1. Choose the correct collocation.
2. The dentist told me to shut/close my mouth.
3. I didn’t know what to do when I got into my car and couldn’t start/begin the engine.
4. I want to buy a sweater for my dad. He needs one in a big/large size.
5. I haven’t finished/ended my essay yet. I can’t decide how to finish/end it.
6. At what time do you plan to shut/close the conference?
7. All societies develop their own stories about how the world started/began.
8. It’s far too big/large a problem for you to solve on your own.
9. It’s never easy to finish/end a relationship.
2. Complete each phrase with a word meaning either “old” or “alone” (old, ancient, antique, elderly, single, lonely, alone, solitary, sole, only, unique).
1. a………………figure on the horizon
2. a shop selling………………furniture
3. to be an…………………..child
4. the………….survivor of the accident
5. to study………………history
6. to live…………..
7. to feel desperately…………………
8. to catch up with………………friends
9. support for………………….parents
10. a home for………………..people
3. Correct these sentences.
1. Were many people damaged in the earthquake?
2. Single parents growing children without a partner’s support are entitled to financial help from the government.
3. My mobile isn’t working. I need to load the battery.
4. She has a lot of beautiful elderly jewellery.
5. When we moved house, two men helped us to charge the van.
6. That’s not news – it’s antique history!
7. I don’t know how to charge a gun, let alone fire one.
8. I’ve never been very successful at raising plants.
4. Use the following verbs in the correct form to complete each collocation.