation of Mind
Keyword: mind 1. Verb + mind Use the correct form of these verbs: have broaden change cross clear make up spring train He’s quite a stubborn person. Once he’s _____________ his mind, he never budges. He sticks to his decision, no matter what happens. I’m not going on that plane, so don’t try to persuade me. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will make me _____________ my mind. I often find it difficult to _____________ my mind after a hard day at work. Thoughts about work just keep running through my head. My wife wants me to take up yoga or...
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Improve your Vocabulary for IELTS-Collocation of Demand
Key Word:Demand Verb+Demand(Firm Request) Use the correct form of these verbs: give in to meet make renew justify receive Starting at 12 noon, the hijackers are threatening to kill one passenger an hour if their demands are not______. We’ve just______a final demand for the gas bill. If we don’t pay it within seven days, the gas company are threatening to cut off the gas. Children need to learn that they can’t have everything they want. You shouldn’t______their demands all the time. The unions presented a long list of reasons to______their demands for a shorter working week. The animal rights people...
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Use Collocation to Ace the IELTS – Key Word: a lack of
a lack of 1 Lack of + noun Complete the sentences with these nouns: experience sleep facilities progress understanding practice I’ve lost some of my skiing skills through lack of _______________ . I haven’t skied for the last two winters. We complained to the local authority about the lack of recycling _______________ in the town. The lack of _______________ finally caught up with me, and I began to doze off in the meeting. His comments showed a complete lack of _______________ of the problem. The President expressed his disappointment at the lack of _______________ in the peace talks. Lack of...
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Use Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word:an amount of
Key Word:an amount of A Large Amount of Use the correct form of these verbs: cost do drink make get through need spend store When the temperature reached 40, we were sweating profusely. We______huge amounts of water to replace lost fluids. Sorry, I can’t make the party tonight. I’ve got an enormous / a massive amount of work to______. A huge amount of information can be______on a computer’s hard disk. Mary______an inordinate amount of time in the bathroom in the morning. The new house______a substantial amount of work done to it before we can think about moving into it. We______an...
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Use Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: danger
Key word: danger 1 Verb + danger Use the correct form of these verbs: expose to flirt with pass face realise reduce Unfortunately, the swimmers didn’t ______________ the danger they were in until it was too late. During the first GulfWar, it was thought soldiers would be ____________ considerable danger through the use of chemical weapons. Make sure you use plenty of sun cream to______________ the danger of skin cancer. My brother is a real dare-devil. He loves to ______________ danger. He’s always taking risks. The minute I saw the snake, I stood perfectly still until the danger had ______________...
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