Advanced Vocabulary Exercise: Noun Collocations 3

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


abandon
burned out
waive
open
honour
secret
evade
utter
overcome
alleviate
canvassing
broke out
ducking
blatant

1. I got a letter off a admirer! I have no idea who it is, but I would like to!

2. This decision will be by ballot. Everyone will know how everyone else voted.

3. I think we should caution and get married straight away!

4. The Ebola epidemic in parts of Africa.

5. I had to a lot of hardships before the company finally succeeded.

6. Why did John say he was seeing Julie this evening? That was a lie - I have just seen Julie out with her mother.

7. The lawnmower motor has . I guess the grass was just too long!

8. Two new prisons are being built in the south of the area to overcrowding at the existing ones.

9. I have asked you three times where you were yesterday evening. Are you the question?

10. Because this is a private party and we all know each other, I think we should the rule about having to smoke outside. What does everyone else think?

11. I want absolute silence during this exam. Nobody a single sound!

12. The famous singer moved to an island in Africa to taxes.

13. You said you would invest in the company and I think you should that undertaking.

14. The Prime Minister was in the capital today, for votes in the upcoming election.

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