Noun collocations | Baamboozle

English 12 Public

Practice making collocations with common nouns

a waste of/just in/save/all in good _____

a waste of/just in/save/all in good time

15

next/sophomore/leap/begin a new _____

next/sophomore/leap/begin a new year

20

lovely/elderly/ordinary/oppressed _____

lovely/elderly/ordinary/oppressed people

15

along the/in a certain/go all the/figure out a _____

along the/in a certain/go all the/figure out a way

15

a spring/a special/election/spend the _____

a spring/a special/election/spend the day

20

a sure/the slightest/the next best/do the right _____

a sure/the slightest/the next best/do the right thing

20

risk your/go through/a phase in/start a new _____

risk your/go through/a phase in/start a new life

20

a gifted/a well-behaved/a spoiled/raise a _____

a gifted/a well-behaved/a spoiled/raise a child

10

in a perfect/the end of the/a topsy-turvy/change the _____

in a perfect/the end of the/a topsy-turvy/change the world

15

a coed/a vocational/drop out of/on the way home from _____

a coed/a vocational/drop out of/on the way home from school

10

marry into a/a close-knit/support a/a working-class _____

marry into a/a close-knit/support a/a working-class family

15

a former/a full-time/a straight-A/motivate a _____

a former/a full-time/a straight-A/motivate a student

10