BERITA 2

Collocation is the act or result of placing or arranging together; specifically: a noticeable

arrangement or conjoining of linguistic elements (as words).

Choose the best word to complete these sentences.

1. He spoke English with a ........ French accent.

a. average b. careless c. pronounced

2. His new novel has met with ........ acclaim.

a. great b. dreadful c. wholehearted

3. We need to make sure that there is enough ........ accommodation to house all
the delegates.
a. careless b luxury c. wonderful

4. He gave us a ........ account of all that you had achieved over there.
a. glowing b. luxury c. big

5. Could you please give me an ........ account?

a. itemised b. outright c. frenetic

6. We need to crack down hard on the ........ abuse of drugs.

a. frenetic b. widespread c. average

7. He was able to predict what was going to happen with ....... accuracy.
a. glowing b. uncanny c. careless

8. They've made some highly ........ accusations about us.

a. uncanny b. damaging c. itemised

9. We need to find a new site with ........ access to the European motorway network
a. wholehearted b. ready c . widespread

10. This will probably be the ........ achievement of her career

a. glowing b. damaging c. crowning

SUGGESTED ANSWERS - COLLOCATION

1. c. pronounced 2. a. great
3. b. luxury 4. a. glowing
5. a. itemised 6. b. widespread
7. b. uncanny 8. b. damaging
9. b. ready 10. c. crowning

SUGGESTED - CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

1. council 2. counsel 3. censure 4. censor 5. personnel

6. personal 7. confident 8. confidant 9. healthy 10. healthful
 CHOOSE YOUR Caught between words? Learn how to make the right choice.
WORDS
A. council/ counsel

1. A ……….is meeting for discussion or 2. To ……………. is a verb meaning to give

advice. advice.

B. censor/ censure

3. A …………………… is harsh criticism. 4. A ………….. hides information.

C. personal/ personnel

5. …………. is a noun describing a group of 6. …………refers to something of a

people who follow orders, usually at a particular person's, something done in person,
company. something related to a person, and so on.

D. confident/ confidant(e)

7. ………………… having or marked by 8. ………… someone to whom private

assurance/how you feel. matters are told.

E. healthful/ healthy

9. …………………. describes someone fit, trim, 10. ………….. describes something that will
and utterly not sick. create good health, like apples, yoga, and
fresh air.

GENERAL COMPOUND WORD MATCH

Line Match: Connect the words on the left to the words on the right to make compound words.

bull mother SUGGESTED ANSWERS

COMPOUND WORDS

sun storm 1. bulldozer

2. sunlight
3. grandmother
grand dozer 4. thunderstorm
5. bobcat

thunder cat

bob light