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CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL
ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS
2. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
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A. Choose the best answer.
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1
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Liz always looks/ appears good- she has
great dress/ clothes sense.
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2
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Simon is nearly fifty but he’s ageing well – he doesn’t look his
years/ age at all.
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3
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He
noticed that his hair was changing to/ going grey.
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4
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The police are looking for a man in/ of his early twenties, of
average/middle height and with a full/ complete beard.
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5
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As the
suspect has very distinctive features/ facial parts, it will be difficult
for him to adopt/ take a disguise.
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6
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I don’t usually spend much time putting/ doing my make-up – I just
put on/ paint with a bit of lipstick and eyeliner.
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7
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His
scruffy/ disorganised clothes and badly-cut hair didn’t make/ do a very
good impression on his boss.
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8
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You look great! Have you lost fat/ weight?
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9
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He was
wearing /using sunglasses and wearing/ carrying an umbrella.
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B. Which of these alternatives is not a
natural-sounding collocation?
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10
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Paul’s clothes are really
______________.
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a
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in fashion
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b
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out of fashion
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c
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full of fashion
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I don’t really
like this shirt – it ______________.
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a
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doesn’t suit me
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b
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doesn’t fit me
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c
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doesn’t accommodate me
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12
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James ______________
made a strong impression on all the women in the office.
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a
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striking good looks
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b
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boyish good looks
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c
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good face
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13
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He’s
only in his twenties but he’s starting to ______________ already.
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a
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be hairless
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b
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go bald
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c
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lose his hair
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C. What’s the opposite of these expressions?
Choose from these adjectives:
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straight hair/ _______________ hair
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oily skin/ _______________ skin
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narrow
shoulders/ _______________ shoulders
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even teeth/ _______________ teeth
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