Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Activity

Key word – Activity

Verb + Activity

Use the correct form of these verbs:

1. Our yoga group ____________ a number of activities throughout the year. Our monthly newsletter gives you an update on our current activities.
2. The police suspect that he is ____________ some kind of illegal activity, but they can’t prove it yet.
3. This is a simple activity you can____________ with mixed ability classes.
4. It is important that you ____________ any kind of sporting activity for at least three weeks after your operation.
5. Charities depend on people like us to ____________ their activities. Otherwise, they would not be able to function.
6. A national committee has been set up to ____________ the activities of the police. It is important that they are answerable to the general public.

Common Adjective Collocations

Complete the sentences with these adjective collocations:

1. You’re wasting your time playing computer games. You need to redirect your energies into more ____________ .
2. For me, one of life’s most ____________ is going for a long walk in the countryside.
3. I hate being inside. That’s why I love ____________ like mountaineering and sailing.
4. You can do some light exercises, but avoid any kind of ____________ if you want to recover from your injury quickly.
5. We worked night and day to meet the deadline and after two weeks of ____________ the job was finished on time.

Go back and underline other interesting collocations in this exercises

Types of Activity

Use these adjectives in the sentences:

1. A shorter working week means that people today have much more time for ____________ activities.
2. A friend of mine was arrested and imprisoned for his ____________ activities. He refused to accept the government ban on public demonstrations.
3. Apart from its academic programme the school offers a wide range of ____________ activities, including swimming, drama, cycling and archery .
4. There’s been an increase in ____________ activity in our area in recent years – mostly drug-related.
5. In third world countries agriculture remains the main ____________ activity.

Noun + Of + Activity

Use these nouns in the sentence:

1. The whole of our house was a ____________ of activity on the day of my sister’s wedding. Everybody was rushing around preparing things.
2. The new sports centre offers a wide ____________ of activities including tennis, swimming and squash.
3. There was a sudden ____________ of activity when Madonna arrived, then the photographers sat down and waited for the next star to arrive.
4. Doctors tell us that regular exercise is better than occasional ____________ of strenuous activity.
5. The plants in the garden are finally showing ____________ of activity after the long cold winter.

Notes: 

1. These expressions mean a lot of activity:

• The hall was a scene of constant activity
• The place was buzzing with activity.

Note these verb collocations:

• Lots of activities were laid on for the children.
• What kind of leisure activities do you enjoy?

Answer Key

Exercise 1:

1. organises
2. involved in
3. do
4. avoid
5. support
6. monitor

Exercise 2:

1. worthwhile activities
2. pleasurable activities
3. outdoor activities
4. strenuous activity
5. frenetic activity

Exercise 3:

1. leisure
2. political
3. extra-curricular
4. criminal
5. economic

Exercise 4:

1. hive
2. variety
3. flurry
4. bouts
5. signs

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