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One of the coloured words in each
group does not make a natural word partnership with the word written in bold font. Which
is the odd one out?
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| 1. Right collocates of pay |
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Correct: an
offer is not a usual collocate of
pay. (= make an offer)
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| 2. Right collocates of give |
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Correct: the
risk is not a usual right collocate of
give. (= take the risk)
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| 3. Right collocates of fall (prepositions + nouns) |
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Correct: to
drink is not a collocate of fall. (=
be driven to drink)
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| 4. Right collocates of fall |
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Correct: accident
is not a collocate of fall. (= have an accident, by
accident)
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| 5. Right collocates of turn (nouns) |
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Correct: justice
is not a usual collocate of turn. (= do justice)
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| 6. Right collocates of get (past participles with
passive meaning) |
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Correct: won
is not usually a collocate of get. (= be won)
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| 7. Right collocates of get (uncountable nouns) |
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Correct: place
as an uncountable noun is not a collocate of get. (= take place)
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| 8. Right collocates of get (adjectives / adverbs) |
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Correct: apart
is not usually a collocate of get. (= come apart, break
apart)
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| 9. Right collocates of come |
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Correct: bad
is not a collocate of come. (= go bad)
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| 10. Right collocates of go (adverbs / adjectives) |
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Correct: good
is not a collocate of go. (= come good, go
well)
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| 11. Right collocates of go |
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Correct: sane
is not normally a collocate of go. (= become sane, go
insane)
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| 12. Right collocates of pass (nouns) |
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Correct: decision
is not a collocate of pass. (= make a decision)
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