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

Key Word: person

 1         Determiners and quantifiers

Complete the sentences with these words:

each                first                  last

one                  only                 single

1. When my car broke down on the motorway, not a ___________ person stopped and offered to help me.
2. My best friend is about the ___________ person that I can trust my secrets to.
3. Allow about 200gms of rice for___________ person.
4. Democratic systems are based on the principle of___________ person, one vote.
5. The___________ person to give the correct answer wins the competition.
6. I wouldn’t go out with Damien if he were the ___________ person on earth!

2          Common adjective collocations

Match the two halves of these situations:

1. Federico’s a very private person.
2. Tom strikes me as a very humble person.
3. Bill’s a very insecure person.
4. Angie seems to be a responsible person.
5. Liz is the wrong person to talk to.
6. Harry’s not a very organised person.
7. Simon’s a lively, talkative person.
8. Jo will be remembered as a caring, thoughtful person.

a          I think we can rely on her to finish the job.

b          You’ll enjoy his company.

c          He always arrives late for meetings.

d          He was always doing things for other people.

e          She can’t keep a secret for more than a minute.

f           He keeps himself to himself.

g          He’s got a lot of hang-ups and low self-esteem.

h          He never talks about his achievements.

Now use these adjectives in the sentences below:

average                       difficult            guilty               poor

reasonable                  right                stupid              easy

9. After a difficult few months, there seems to be general agreement that Melanie is the ___________ person for the job.
10. It is a fact that the ___________ person in the street is much better-off today than they were twenty years ago.
11. The new finance director is not an ___________ person to deal with, is she? No, I’m finding her fairly___________, too.
12. The police are sifting through the evidence in an effort to find the___________ person.
13. What___________ person left the oven on all night! We could all have burnt to death!
14. What a state the room was in at the end of the party. I pity the ___________ person who had to clean the mess up.
15. Any ___________, right-minded person can see that this decision is not fair.

3          Kinds of person

Match up these people with the definitions:

1. a morning person
2. a displaced person
3. a missing person
4. an outdoor person
5. a people person

a          somebody who has disappeared

b          somebody who gets on well with almost anybody

c          someone who is at their best before lunch

d          somebody who likes walking, climbing etc.

e          somebody who has been forced to leave their own country and has not found asylum in another country

ANSWER KEY

Ex 1:    1. single           2. only             3. each             4. one              5. first              6. last

Ex 2:

1 -f      2-h       3-g       4-a       5-e       6-c       7-b       8-d

9 right              10 average       11 easy, difficult         12. guilty

13 stupid         14. poor           15. reasonable

Ex 3:

l-c        2-e       3-a       4-d       5-b

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