Task 1: Collocations.

ScottsEnglish

IELTS Task 1: Collocation Exercise

Collocation is when a word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives.

In IELTS Academic Task 1, you may be asked to describe a line graph.  There are some words listed below that are very common to these kinds of exercises.  

Can you identify which adjective collocates/goes with which noun?

Think about the IELTS graphs you have seen/done so far. Can you add the correct noun with the adjectives below?

Common Task 1 nouns: number, price, percentage, amount, level, total, figure

Adjectives:
high
large
great
significant
low
least

Once you have attempted to match the correct nouns with the correct adjective, check your answers with ours   

Adjective	Noun(s):
high large great significant low least	number, price, percentage, level, figure number, percentage, amount, figure number, amount, number, amount, level number, amount, level number, amount

ingridchase

high level
low price
great percentage
large amount
significant figure 
least total

ScottsEnglish

Hi ingridchase!

We don't say 'great percentage', 'significant figure' or 'least total'.  
We say 'high percentage', 'significant amount' and 'large total.