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CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL
ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS
15. YOUTH AND AGE
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A. Choose the right word
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I’ve got some great news. My wife’s going to _________ a baby!
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a
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do
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b
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have
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c
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make
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d
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gain
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2
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I’ve got
a _________ daughter.
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a
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five years old
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b
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aged five years
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c
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five years aged
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d
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five year old
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3
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She
wrote the book _________ eighty three.
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a
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in the age
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b
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at the age of
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c
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of the age
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d
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by an age of
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4
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Most of
the people in the club were _________.
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a
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in their teens
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b
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in teenage
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c
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in their teenagers
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d
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under twenty years
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5
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When I was
_________ I was already married.
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a
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aged like you
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b
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your same age
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c
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the age of you
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d
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your age
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6
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There
were lots of people _________ at the concert.
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a
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at the age of fifty
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b
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in their fifties
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c
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around fifties
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d
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in their fifty something
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7
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He’s
ninety five, but he doesn’t _________.
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a
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seem his age
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b
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look his age
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c
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seem so old
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d
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look like it
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B. Which of these expressions is not a natural
collocation?
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happy/ early/ content/ second childhood
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age group/ limit/ section/ restriction
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only/
spoilt/ naughty/ new child
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child/ middle/ old/ retirement age
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C. Choose the most suitable adjective from the
box.
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tender
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natural
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new-born
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ripe
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prime
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12
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He lived to the ___________ old age of ninety-seven.
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13
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I left the country at the ___________ age of six.
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14
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She’s a
strong believer in ___________ childbirth.
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15
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You’re not old at all – you’re in your ___________!
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16
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They don’t
get much sleep because they have a ___________ baby.
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