Distance and size

Exercise 42.4

Answer the questions.

1. What adverb beginning with ‘p’ collocates with thin?
   Answer

   painfully

2. Do we normally say ‘a plump book’?
   Answer

   No (a fat book, or a plump person)

3. What do we call the maximum level of the sea on a beach or in a harbour?
   Answer

   high tide

4. Which adjective usually collocates with people, trees and buildings: high or tall?
   Answer

   tall

5. Which word could fill the gap? That poor ___________ child looks lost.
   Answer

   little

6. Which word could fill the gap? Dave has a great ___________ of enthusiasm.
   Answer

   deal

7. Which word could fill the gap? I’m no good at making ___________ talk.
   Answer

   small

8. Would we say ‘Could you help me do some small things before dinner?’
   Answer

   No. We’d say, ‘Could you help me do some little things before dinner?’

9. If you owe the bank money, what kind of interest rates do you prefer?
   Answer

   You’d prefer low interest rates (not high interest rates) because then you wouldn’t need to pay so much extra money back to the bank.