Use as many words as you can from the cards below to make generalisations and discuss them, e.g. to disagree with or ask questions about your partner’s generalisations. You can use any topic and change topic as many times as you like.
| a | all | almost | always |
| amount | certainly | common | considerable |
| could | definitely | every | fairly |
| few | fewer | fraction | general |
| generalise | good | huge | in |
| just | large | less | likely |
| limited | little | majority | many |
| minority | much | must | never |
| no | sure | not | number |
| occasionally | occasions | often | on |
| only | over | percentage | perhaps |
| possibly | potentially | probably | rarely |
| really | seldom | simplification | simplify |
| small | some | sometimes | somewhat |
| substantial | tend | than | the |
| tiny | to | typically | un- |
| under | vast | very | widespread |
| fair | couple | average | certain |
Make as many collocations as you can from the words and prefixes above. You can use the same word and prefix more than once. If you are playing for points, you get one point for each correct collocation that no one has come up with so far. Then compare with under the fold.
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Suggested collocations
Many others collocations are possible
- a + considerable/ fair/ good/ huge/ large/ limited/ small/ tiny/ vast + amount/ number
- a + good/ small/ tiny + percentage
- a + small/ tiny + fraction
- almost + all/ always/ certainly/ every/ never/ no
- certainly/ definitely + not
- could+ perhaps/ possibly/ potentially
- couple/ few/ many/ much/ some + of + the
- fairly + certain/ sure
- fairly + large/ small
- fairly/ really/ very + common
- in + general
- just + over/ under
- many/ much + fewer/ less + than
- on + average
- on+ some + occasions
- only + rarely/ sometimes
- over+ simplification
- really+ must
- small/ substantial/ tiny + minority
- tend + to
- the+ vast+ majority
- to + over- + generalise/ simplify + somewhat
- un + common
- very + few/ likely/ little/ many/ occasionally/ often/ probably/ rarely/ seldom/ typically/ widespread
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