Language Lesson 3
Collocations
Collocations are words or arrangements of words which appear regularly
whenever another word is used in a way which sounds natural to
native speakers.
Look at the following and decide on a correct way of saying these sentences. Key words are between inverted commas " ".
Can you put them right?
1-The doctors "made" the operation in order to save the child's life.
2-The police "are doing" an inquiry into the murder.
3-People in Bosnia "are looking at" starvation as a consequence of the Kosovo war.
4-If the jury cannot "do" a decision the crook will plead not guilty.
5-Sergio wouldn't have "obtained" malaria if he had been vaccinated before he went to Africa.
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