Collocations: gratitude, debts and taking things for granted
Vocabulary · Collocations · C1 · 45 min. Learn fifteen collocations of gratitude and obligation (a debt of gratitude, under no obligation, take for granted, pay tribute to), use them in an advice column about hosting Thanksgiving, match informal and formal versions, rewrite sentences, interview classmates and write a thank-you message.
About this worksheet
Learn fifteen collocations of gratitude and obligation (a debt of gratitude, under no obligation, take for granted, pay tribute to), use them in an advice column about hosting Thanksgiving, match informal and formal versions, rewrite sentences, interview classmates and write a thank-you message.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Vocabulary
- Topic
- Collocations
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Key words, Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Matching, Table to fill in, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Key words: Collocations of gratitude and obligation
- Multiple choice: Choose the word that completes each collocation.
- Gap-fill: Read a letter to an advice column and the reply. Complete them with wo
- Matching: Match each informal comment (left) to the more formal phrase that mean
- Gap-fill: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. U
- Table to fill in: Interview two classmates. Make a question from each cue, ask a follow-
- Speaking / writing task: Write a thank-you message (80–100 words) to someone you owe a great de
