English Collocations in Use Intermediate Book with Answers How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English 2nd Edition

Look at B. Correct the eight collocation errors in this text about presentations.
29.2
Do you want to give great presentations which give an impact on the audience? Firstly, 
make sure that your slides are easy to watch. Don’t use an unusual or small font. Also, 
don’t have too much text on each slide. Keep them simply so people can take your 
argument. Use pictures or examples to carry your ideas to life. You can also use cake 
charts or bar tables to show figures or data more clearly. Finally, repeat your big points 
several times to make sure the audience has understood your message.
Read these remarks by diff erent people. Then answer the questions.
Rory made us all answer questions and get involved in his presentation – it was great!
Isabel repeated the main point at least three times, but at least we all remembered it!
Jason’s sales presentation was really successful – we all wanted to buy his products.
Amelia used lots of slides with pictures and even some short video clips.
John gave us all a printed copy of the main points from the presentation at the end.
Fiona’s slides only had three or four short bullet points on them.
29.3
Match the words in the box on the left with the words they collocate with on the right.
29.4
prepare target
tone of 
hand
breathe speak
clearly
gestures
audience
deeply
voice 
a presentation
Complete these sentences using the collocations from exercise 29.4 to fill the gaps.
1 Unfortunately, the speaker used lots of big 
..............................................
, which was really distracting.
2 Try to vary your 
..............................................
. Don’t speak on the same level all the time as it can be boring.
3 The professor was very knowledgeable about her subject but she used a lot of technical terms 
which the 
..............................................
of university students were unlikely to understand.
4 If I feel nervous before giving a presentation, I try to 
..............................................
as it helps me relax.
5 I don’t have time to go out tonight. I’ve got to 
..............................................
for a big meeting tomorrow.
6 You don’t need to be a native speaker to give a good presentation in English. You just need to 
..............................................
and keep it simple.
29.5
1 Who had prepared handouts?
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2 Who gave an interactive presentation?
...................................
3 Who used a lot of visual aids? 
...................................
4 Who kept their slides simple? 
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5 Who gave an eff ective presentation? 
...................................
6 Who had a clear core message? 
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