C2 Collocations and Idiomatic Expressions 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which is the correct collocation in English?
- do a mistake
- make a mistake (Correct answer)
- take a mistake
- have a mistake
Correct answer: make a mistake
'Make a mistake' is the standard English collocation; 'do,' 'take,' and 'have' do not collocate with 'mistake.'
Question 2: Which word correctly completes the phrase 'a ___ of evidence'?
- amount
- body (Correct answer)
- collection
- group
Correct answer: body
'A body of evidence' is the standard collocation used in academic and legal English to refer to an accumulated set of evidence.
Question 3: She paid ___ attention to every detail of the report.
- strong
- close (Correct answer)
- deep
- heavy
Correct answer: close
'Close attention' is the correct collocation; while 'deep' and 'strong' modify some nouns, they do not collocate with 'attention' in standard usage.
Question 4: Which of the following is NOT a correct collocation with 'make'?
- make progress
- make an effort
- make a research (Correct answer)
- make a mistake
Correct answer: make a research
'Do research' is correct; 'make' does not collocate with 'research' in standard English.
Question 5: Which word correctly collocates with 'tea' to indicate its strength?
- powerful tea
- strong tea (Correct answer)
- mighty tea
- intense tea
Correct answer: strong tea
'Strong tea' is the established collocation; 'powerful,' 'mighty,' and 'intense' do not collocate with 'tea' in standard English.
Question 6: Which phrase correctly describes reaching a conclusion hastily without enough evidence?
- take a conclusion
- do a conclusion
- jump to a conclusion (Correct answer)
- make a conclusion
Correct answer: jump to a conclusion
'Jump to a conclusion' is the idiomatic collocation meaning to make a judgment too quickly without sufficient evidence.
Question 7: 'Heavy' collocates with all of the following EXCEPT:
- rain
- traffic
- smoker
- breeze (Correct answer)
Correct answer: breeze
'Heavy breeze' is not a standard collocation; 'gentle breeze' or 'strong breeze' are correct, while 'heavy rain,' 'heavy traffic,' and 'heavy smoker' are all established collocations.
C2 Collocations and Idiomatic Expressions 1
Which is the correct collocation in English?