Academic Collocation List: verb + adverb collocations Test yourself on v + adv combinations

About the quiz

This quiz covers all the verb and adverb collocations from the Academic Collocation List (ACL), a list containing 2,469 of the most frequent and useful collocations which occur in written academic English. There are 29 verb and adverb collocations, which are also shown below.

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Learning Outcomes

By completing this quiz, you will:

• be familiar with verb and adverb collocations from the Academic Collocation List.

Verb + adverb collocations

Below is a list of all 29 verb and adverb collocations from the Academic Collocation List. You might want to study these before you take the quiz.

• apply equally
• behave differently
• change constantly
• change dramatically
• change rapidly
• communicate effectively
• contribute significantly
• differ considerably
• differ significantly
• differ widely
• expand rapidly
• explore further
• grow rapidly
• increase dramatically
• occur frequently
• occur naturally
• rely heavily (on)
• respond appropriately
• state explicitly
• think differently
• treat differently
• treat equally
• use effectively
• use sparingly
• vary considerably
• vary greatly
• vary significantly
• vary widely
• work effectively