Question

Jack is so unlucky. He fell ill _____ holiday. for in For the test sentence ‘Jack is so unlucky. He fell ill _____ holiday.’ we need to choose the proper preposition that collocates with the noun ‘holiday’. A collocation is a group of words that usually go together. In the English language there a lot of collocations, they are very common in English, and learning them is important. They ‘sound right’ to native English speakers.With the noun ‘holiday’ the preposition ‘on’ collocates. There are two collocations to remember: ‘be on holiday’ and ‘go on holiday’: This summer we will travel to Spain on holiday.; They met while on holiday in Sicily.; I am away on holiday for the next three weeks.; Several years ago I went on holiday with my family to France.Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 4: on. 1

Accepted Answer

4 at on prepositions

Task	Jack is so unlucky. He fell ill _____ holiday.
Answer	4
a	for
b	at
c	in
d	on
comment	For the test sentence ‘Jack is so unlucky. He fell ill _____ holiday.’ we need to choose the proper preposition that collocates with the noun ‘holiday’. A collocation is a group of words that usually go together. In the English language there a lot of collocations, they are very common in English, and learning them is important. They ‘sound right’ to native English speakers.With the noun ‘holiday’ the preposition ‘on’ collocates. There are two collocations to remember: ‘be on holiday’ and ‘go on holiday’: This summer we will travel to Spain on holiday.; They met while on holiday in Sicily.; I am away on holiday for the next three weeks.; Several years ago I went on holiday with my family to France.Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 4: on.
topic	prepositions
level	1

Holiday Unlucky Fell Ill Choose Preposition Noun English