20 Important Collocations to use for your writing and speaking

TOP 20 COLLOCATIONS to use for your writing and speaking sections to get 7 +

1. To play/have a(n) important/key/vital/crucial role in (doing) something to play an important part in something
   ➢ University education plays a crucial role in improving the quality of the human workforce.
2. To make significant/substantial/valuable/great/outstanding contribution to something
   ➢ The medical advances have made outstanding contributions to the public’s health care.
3. To solve the problem
   ➢ Whoever created this problem should solve it.
4. To be key factors influencing something
   ➢ The number of vehicles used is the key factors influencing pollution.
5. To reap the benefits (of something) – gain benefit from something/ make the most of something
   ➢ The customers reap the benefits of globalization.
6. To be a contributing factor: to be one of the main causes of something
   ➢ The vaccination program has been a contributing factor in the improvement of health standards.
7. To contribute to something
   ➢ Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.
8. To gain/derive benefit (from something)
   ➢ Many students derived enormous benefit from the course.
9. To have a right to do something = to be entitled to do something
   ➢ Everyone should have the right to freedom of expression.
   ➢ Full-time employees are entitled to receive health insurance.
10. To benefit greatly/enormously/considerably from something
    ➢ Many thousands have benefited considerably from the new treatment.
11. To have/enjoy/achieve a huge/great success in doing something
    ➢ We want all our students to achieve huge success in the exam
12. To launch a full-scale investigation into something
    ➢ The authorities are planning to launch a full-scale investigation into the crash.
13. To meet the need of/demand
    ➢ The charity exists to meet the needs of elderly people.
14. To fulfil a role/duty/function/ an aim/a goal/an objective/dream/ambition/hope
    ➢ Visiting Disneyland has fulfilled a boyhood dream.
15. To fulfil a requirement/condition/obligation
    ➢ Britain was accused of failing to fulfil its obligation under the EU Treaty.
16. To fulfil a promise/pledge = to keep a promise
    ➢ I’d like to see him fulfil his promise to reorganize the army.
17. To satisfy somebody’s needs/demands/desires/requirements
    ➢ The program is designed to satisfy the needs of adult learners.
18. To have/gain knowledge/understanding of something
    ➢ The need to gain knowledge about birth control.
19. To have/make common cause (with/against)
    ➢ S officials expect other Western governments to make common cause with them over the arrests.
20. To cause somebody to do something
    ➢ What caused you to change your mind?