I.
noun
1 material
ADJECTIVE
▪ thick , thin
▪ plain
▪ lined
▪ graph
▪ A3 , A4 , etc. ( not in the US )
▪ executive , legal , letter (all AmE )
▪ blank
▪
I stared at the blank ~, not knowing how to start the letter.
▪ printed
▪
There is a special rate for printed ~.
▪ loose
▪
pieces of loose ~
▪ brown , coloured/colored
▪
a brown ~ package of books
▪ Manila
▪ acid-free
▪ kraft ( AmE )
▪ butcher ( AmE )
▪ parchment
▪ greaseproof ( BrE ), wax , waxed
▪ glossy , shiny
▪ scrap , scratch ( AmE ), waste
▪
I made some notes on a piece of scrap ~.
▪ recycled
▪ handmade
▪ decorative
▪ computer
▪ notebook
▪ drawing , writing
▪ blotting
▪ tracing
▪ wrapping
▪ crêpe
▪ tissue
▪ photographic
▪ filter
▪ kitchen ( BrE ) ( paper towel in AmE )
▪ toilet
▪ cigarette ( esp. BrE ), rolling ( esp. AmE )
▪
a packet of cigarette ~s ( BrE )
▪
a pack of rolling ~s ( AmE )
▪ litmus
▪ crumpled , folded
… OF PAPER
▪ bit ( esp. BrE ), piece , scrap , sheet , slip , strip
▪
I scribbled down his number on a scrap of ~.
▪ roll
▪
a roll of toilet ~
▪ side
▪
The essay filled seven sides of ~.
VERB + PAPER
▪ fold
▪
Fold the ~ in half.
▪ unfold
▪ rip , shred , tear
▪ crumple , crumple up , screw up ( esp. BrE )
▪
He crumpled the ~ into a ball.
▪
I screwed up the ~ and threw it away.
▪ recycle
PAPER + VERB
▪ be scattered
▪
Scraps of wrapping ~ were scattered around.
▪ flutter
▪
A piece of ~ fluttered to the floor.
PAPER + NOUN
▪ bag , cup , plate , sack
▪ napkin , towel
▪ aeroplane ( BrE ), airplane ( AmE ), ball , doll , hat , lantern
▪ currency , money
▪ document , map , receipt , ticket
▪
the advantages of ~ maps over online maps
▪ copy , version
▪
He kept a ~ copy of his account information.
▪ edition
▪ cut-out
▪ mill
▪ pulp
▪ industry
▪ shredder
PREPOSITION
▪ on ~
▪
I've had nothing on ~ (= in writing) to say that I've been accepted.
PHRASES
▪ put pen to ~
▪
I've thought about what I'm going to write, but I haven't yet put pen to ~.
▪ a waste of ~
▪
This report is a waste of ~.
2 newspaper
ADJECTIVE
▪ daily , evening ( esp. BrE ), morning , Sunday , weekly
▪ today's , yesterday's
▪ independent , left-wing ( esp. BrE ), right-wing ( esp. BrE )
▪ hometown ( esp. AmE ), local , national
▪ school ( esp. AmE )
▪ broadsheet ( esp. BrE ), quality ( BrE )
▪ tabloid ( esp. BrE )
… OF PAPER
▪ copy
▪
Do you have a copy of yesterday's ~?
▪ edition
▪
today's edition of the ~
VERB + PAPER
▪ buy , get , take ( esp. BrE )
▪
Do you take a daily ~?
▪ flick through ( esp. BrE ), flip through ( esp. AmE ), read
▪
What ~ do you usually read?
▪ print , produce , publish
▪ edit , write for , write in
▪ appear in
▪ get into
▪
The story got into the ~s.
PAPER + VERB
▪ come out
▪
The ~ comes out every Saturday.
▪ report sth
▪
The ~ reported that several people had seen UFOs.
PAPER + NOUN
▪ shop ( BrE )
▪ boy , girl
▪ round ( BrE ), route ( AmE )
▪
Many kids do a ~ round.
▪
Many kids have ~ routes.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I read about his arrest in the ~.
▪
I read about his arrest in the ~s. ( esp. BrE )
▪ on a/the ~
▪
She got a job on the local ~.
3 ( usually papers ) official document
ADJECTIVE
▪ necessary
▪ official
▪ ID , identification , identity
▪ personal , private
▪ court , legal
▪ adoption , divorce
▪ ballot
… OF PAPERS
▪ pile , sheaf
VERB + PAPER
▪ sign
▪
Teresa signed the adoption ~s.
▪ show
▪
Be prepared to show your identity ~s at the border.
▪ shuffle
▪
He shuffled the ~s on his desk.
▪ file
▪
legal ~s filed in London
4 ( BrE ) exam
ADJECTIVE
▪ exam , examination , question , test ( BrE , AmE )
▪ written
▪
I did well on the oral but not on the written ~.
▪ English , history , etc.
VERB + PAPER
▪ do , sit , take
▪ set
▪
The exam ~s are set by experienced teachers.
▪ mark
▪ turn over
▪
You may now turn over your ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
the questions in the physics ~
▪ on a/the ~
▪
You must not write on the question ~.
5 piece of writing
ADJECTIVE
▪ draft ( esp. BrE )
▪ consultation ( esp. BrE ), discussion , position , working
▪ research , scientific , technical
▪ scholarly
▪ term ( AmE )
▪
I wrote a term ~ on eating disorders.
▪ seminal
▪ peer-reviewed
▪ published , unpublished
▪ influential
VERB + PAPER
▪ deliver , give , present , read , submit
▪ author , draft , prepare , produce , write
▪ co-author
▪ issue , publish , release
▪ cite
PAPER + VERB
▪ consider sth , deal with sth , examine sth , explore sth , focus on sth , look at sth
▪
The ~ looks at the future of university education.
▪ outline sth
▪ argue sth , propose sth
▪ demonstrate sth
▪ conclude sth
▪ describe sth , outline sth , present sth
▪ report sth
▪
This ~ reports the results of a two-year field experiment.
▪ be called sth , be entitled sth , be titled sth ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Freud first mentioned this concept in his ~ ‘On Narcissism’.
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on the development of the novel
II.
verb
Paper is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ wall