Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2B - On the tip of my tongue for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Look at headings 1-4 in Word Challenge. With a partner, say what they mean.
  2. In pairs, do the exercises in Word Challenge. All the answers have come up in lessons 1A, 1B, and 2A. How many did you get right?

Answer

a)

  1. a collocation = a common combination of words
  2. a phrasal verb = a verb combined with an adverb and / or a preposition to give a new meaning
  3. a synonym = a word or expression that has the same meaning; register = the level or style of language that is appropriate for the situation in which it is being used
  4. an idiom = a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words

b)

  1. G (ill-fated is more formal)
  2. D (siblings is more formal)
  3. l (conversation is more formal)
  4. A (task is more formal)
  5. B (benefit is more formal)
  6. J (opposed to is more formal)
  7. C (resign is more formal)
  8. E (man is more formal)
  9. F (resemble is more formal)
  10. H (require is more formal)