USEFUL THINGS
COLLECTING THINGS
HOW THINGS GO WRONG
COLLOCATIONS
CHALLENGE
100

You use this to carry water when you are cleaning something.

a bucket

100

What word means a very strong interest or enthusiasm for something?

passion

100

There is a dirty or damaged spot on the sleeve. What is it called?

a mark

100

Complete the collocation: “______ football stickers.”

collect

100

What do we call a person who keeps too many things and finds it difficult to throw them away?

a hoarder

200

You wrap this around an injured part of your body.

a bandage

200

FINE

-200

200

The screen has a narrow break in its surface but is not completely broken. What adjective describes it?

cracked

200

Complete the collocation: “______ stickers with other collectors.”

swap

200

Complete the phrase: “They have things they never use but refuse to ______ ______ ______ them.”

get rid of

300

You use this with thread to sew or mend clothes.

 a needle

300

What word means the space used for keeping things?

storage

300

BONUS

+300

300

BONUS

+300

300

What phrasal verb means “to display something proudly because you want to impress other people”?

show off

400

FINE

-400

400

What verb means to offer a particular amount of money for something at an auction?

bid

400

Water is escaping through a small hole in the kettle. What problem does it have?

a leak

400

Complete the phrase: “a ______ collector” meaning a very enthusiastic collector.

keen

400

What word means strong emotional suffering or anxiety, especially when a hoarder is forced to throw things away?

distress

500

This small object can be used to hold clothes or other things in place.

a peg

500

What is the legal document that says who should receive your possessions after you die?

a will

500

The brakes do not work properly because there is something wrong with them. They are ______.

faulty

500

Complete both gaps: “I started collecting them out of ______, but later I lost ______.”

curiosity / interest

500

Complete the phrase: If too many objects make a home dangerous to people's health, the home has become a ______ ______.

health hazard

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