Outcomes Upper Intermediate Vocabulary Builder_Unit 4

Prepositions

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

1. A lot    companies have gone bankrupt.

2. The work will be carried out    a private company.

3. We need to get to the root    the problem.

4. Everything was captured    film.

5. Pollution puts strain    the environment.

6. The court ruled    his favour.

7. There will be an investigation      the issue.

Word families

Complete the sentences with the correct nouns from the verbs below.

donate tolerate cut back

reverse reflect rule

1. The judge made a        against her.

2. I am a blood       . I help save people’s lives.

3. There will be spending          because of bad sales.

4. The            of slavery was not considered acceptable.

5. That simple fact is worth some            .

6. There was a dramatic          in government policy.

Tick the words which are both a noun and a verb.

Collocations

Complete the collocations with nouns below.

step root crop

conflict pace victory

1. a decisive        

2. walk at a leisurely     

3. provoke an armed         

4. plant a cash     

5. find the      cause

6. follow the plan      by step

Collocations

Complete the collocations with nouns below.

step root crop

conflict pace victory

1. a decisive        

2. walk at a leisurely     

3. provoke an armed         

4. plant a cash     

5. find the      cause

6. follow the plan      by step

Choose the correct verbs to complete the collocations. Look up the nouns to help you if necessary.

1.         [provoke, raise] a conflict

2.              [declared, be announced] bankrupt

3.          [cut back, conduct] an investigation

4.         [capture, award] someone damages

5.         [harvest, launch] a new initiative

Which of the following words do not collocate with the nouns?

1.           [food, drug, alcohol, substance] abuse

2.              [foreign, financial, fashion, humanitarian] aid

3.            [conduct, carry out, launch, decide]an investigation

4.          [win, succeed, claim, award] damages

Collocations

Complete the sentences with the adjectives below.

morally controversial physical

economic soft

1. She’s too      on her son.

2. He was convicted of          assault.

3. People lose their jobs during an          recession.

4. It was a highly               decision.

5. He thinks all politicians are         corrupt.

Phrasal verbs

Choose the correct phrasal verb.

1. We are going to           [cut off, carry out] some laboratory tests.

2. He              [comes out, comes across] as very rude.

3. The doctor told me to             [cut back on, wipe out] fast food.