Collocations - House
7/29/2019 1:47:12 PM
Words have friends! Discover the friends of HOUSE, STAIRS, FLOOR ... !
Choose the most suitable word to fill in each blank:
- Somebody _____ into our house lat night and stole my mother's laptop.
- She bought a really old house, _____ it then sold it for a lot of money.
- The house I was born in is no longer standing. It was ____ 10 years ago.
- I ____ myself out of the house and I had to climb in the bedroom window.
- They ____ our house and dropped in for a cup of tea last Sunday.
- Shall we take the lift
- The lift was broken, so we had to walk up
- I was out of breath when I reached
- My bags were heavy, so I left them
Choose the most suitable word to fill in each blank:
- I got down on my hands and knees and ____ the floor clean.
- Do you have a cloth? I've just ____ some tea on the floor.
- We took the books down from the shelf and ____ them on the floor.
Choose the keyword which collocates with these verbs and adjectives:
- let out, share, tidy, crowded, bright
- break, clean, look through, open
- knock on, open, clock, slam
- cover, mop, scrub, slip on, sweep
- lay, ruin, vacuum, wear
- cover, drill into, paint, high, thick
- hang from, stare at, touch, low, high
- break into, build, demolish, renovate, live in, move
- break down, install, turn on, central
- climb, fall down, run up, take, use
Choose the correct collocation in the following:
The house was ____ twenty years ago.
When I was a student I ____ a room in a flat.
Sorry, I forgot to ____ the floor.
He's old and find it difficult to ___ the stairs.
Don't ____ the door when you come in.
The kitchen window was steamed up ad I couldn't ____ through it.
Make sure you ____ all the lights when you go to bed.
Could you ____ the carpet before you go out?
Andrew can sleep in the ____ room if he's staying overnight.
My room is on the ___ floor.
The house has big rooms with ___ ceiling.
I can hear my neighbour's telephone through the ____ walls of my flat.