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English Collocations in Use (Advanced) Unit 27 Sports
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1When Paul decided to take ... the challenge of doing extreme sports, he quickly acquired a taste ... rock-climbing.
- Aon - at
- Bon - in
- Cup - for
- Dup - in
2The forwards of the national football team ... a blinder even though the defence wasn't so strong.
- Athrew
- Btook
- Chit
- Dplayed
3After one of their players got hurt by the opponent, Malaysia ... a penalty.
- Awas awarded
- Bwas given
- Cwas received
- Dwas granted
4When the match begins, the players ... to stand for the national anthem.
- Awent on the pitch
- Btake the field
- Cgo the pitch
- Dapproach the field
5Although Rwanda ... an excellent performance throughout the qualifiers, it came fourth and could not qualify for the World Cup.
- Aput up
- Bput off
- Cput in
- Dput forward
61. On the last match day of the qualifiers, Kowalski [blank_start]secured[blank_end] a convincing victory for Poland.
2. The semi-final [blank_start]stood[blank_end] at 3-0 when the players went on a half time break.
3. Peterson [blank_start]scored[blank_end] an own goal in the 48th minute which struck everyone in the defence.
4. However hard he tried and [blank_start]summoned[blank_end] up the energy to go to the gym every other day, he failed after two weeks.
5. As soon as I [blank_start]got[blank_end] the hang of it, baseball seemed a pretty enjoyable sport to me.
6. Many people were dreaming of becoming captain so Thierry [blank_start]jumped[blank_end] at the chance and accepted when he was offered the title.
7. The Wilkins brothers couldn't be defeated even if all the world's best boxers [blank_start]pushed[blank_end] themselves to the limits.
8. I [blank_start]had[blank_end] a whale of time when I was on holiday for two weeks, but now it's time I got back to work again.
9. The noises from the stadium sounded as if the crowd [blank_start]went[blank_end] wild after each and every goal scored.
10. In the second half, it was high time the Brazilian team [blank_start]broke[blank_end] through the Panamanian defence.- Asecured
- Bscored
- Csummoned
- Dgot
- Ejumped
- Fpushed
- Ghad
- Hstood
- Iwent
- Jbroke
7Which of the following verbs collocate with 'penalty'?
- Aplay
- Bmiss
- Caward
- Dgo
- Erun
8Is 'have a whale of time' a positive or a negative feeling?
- Apositive
- Bnegative
- Cneither
9When I push myself to the limits, I'm almost giving up because I have tried so hard.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10A match normally ends with the players taking the field.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The water polo match last weekend was hilarious. Although there was [blank_start]precious[blank_end] little change of my favourite Croatian team to win the tournament, we fans out there were all pushing ourselves to the [blank_start]limits[blank_end] to cheer for them as much as we could. We were truly having a [blank_start]whale[blank_end] of time until one of hour players got hurt. Although the team was [blank_start]awarded[blank_end] a penalty, he couldn't recover and the team had to continue with a smaller number of players, but still managed to [blank_start]put[blank_end] up a determined performance. Sitting in the crowd reaching [blank_start]fever[blank_end] pitch every time they scored was an amazing feeling, but all of us went completely [blank_start]wild[blank_end] when our player Rokovicz scored an [blank_start]own[blank_end] goal. We'd all forgiven him, however, the opponent team jumped at the [blank_start]chance[blank_end] and quickly broke [blank_start]through[blank_end] our defence in the last minutes.
- Aprecious
- Bvaluable
- Cdear
- Dbest
- Ebounds
- Flimits
- Gborder
- Hceiling
- Idolphin
- Jwhale
- Kshark
- Lsalmon
- Mtrout
- Nawarded
- Ogot
- Preceived
- Qnot
- Rtake
- Sshow
- Tput
- Uhold
- Vsend
- Wfever
- Xutter
- Ycomplete
- Ztotal
- AAhigh
- ABsad
- ACdesperate
- ADtough
- AEwild
- AFown
- AGindividual
- AHincredible
- AIultimate
- AJgap
- AKchance
- ALplayers
- AMillusion
- ANsituation
- AOdown
- APup
- AQapart
- ARthrough
- ASoff
12I find it extremely difficult to ... my balance between sports and my job.
- Ahold
- Bkeep
- Cobtain
- Dretain
13The referee decided on giving three free ... to the Albanian team.
- Ahits
- Bbeats
- Ckicks
- Dgoals
14With amazing offensive strategy, the team secured a ... victory for their country.
- Apersuading
- Bwinning
- Ctriumphing
- Dconvincing
15What can you see in the following picture?
- Apenalty
16This crowd is ... .
- Agoing wild
17This person is incapable of ... up the energy to keep working.
- Asummoning
18The score at 9:10 is ... at 10-6.
- Astanding
19I had never [blank_start]done[blank_end] extreme sports before, but the moment I saw my best friend do ski-jumping, I acquired a [blank_start]taste[blank_end] for winter sports in general. This has been the third year that I've [blank_start]taken[blank_end] up the challenge of skiing, and I'm sort of getting the [blank_start]hang[blank_end] of it. My goal is to show all those former classmates of mine who were playing a [blank_start]blinder[blank_end] at school in the ice rink that I'm just as good as they are. On the plus side, I also managed to keep in [blank_start]shape[blank_end] by going to the gym outside the snowy season. Although sometimes it takes me a lot of effort to [blank_start]summon[blank_end] up the energy even to get out of bed in cold weather, I usually have a [blank_start]whale[blank_end] of time at the gym with my pals and we all encourage each other to [blank_start]push[blank_end] ourselves to the limits every time. I hope I can jump at the [blank_start]chance[blank_end] when I'm invited for my next two-week skiing holiday, there's a precious [blank_start]little[blank_end] chance that there will be no snow in the Alps this winter.
- Adone
- Btaste
- Ctaken
- Dhang
- Eblinder
- Fshape
- Gsummon
- Hwhale
- Ipush
- Jchance
- Klittle
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- This is practice material for Unit 27 of the book titled 'English Collocations in Use Advanced'
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- Csabi Berger
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