Collocation for GCSE

If you don’t want your business to _______ bankrupt, avoid consulting those willing to step out on a limb.

• come

• take

• go

• pay

We repair the banks of our……… of land

• plot

• piece

• pie

• hole

We are contented ……… what we do.

• on

• of

• with

• over

The alarm goes ……….. at 4:30 a.m

• on

• off

• with

• over

The plane seemed to dip and many people screamed in………..

• happiness

• panic

• afraid

• exciting

When we had given up all hope, we felt the plane slowly gained ………...

• high

• height

• tall

• length

I think I ………… a cold.

• gain

• obtain

• have got

• eat

Marie Curie received …………. education in local school and some scientific training from her father.

• general

• generally

• generation

• A. genetic

In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked ……………….. hard.

• extremely

• absolutely

• completely

• perfectly

After the tragic………… of Pierre Curie in 1906, she took up the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne.

• death

• happiness

• living

• life