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

Key Word: date

1          Verb + date

Use the correct form of these verbs:

bring forward             confirm                       delay

fix                                     change                        make

1. We don’t have a date for our next meeting. We need to __________ one before we all leave today.
2. Can we __________ the date of our AGM? We said May 16th. Is that still all right with everyone?
3. The date of the wedding had to be __________ six months when Di discovered she was pregnant.
4. A series of strikes by construction workers has __________ the opening date of the new airport by six weeks.
5. Sorry we had to __________ the date of the meeting. So many of us couldn’t make the 14th that we really had no choice.
6. We both like opera so why don’t we __________ a date to go and see La Traviata one day next week?

2          Common adjective collocations

Complete the sentences below with the following:

completion                     earliest possible

expiry                              later

particular                      sell-by

closing                             firm

1. I’m afraid I’m tied up all next week. The __________ date I can make is the second of July.
2. It’s important that you keep an eye on the __________ date of your credit cards.
3. Retain this receipt, since you may need it at a __________ date if you need to return the goods.
4. The building company will have to pay compensation if the work continues beyond the agreed __________ date.
5. You’d better hurry up! The __________ date for entries to the competition is the 4th of August.
6. Never eat food which has passed its __________ date.
7. We’re still not able to give you a __________ date for the meeting. We’ve still got to contact half the committee.
8. I bought an open ticket because I didn’t want to tie myself down to coming back on a __________ date.

Go back and underline the adjective collocations.

 3         Date + preposition + noun

Complete the sentences with these nouns:

applications                 birth                general election

manufacture               meeting           wedding

1. Make sure you fill in your name, address and date of __________ .
2. In Britain, the party in power has the right to choose the date of the next __________ .
3. We’re thinking of the end of June, but we haven’t set a specific date for the __________ yet.
4. The closing date for __________  is May 31st.
5. The date of our next __________  has been changed, hasn’t it?
6. What’s the exact date of __________ of your car?

ANSWER KEY

Ex 1:

1. fix        2. confirm          3. brought forward      4. delayed       5. change         6. make

Ex 2:

1 earliest possible        2. expiry                      3. later             4. completion

5 closing                      6. sell-by date              7. firm               8. particular

Ex 3:

1  birth                         2.general election        3. wedding

4 applications              5. meeting                   6. manufacture

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