Collocations Grammar DESCRIBING PEOPLE MONEY & ECONOMY EXTINCTION
100
Choose the correct word: make / do ends meet
make ends meet
100
Choose the correct form: The researchers are committed to find / to finding a solution.
to finding
100
What adjective describes someone who is grateful for what other people do for them?
appreciative
100
economy
Complete the collocation: sharing _____
100
What is
brink of extinction
200
Complete the collocation: Scientists often struggle to _____ funding for their research projects..
raise funding
200
Complete the sentence: By 2040, scientists _____ (develop) much more advanced technology.
will have developed
200
Complete the sentence: Even when she has a lot of work herself, she always puts other people's needs first. She's incredibly _____.
selfless
200
What collocation means buying or using a product or service whenever you need it, rather than owning it permanently?
on-demand consumption
200
Complete the sentence: Unless we _____ immediate action, many species may disappear forever.
take immediate action
300
Replace these collocations with collocations from the unit: The results were extremely inaccurate, so the researchers were strongly opposed to publishing them.
wildly inaccurate; vehemently opposed
300
Choose the correct form and explain the difference: I remember meeting / to meet her at the conference.
meeting — remember + -ing = remember a past experience
300
Which adjective does NOT fit? A person who is good at finding clever solutions to difficult problems can be described as resourceful / enterprising / aloof.
aloof
300
Complete TWO collocations: Companies want to _____ customer loyalty while making the best use of _____ resources.
drive customer loyalty; finite resources
300
Complete TWO collocations: Scientists carried out a _____ assessment and found that biodiversity was declining at an _____ rate.
global assessment; unprecedented rate
400
Complete TWO collocations: The project is _____ by private companies, and the scientists hope their work will _____ scientific progress.
hope their work will _____ scientific progress.
backed by private companies; serve scientific progress
400
Correct TWO mistakes: The company has been made huge progress recently, and its researchers are working on the project since January.
has made huge progress; have been working on the project since January
400
Name TWO adjectives: Maya always does her work carefully and thoroughly. She also seems to know what her colleagues need before they even ask.
conscientious + intuitive
400
Replace the words in bold with collocations from the unit: The company is mainly motivated by making money, but it also has a goal of producing no waste.
profit-driven; zero-waste goal
400
Replace the words in bold with collocations from the unit: The crisis could have serious consequences, and some species could vanish permanently.
grave impacts; disappear forever
500
Find and correct THREE collocation mistakes: The discovery did a knock-on effect on future research, scientists pushed their ambitions, and the project eventually served a breakthrough in the field.
had a knock-on effect
fuelled their ambitions
made a breakthrough
500
Complete with the correct forms: By the time the project ended, the team _____ (work) on it for six years. They regretted _____ (not / secure) more funding earlier, but they were proud _____ (make) a major breakthrough.
had been working; not securing / not having secured; to have made
500
A manager sees an employee struggling but keeps her distance and shows no sympathy. Give TWO adjectives from the unit: one describing what she is, and one describing what she is NOT.
aloof; not compassionate
500
Find and correct THREE collocation mistakes: The circular economy can make collaborative opportunities, help businesses align loyalty, and encourage them to use limited resources more sustaina
create/provide collaborative opportunities; align incentives; finite resources
500
Complete THREE collocations: Our planet is home to an _____ variety of species. Evidence from different studies has been _____ together, showing that many species are being pushed to the _____ of extinction.
infinite variety; pooled together; brink of extinction






Unit 4 C1-C2 SpeakOut

Press F11 for full screen mode



Limited time offer: Membership 25% off


Clone | Edit | Download / Play Offline