Answer — Exercise 2
13 - Going through changes·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Complete the collocations below with nouns from Exercise 1.
Answer
- bribes (ask who else might sometimes take bribes. Ask what you call the social problem when lots of people take bribes – corruption. Explain that people who take bribes are corrupt.)
- job (ask what you can do if you’re offered a job – accept it or turn it down / reject it)
- labour (ask how long women are usually in labour – could be two hours, could be 18!)
- mortgage (ask what you have to do after taking out a mortgage – pay it back in instalments. Ask what else you have to pay apart from the actual amount borrowed – interest.)
- cancer (ask what kind of treatment you get to fight cancer – have a course of chemotherapy)
- counsellor (ask what counsellors do – help people with problems, e.g. a marriage guidance counsellor helps married couples who are having problems in their relationship)
- day(explain it means‘ decide to end or finish’–can be used to talk about ending a relationship, but also to end a meeting. Shall we / Let’s call it a day.)
- date (ask where you might go on a date – cinema, restaurant, etc. Ask how many dates before you become boyfriend and girlfriend – depends on culture / nationality.)
- cup (explain you get knocked out in the third round / fourth round / fifth round / quarter finals / semi-finals, but you lose the final)
- reception (ask what usually happens at wedding receptions – depends on country / culture)