COLLOCATION
1. Collocation
Collocation là một nhóm từ được kết nối với nhau theo đúng thứ tự và luôn xuất hiện
cùng nhau khi nói về một thông tin nào đó. Đây là sự kết hợp hình thành theo thói
quen của người bản xứ, theo tập quán, quy ước.
2. Các dạng Collocation
Gồm 6 loại Collocation chủ yếu:
adjective + noun
noun + noun (còn gọi là collective nouns hay compound noun)
verb + noun
noun + verb
adverb + adjective
verbs + adverb/prepositional phrase (còn gọi là phrasal verbs)
3. Bài tập Collocation
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that best fits the gap in
each of the following sentences
Exercise 1
1. You can’t tell what someone is like just from their __________.
A. character
B. looking
C. appearance
D. Personality
2. Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?” - Girl: “___________”
A. I’m afraid not
B. Worms, definitely!
C. I don’t like anything
D. I haven’t seen any of them
3. We took _____of the fine weather and spent the day on the beach
A. chance
B. advantage
C. occasion
D. effect
4. If you are not too tired we could have a ______ of tennis after lunch
A. match
B. play
C. game
D. party
5. Whenever we meet, we stop _____
A. to talk
B. talking
C. to talking
D. talk
6. Could you please buy ____of cauliflower for me when you go shopping?
A. a kilo
B. a pinch
C. a bunch
D. a head
7. Mr. Henry was given a medal in _______of his service to his country
A. gratitude
B. knowledge
C. recognition
D. response
8. Women’s status _______ in different countries and it depends on the cultural
beliefs
A. Varies
B. Employs
C. Fixes
D. Establishes
9. She _____ to take her neighbor to court if he didn’t stop making so much noise
A. asked
B. promised
C. threatened
D. suggested
10. You can stay here _____ you don’t make a bad noise
A. until
B. unless
C. as long as
D. otherwise
Exercise 2
1. She ______ no notice of his behavior towards her
A. paid
B. took
C. made
D. gave
2. They’re staying in rented accommodation for the time ______
A. going
B. making
C. doing
D. being
3. TV _____ can enjoy various interesting programs by selecting the right channels
A. lookers
B. watchers
C. viewers
D. seers
4. Tony’s boss doesn’t want him to _____ a habit of the office phone for personal
calls
A. make
B. do
C. create
D. increase
5. It is _____ knowledge in the village that Mr. and Mrs. Thorne quarrel violently
several times a week
A. common
B. complete
C. normal
D. usual
6. His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _____ house
A. a seven-room
B. a seven-rooms
C. seven room
D. seven rooms
7. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have ____ any
solutions
A. through over
B. come up with
C. looked into
D. got round to
8. When you are an old age pensioner, you have to learn to _____ a very small
income
A. live on
B. live up to
C. live out
D. live down
9. My sister is an expert on wildlife and its ________.
A. reservation
B. protection
C. conservation
D. prevention
10. We prefer to live ____ to nature
A. through
B. close
C. near
D. with
Exercise 3
1. I like visiting museums and art _____
A. shops
B. stores
C. galleries
D. markets
2. She enjoys swimming and ____ at the beach
A. sunbathing
B. speaking
C. eating
D. drinking
3. We may need a(n) _____ meeting, Those without invitation are not allowed to
enter
A. own
B. private
C. strict
D. safe
4. You can _____ the quality of the sound by using the other controls
A. adapt
B. adjust
C. adore
D. alarm
5. Zoos can make money for their conservation programmes through _____ entrance
fees
A. paying
B. raising
C. charging
D. earning
6. The astronauts have to _____ themselves so they don’t float around when sleeping
in a spaceship
A. pull
B. push
C. keep
D. attach
7. He is always happy and smiling. He is very _______
A. cheerful
B. hard-headed
C. funny
D. intelligent
8. He gets very annoyed if he has to wait for anything. He is very ______
A. sociable
B. industrious
C. hard
D. impatient
9. We didn’t fly directly to the US. We had a one-night _____ in Incheon
A. stop-go
B. stop gap
C. stopover
D. stop
10. This _____ holiday is being offered at a good price
A. stimulated
B. stimulating
C. stimulus
D. stimulant
Exercise 4: Fill in the gaps with MAKE or DO
1. My uncle Martin ___________ a lot of money with his company last year.
2. You didn’t ___________ your homework yesterday. Why?
3. ___________ me a favour! Can you pick up my suit from the dry cleaner’s
tomorrow?
4. Befire going to the airport, ___________ sure you have your ID with you.
5. I think Jane ___________ a mistake in her presentation yesterday.
6. It won’t ___________ you any harm to eat more fruit and vegetables!
