1. I don’t have ambitions to………….a lot of money, I just want to be happy in life.
2. Jack has already…………….a very good reputation as a talented lawyer.
3. Kim has…………. several prizes for her singing.
4. It is important to have goals even if you do not always………….them.
5. Chris………….a lot of money when he sold some old shares on the stock exchange.
6. In the tournament Hannah………………all her opponents and………….the gold medal.
7. Nowadays John………………a very good salary.
8. In the cycle race, Henry………………an advantage when several of his opponents had punctures.
5. Correct collocation errors in this paragraph.
Last year I got a new job and started gaining a lot more money. I realized I could afford to use more money on my holiday than I usually do and decided to pass a month in Australia. I knew it would be hot there and so I wouldn’t need to carry warm clothes with me. In fact, I used a t-shirt and jeans all the time I was there. I carried a hat all the time too, of course, to protect me from the sun. It was fantastic there. I passed a week sightseeing in Sydney and then stayed the rest of the time traveling round the country. I even did my lifelong ambition of stroking a koala.
6. Look up BIG and LARGE in a good learner’s dictionary of English and see what collocations it suggests for them.