Fill in the blank with the correct collocation.

Holm, a Danish traveller, had made a/an ________ replica of the tablet, which in 1908 was deposited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is "exact".

Key Points

The correct option is "exact".
The complete sentence would be:
- Holm, a Danish traveler, had made an exact replica of the tablet, which in 1908 was deposited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Exact refers to conformity to reality, an accepted standard, or the truth.

Additional Information

A collocation is a grouping of two or more frequently occurring words.
When used frequently by native English speakers, these combinations simply sound "right".
Other combinations, however, could sound "wrong" and strange.
For instance, we say "heavy rain" but not "strong rain" because it doesn't sound right.
Similarly, we say "do exercise" but not "make exercise".
Adjectives, verbs, nouns, adverbs, and other word types can all be used to create collocations.