Adjective Collocations



1. Both teams have an excellent reputation so their chances of winning the football tournament are fairly ................

The mouse on your computer won’t function properly unless you operate in on a/an ......... surface.
2. Although it happened a year ago, the car accident is still very ........ in the driver’s mind and he keeps having nightmares about it.

Doctors say we should eat more ........ fruit and vegetables instead of frozen or tinned ones.
3. When we arrived at the concert the auditorium was already ........ and we couldn’t get a seat

No, please don’t give me a second helping. I’m really ........ .
4. The smoke alarm is so sensitive that it will detect even the ........ amount of smoke.

I haven’t got the ........ idea what you’re going on about!
5. The area through the trees next to the stream is a real ........ spot which attracts lots of tourists.

The ........ of the plan is that we will get rich without investing any of our own money!
6. She has never been very interested in ........ possessions - she’s always been content with whatever she had.

Madonna had a hit record early on in her career, in which she sang about the joys of living in a ........ world and having lots of money.
7. David’s been unemployed for months now but he seems to be making only a/an ........ effort to look for work.

The organisation had a very poor record on equal opportunities. It had one ........ black employee.
8. People keep asking Danielle when she’s going to have a baby but she just hasn’t got a ......... instinct.

My father’s mother died a long time ago but my ........ grandmother is still very much alive.