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Aim: This exercise is to help you to expand your knowledge of nouns and verbs of change and continuity that collocate.
Exercise Choose the correct word from the drop-down list:
Answer: I expect sales to decline in the next few years.
Explanation: Decline collocates with sales
Answer: Tom is trying to reduce the number of cigarettes he smokes.
Explanation: Reduce collocates with the number of.
Answer: The demand for cars is unlikely to diminish in the near future.
Explanation: Diminish collocates with demand.
Answer: The influence of religion in modern society has declined in the last fifty years.
Explanation: Declined collocates with influence.
Answer: Metals contract as they get cooler.
Explanation: Contract collocates with metals.
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