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Collocations Exercises

Collocations are word combinations that sound natural to native speakers. For example, pay attention is a collocation, but put attention isn’t. Using correct collocations will make your English sound more natural. Test your knowledge of collocations by trying the exercises below. Also try these advanced collocations exercises.

 

Adjective-Noun and Adjective-Adverb Collocations

Choose the adjective or adverb that collocates with the words in green. Both the questions and answer choices will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Verb-Noun Collocations

Fill in the blanks with a verb that forms a collocation with the noun in green. You will need to conjugate the verbs, and in some cases, you may need to use a phrasal verb (“fill out,” “take off,” etc.). The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Preposition Collocations

Fill in the blanks with a preposition that forms a collocation with the word(s) in green. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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In and On Collocations

Fill in the blanks with either “in” or “on” to form a collocation with the word(s) in green. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Make and Do Collocations

Choose the correct form of “make” or “do” to form a collocation with the word(s) in green. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Mixed Collocations 1

Choose the option that forms a natural-sounding collocation with the word(s) in bold. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Mixed Collocations 2

Choose the option that forms a natural-sounding collocation with the word(s) in bold. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Phrasal Verb Collocations

Collocations are word combinations that sound natural to a native speaker. In the exercise below, find a phrasal verb that collocates with the nouns in green. For each number, the correct answer will be a phrasal verb that collocates with all the sentences in the series. Write your answer in the infinitive or base infinitive form of the verb (e.g. “fill out” or “to fill out”). Do not conjugate your answers. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Business Collocations 1

Fill in the blanks with a word that forms collocations with all the words in the row. The words on each line collocate after the correct answer. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Business Collocations 2

Fill in the blanks with a word that forms collocations with all the words in the row. The words on each line collocate before the correct answer. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Business Collocations 3

The word in bold collocates with all the terms except for one. Write the term that the word in bold does not collocate with. The questions will be displayed in a random order every time the quiz is taken.

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Also try these advanced collocations exercises.