Sunday 9 January 2022

35. ART AND ARTISTS CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS

 

CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS

35. ART AND ARTISTS

 

A. Which of these expressions is not a natural collocation?

1

display/ exhibit/ hold/ show a work of art

2

fine/ modern/ antique/ contemporary/ work of art

3

a digital/ a disposable/ an electronic camera

4

artistic temperament/ licence/ merit/ work

5

colour/ camera/ family/ black and white/ digital photo

 

B. Choose the most natural-sounding answer.

6

The cathedral looks slightly different in real life, but I’ve used a bit of artistic _________ to help balance the composition.

a

freedom

b

licence

c

permission

7

Do you usually _________ oils or watercolour?

a

work in

b

paint by

c

paint

8

He was a very _________ with a great gift for composition.

a

gifted creator

b

talented artist

c

artistic painter

9

This portrait is _________. The artist has caught your wife’s expression perfectly.

a

an accurate look

b

a true picture

c

a good likeness

10

It’s just _________ of how the building will look when it’s finished.

a

a rough sketch

b

a quick study

c

an approximate drawing

11

Have you ever _________ a portrait before?

a

sat for

b

posed in

c

modelled with

 

C. Match the two parts of the sentences.

12

I’m not trying to compose a perfect photo. I just want to take ….

a

an exhibition.

13

Neil took out pencil and paper and quickly did

b

foreground.

14

The gallery are going to put on ….

c

a snapshot.

15

The portrait will put on

d

a sketch.

16

I like this painting with the animals in the …..

e

a display.

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