Collocations

Respuesta correcta: C) accept

• A) refuse'Refuse an offer' is possible but changes the meaning; the neutral verb is 'accept'.
• B) make'Make an offer' is the collocation used from the side of the person who offers.
• C) accept'Accept an offer' is a fixed and natural collocation.
• D) take'Take an offer' is not a standard English collocation.

Respuesta correcta: B) a close friend

• A) a close enemy'Close enemy' is not idiomatic; one says 'a sworn enemy'.
• B) a close friend'Close friend' is a fixed combination in English.
• C) an immediate friend'Immediate' describes time or sequence, not friendship.
• D) a near friend'Near' refers to distance or time, not to closeness of a bond.

Respuesta correcta: D) do

• A) make'Make' collocates with a meal or a decision, not with homework in this sense.
• B) write'Write' takes 'an essay' or 'a report', not 'homework'.
• C) take'Take' collocates with an exam or a medicine, not with homework.
• D) do'Do homework' is the standard verb-noun collocation.

Respuesta correcta: B) make

• A) do'Do' collocates with tasks, homework or business, not with a decision.
• B) make'Make a decision' is the fixed collocation in standard English.
• C) take'Take a decision' appears in some legal registers but is not the common collocation.
• D) give'Give a decision' would suggest handing the decision over to someone else.

Respuesta correcta: D) She is responsible for the project.

• A) She is responsible of the project.'Responsible of' is not standard English; use 'for'.
• B) She is responsible from the project.'From' would suggest origin, not responsibility.
• C) She is responsible to the project.'Responsible to' takes a person, not a task.
• D) She is responsible for the project.'Responsible for' is the fixed prepositional collocation.

Respuesta correcta: A) concerned

• A) concerned'Concerned about' is the natural collocation with punctuality.
• B) concerning'Concerning' is a preposition meaning 'about' and cannot follow 'very'.
• C) concern'Concern' is a noun here and cannot follow 'very' in this pattern.
• D) concernful'Concernful' is not a standard English adjective.

Respuesta correcta: B) the rain was heavy

• A) the rain was strong'Strong rain' is not idiomatic; one says 'heavy rain' or 'torrential rain'.
• B) the rain was heavy'Heavy rain' is the standard English collocation.
• C) the rain was hard'Hard rain' is informal and refers to droplets, not to intensity here.
• D) the rain was big'Big rain' is informal and does not fit a formal register.

Respuesta correcta: C) make

• A) do'Do' does not collocate with 'progress' in standard English.
• B) take'Take' collocates with a bath, a break or a decision.
• C) make'Make progress' is the fixed and standard combination.
• D) get'Get' would require an adjective: 'get progress' is not idiomatic.

Respuesta correcta: A) abundant

• A) abundant'Abundant rain' is a natural collocation meaning plentiful rain.
• B) abundante'Abundante' is not a standard English adjective.
• C) abundantlyAn adverb cannot modify the noun 'rain' in this position.
• D) abundancy'Abundancy' is a noun and does not modify 'rain'.

Respuesta correcta: D) celebrating

• A) celebrateThe base form is wrong after the preposition-like 'to' in 'look forward to'.
• B) celebrationA noun would need no 'to' before it: 'look forward to the celebration'.
• C) celebrated'Celebrated' is a past participle and cannot follow 'to' here.
• D) celebrating'Look forward to' is always followed by a gerund or a noun.

Respuesta correcta: C) She carries out research on climate change.

• A) She makes a research on climate change.'Make a research' is not idiomatic; one says 'do research'.
• B) She does a research about climate change.'A research' is not standard; 'research' is uncountable in this sense.
• C) She carries out research on climate change.'Carry out research' is a standard collocation and 'research' is uncountable here.
• D) She makes researches on climate change.'Researches' as a countable plural is rare and 'make' is not its verb.

Respuesta correcta: D) do

• A) make'Make exercise' is not a natural collocation in English.
• B) give'Give exercise' is not idiomatic in English.
• C) take'Take exercise' exists in British English but 'recommend me to take' is less natural than 'do'.
• D) do'Recommend somebody to do' is a standard recommendation pattern.

Respuesta correcta: A) pay attention

• A) pay attention'Pay attention' is a fixed collocation in English.
• B) do attention'Do attention' does not exist in English.
• C) make attention'Make attention' is not idiomatic.
• D) give attention'Give attention to' takes a problem as its object, not the act of listening.

Respuesta correcta: D) strong coffee

• A) strong water'Strong water' is not a standard collocation.
• B) strong rain'Strong rain' is not idiomatic; one says 'heavy rain'.
• C) strong food'Strong food' is not a standard collocation in everyday English.
• D) strong coffee'Strong coffee' is a natural collocation describing a high caffeine content.

Respuesta correcta: A) passion

• A) passion'Have a passion for' is a fixed collocation meaning a strong love for something.
• B) passion to'Passion to' is not correct; the preposition is 'for'.
• C) passions of'Of' would need a following noun: 'a passion of music' is wrong.
• D) passion at'At' does not introduce the object of this collocation.

Respuesta correcta: C) exciting

• A) excited'Excited' describes the reader's feeling, not the quality of the story.
• B) excitement'Excitement' is a noun and cannot complete 'is so' without an adjective.
• C) excitingThe story causes the excitement, so the adjective describing it is 'exciting'.
• D) excitedly'Excitedly' is an adverb and cannot follow the linking verb 'is'.

Respuesta correcta: B) spend off

• A) turn down'Turn down' is a real phrasal verb meaning to lower the volume or refuse.
• B) spend off'Spend off' is not an English verb-particle combination.
• C) give up'Give up' is a real phrasal verb meaning to stop trying.
• D) look after'Look after' is a real phrasal verb meaning to take care of.

Respuesta correcta: A) cut back on

• A) cut back on'Cut back on' is a natural collocation meaning to reduce the amount.
• B) cut off of'Cut off' means to interrupt a relationship or a supply, not to reduce production.
• C) cut down'Cut down' normally collocates with trees.
• D) cut away'Cut away' describes removing material from a surface.

Respuesta correcta: B) The committee will take a decision, reach an agreement and meet the deadline.

• A) The committee will do a decision, get an agreement and arrive the deadline.None of these three combinations is idiomatic in standard English.
• B) The committee will take a decision, reach an agreement and meet the deadline.All three verb-noun pairs are standard English collocations.
• C) The committee will make a decision, achieve an agreement and touch the deadline.'Make a decision' is correct, but the other two pairs are not natural.
• D) The committee will take a decision, reach an agreement and hit the deadline.'Hit the deadline' exists informally, but 'meet the deadline' is the standard formal collocation.

Respuesta correcta: C) on time

• A) in time'In time' means soon enough to be able to do something, not exactly by the deadline.
• B) at time'At time' requires a specific hour and is not idiomatic on its own.
• C) on time'On time' is the fixed collocation for meeting a deadline.
• D) with time'With time' means 'as time passes' and does not express punctuality.