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The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.2 - A life at a time for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs and brainstorm verbs and adjectives that collocate with the nouns in the box. Then use a collocations dictionary to add ideas.
  2. Complete each website description with an appropriate collocation.

Answer

a)

website:

  • verbs → have, visit, design / create, post on, launch, download sth from, upload sth to, navigate, update, bookmark
  • adjectives → useful, official, secure, college / travel / news / company, etc, price-comparison

design:

  • verbs → do / create / produce, come up with, change / improve
  • adjectives → good, modern, simple, Innovative, elegant / stylish, traditional, classic, basic

research:

  • verbs → do / carry out / conduct (formal), undertake (formal), publish, present, be based on
  • adjectives → scientific / medical, cancer / AIDs, etc., the latest, pioneering / groundbreaking, basic, historical, extensive, painstaking

experience:

  • verbs → have, get, gain (formal), lack, broaden / widen, use
  • adjectives → considerable / extensive, long, useful / valuable, invaluable, relevant, past / previous, practical / hands-on, direct / first-hand, teaching / nursing, etc, work professional

b)

  1. hands-on
  2. painstaking
  3. navigate
  4. come up with
  5. first-hand / personal
  6. basic
  7. based
  8. launched