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

Key word: Agreement

1          Verb + agreement

Use the correct form of these verbs:

break                        cancel

get                              honour

reach                        sign

1. Make sure you look closely at the details before you enter into any agreement. Never __________ an agreement without reading the small print first.
2. We reserve the right to__________ this agreement if you fail to make the regular monthly payments.
3. You’ll have to __________ your parents’ agreement if you want to go on the school trip.
4. When we make an agreement with someone, we always__________ it. Our reputation depends on the fact that we adhere strictly to any agreement we make.
5. After hours of talking the two sides failed to __________ agreement. They will meet again tomorrow in a final attempt to come to some sort of agreement.
6. By going on strike they __________ the agreement they made earlier with their employer. They could be fired for breaching the terms of the agreement.

2          Common adjective collocations

Use the following adjectives in these sentences:

amicable                 binding

tacit                          general

unanimous           verbal

1. It’s best to get things in writing. __________ agreements often don’t stand up in court.
2. Nothing was said at the meeting. There seemed to be __________ agreement that the subject of the manager’s expenses wouldn’t be discussed.
3. My wife and I came to an __________ agreement when we split up. She got the house and I got the money. It worked out really well.
4. There is __________ agreement in the medical profession that pregnant women shouldn’t smoke.
5. It was not a __________ agreement in their view, so they feel they can break it without penalty.
6. There is __________ agreement that a new airport is needed. Nobody disputes that, but there is fundamental disagreement over where to build it.

Go back and underline the collocations.

 3         Verb + disagreement

Use the correct form of the following verbs:

cause          express            have                resolve

1. Protesters marched through London to __________ their disagreement with government policy.
2. My wife and I don’t __________ many disagreements, but when they do arise, they tend to be over the best way to spend money.
3. Management and unions have been trying to __________ their disagreement over proposals to reduce the workforce, but after three days of talks there is still no sign of an agreement.
4. I think the new timetables are certain to __________ disagreement amongst staff.

ANSWER KEY

Ex 1:

1. sign       2. cancel        3. get       4. honour         5. reach   6.      broke

Ex 2:

       1.Verbal          2. tacit             3. amicable      4.general          5. binding        6. unanimous

Ex 3:

1. express         2. have        3. resolve         4. cause

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