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Level 4: Upper Intermediate >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> In this collocation worksheet, student choose adjectives and verbs to go with nouns to form natural sounding sentences.

Collocations - Nouns

Choose the best verb or adjective from the table below to go with the nouns and complete the sentences.

1. Many people have recently been _________ the abolition of circuses as they are seen as cruel to animals.

2. The management and the workers _________ a bargain which led to the strike ending peacefully.

3. Both armies suffered _________ casualties in the battle and the results was indecisive.

4. There is _________ danger that the _________ situation may degenerate into war.

5. The _________ economy in Singapore is the result of low interest rates and taxation.

6 Poor planning at the initial stages of the project _________ failure.

7. I'm not sure what colour his jacket was as I only _________ a glimpse of him.

8. He has no idea what he wants to do for a job but seems satisfied living in _________ ignorance.

9. He would lie to his own mother. He is a _________ liar.

10. The secret to a _________ marriage is honesty on both sides.

11. The TV stations _________ the news of the president's death at around 9pm.

12. After the riots, military police were brought into the area to _________ order.

13. The photographer was miles from the yacht and the light was poor and that is why it is such a _________ photo.