Upper Intermediate Level >> 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.

booming
calling for
resulted in
lasting
grave
grainy
restore

blissful
struck
born
delicate
caught
broke
heavy

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 result 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 color 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.