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Collocation: types and strengths
Matching exercise
Drag and drop the items on the right to match the items on the left. To decide if a collocation is relatively weak or strong, ask yourself how many substitutions you can reasonable make.
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adverb + adjective (weaker)
verb + prepositional phrase (stronger)
verb + noun (weaker)
adverb + adjective (stronger)
noun + noun (weaker)
verb + adverb (stronger)
verb + prepositional phrase (weaker)
adjective + noun (weaker)
verb + adverb (weaker)
noun + noun (stronger)
adjective + noun (stronger)
verb + noun (stronger)
serious problem
extremely happy
wonderful holiday
build well
estate car
patently obvious
write an essay
fall into debt
compose a symphony
send by post
rain incessantly
door handle
OK