Collocations in Use – Part 103

.Complete each sentence using a verb from the box in the appropriate form

Face / hinder / carry / fight / pose / respond / tackle / spot / strike

.N1. The government is doing all it can to ……………… the drug problem in our cities . ……………… N2. We had only just set off on our holiday when disaster ?N3. Can you ……………… the six deliberate errors in this story N4. The international community does not always ……………… as promptly as would be desirable to an emergency .N5. Any new enterprise ……………… some risk of failure but that should not deter you .N6. I am afraid that Sandy’s problems at home may be ……………… his progress at school .N7. If we ……………… the problems together we should find it easier to tackle them .N8. By the end of the expedition the climbers were ……………… for their very survival .N9. A man like that in a position of power ……………… a serious threat to world security

: ANSWERS

N1. tackle N2. struck N3. spot N4. respond N5. carries N6. hindering N7. face N8. fighting N9. poses