Answer — Exercise 10
1.2 - A life at a time·Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book
Question
- Work in pairs and brainstorm verbs and adjectives that collocate with the nouns in the box. Then use a collocations dictionary to add ideas.
- Complete each website description with an appropriate collocation.
Réponse
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)
- hands-on
- painstaking
- navigate
- come up with
- first-hand / personal
- basic
- based
- launched