COLLOCATION EXERCISE

COLLOCATION 2
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer

1. Three of the following words go with ‘house’, but one goes with ‘home’.
Which one?
a. houseplant
b. houseless
c. housewarming
d. house proud

2. Which of the following words with ‘junk’ is not possible?
a. junk mail
b. junk shop
c. junk drink
d. junk food

3. Which of the following words should be ‘house’ and NOT ‘home’?
a. homework
b. homesick
c. homewife
d. hometown.

4. Which word does not go with ‘form’?
a. application
b. order
c. duplicate
d. supply

5. We name colours such as ‘scarlet red’ or ‘jet-black’. Which one of the
following is NOT a name for green?
a. bottle green
b. grass green
c. lime green
d. olive green

6. Which of the following is not possible?
a. Make your bed in the morning.
b. Make a photo of the teacher and me!
c. He didn’t make any friends for a long time.
d. Oh no! I’ve made a mistake!

Source
BBC | British Council
www.teachingenglish.org.uk