Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score-Key Word:Right

Key Word:Right

Verb+Right

1. Use the correct form of these verbs:

1. Just because you’re older than me it doesn’t______you the right to tell me what to do!
2. Don’t let them push you around. You’ve got to______your rights.
3. You can’t arrest me without charging me. I______my rights.
4. Reports suggest that human rights are being systematically______in their prisons.
5. Martin Luther King______civil rights for black people in the US in the I960’s.
6. Everyone______the right to freedom of speech.

Now match the two halves of these sentences:

Common Expressions

2. Match these halves:

Common Adjective Collocations

3. Use the following adjectives in these sentences:

1. In a democratic society free speech is a______right.
2. Why should people who are found guilty have the______right of appeal? I just don’t understand!
3. How can the government claim to support______rights when there are so few women in important positions in the party?
4. I would check with a lawyer first, if you’re unsure of your______rights.
5. After the way you’ve been treated, you have______right to complain.
6. Food, shelter, education, clothing, health care are all basic______rights.

Noun+Preposition+Rights

4. Use the prepositions in the sentences below:

1. The new government affirmed its commitment______equal rights.
2. Should we intervene in the internal affairs of countries where there are serious abuses______human rights?
3. For many years Germaine Greer has been an indefatigable campaigner______women’s rights.
4. There is a lot of competition between airlines______the right to fly between London and New York.
5. The President vigorously defended his country’s record______human rights.
6. I think if you refuse to pay the bill, you are acting well______your rights. After all, the TV doesn’t work!

Answer Key

Ex 1:

1. give
2. stand up for
3. know
4. abused
5. campaigned for
6. has
7. e
8. d
9. b
10. c
11. a

Ex 2:

1. d
2. e
3. b
4. c
5. a

Ex 3: 

1. basic
2. automatic
3. equal
4. legal
5. every
6. human

Ex 4:

1. to
2. of
3. for
4. for
5. on
6. within

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