Upper Intermediate Level >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> In this collocation worksheet, student choose adjectives and verbs to go with nouns to form natural sounding sentences.

Collocations - Nouns

Upper Intermediate

Choose the best verb or adjective from the table below to go with the nouns and complete the sentences.

caught
overnight
sheer
imposed
fill
deprived
living

labour-saving
call
stamp out
grants
break
checkered
social

1. If the local council _________ permission, building work can begin immediately.

2. The child came from a very _________ background and many of his problems at school could be understood.

3. Police said they were surprised that the bank robbers allowed themselves to be _________ on camera during the robbery.

4. Modern houses today are filled with _________ devices such as the washing machine and food mixers.

5. With recent opinion polls showing the government doing well, many expect them to _________ a quick election.

6. After the release of her first record, she achieved _________ fame and her life was never the same again.

7. His life has been a mix of personal misery and huge business success. All in all, he can be said to have a very _________ history.

8. Trying to keep up with the constant changes and irregularities in a _________ language can be difficult for both students and native speakers.

9. There is no way you can quit your job just because you don't like getting up early!! That is _________ nonsense!

10. If we want to _________ this post by the start of the month, we have to start advertising immediately.

11. Despite many attempts to _________ racism in the workplace, it still exists unfortunately.

12. The international community _________ sanctions on South Africa in the 1980s in an attempt to bring about political change.

13. The industrial revolution began in Britain and caused great _________ upheaval, especially in the form of urbanization.

14. One of my favourite sounds of summer is the sound as waves _________ on the beach.