Cities
Nouns and prepositions
Collocations put/run
Passive/ Causative
100

an object or objects that belong to someone

Property

100

the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or accept something

Agreement on

100

to operate, manage, and oversee all aspects of a commercial enterprise to make a profit

Run a business

100

We use the passive voice when the focus is...

On the action

200

too expensive

Overpriced

200

to have to have something, or to want something very much

Need for

200

to correct a mistake, fix a problem, rectify a wrong, or make amends for a bad situation, restoring order or harmony, often after an error or bad behavior

Put something right

200

When ______ Halloween ______ (celebrate)?

is celebrated

300

the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in this area

Neighbourhood

300

the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it

Lack of

300

to do a task that involves going somewhere to take a message, or to take or collect something

Run an errand

300

Transform this sentence into active voice:

By next year the students will have studied the passive.

By next year the passive will have been studied (by the students).

400

an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live

Suburb/outskirts

400

opportunity for doing something

Room for

400

grow or develop without restraint or discipline

Run wild

400

Make this into passive:

They believe he is having an affair

He is believed to be having an affair.

500

full of activity, or very busy and fast

Hectic

500

understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study

Knowledge of

500

cause to end

Put a stop to

500

Make this into a causative sentence:

Jim's car was stolen

Jim had his car stolen last night