Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Topic 19: Collecting things

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  Have you ever collected anything?
  
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  What things do people collect in your country?
  
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  Why people like collecting things?
  
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  Would you like to start collecting something new in the future?
  

Nouns

collection postage stamp autograph album

personal value

Verbs

hoard accumulate classify collecting

have an obsession for collecting have a fixation with

Adjectives

antique vintage rare valuable

high sought-after worthless

Idioms

a one-off (= only one of its kind)

I have a very rare stamp; in fact it’s a one-off.

here and there (= in different places)

I sometimes find valuable stamps here and there.

once in a blue moon (= not very often)

Once in a blue moon you can find a really rare example.