Exercícios para treinar o inglês: collocations

Que tal um exercício de vocabulário que irá testar sua habilidade de reconhecer as “collocations” (= combinações de palavras)?

Para tanto é só completar as sentenças abaixo com uma única palavra:

1. We would like to send a message to all drivers: don’t drink and _________.
2. He does the hiring and __________ in our company.
3. She doesn’t seem the kind of woman to forgive and _____________.
4. Why are you smiling from ear to ____________?
5. They’re back home safe and ____________.
6. His hair is always neat and ____________.
7. She’s always cleaning because she likes her house to be spick and _______.
8. Apparently they have been found alive and _________.
9. I would work better if I had some peace and __________.
10. We’ve discussed the pros and ____________ of going to college.
11. Writing is her bread and _____________.
12. She ran into town to pick up some odds and ______ for dinner.

a. span
b. firing
c. drive
d. cons
e. butter
f. ear
g. tidy
h. quiet
i. well
j. ends
k. forget
l. sound

Se alguém tiver alguma dúvida com relação a alguma expressão acima é só nos perguntar nos comentários.

Para conferir as respostas, selecione a área abaixo:
1.c; 2.b; 3.k; 4.f; 5.l; 6.g; 7.a; 8.i; 9.h; 10.d; 11.e; 12.j