Collaborate vs Corroborate 🔒

These two long words look related but pull in different directions, and this shorter set of 7 questions makes the contrast stick.

You choose the right verb for sentences like Businesses like to hire people who know how to ___ with others. or The video helped to ___ that the biker ran the red light.

Here is the key split the quiz drives home: to collaborate is to work together with people, while to corroborate is to back up a story or claim with evidence. Same prefix, very different jobs.

Recommended level: intermediate to advanced.

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Question 1

Citizens everywhere ___ with the Red Cross to help the injured.

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The children ___ that their parents were at the museum during the fight.

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Businesses like to hire people who know how to ___ with others.

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The video helped to ___ that the biker ran the red light.

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Everyone ___s by bringing an ingredient for the soup.

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Don't ___ your friends' words when they lie.

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The fingerprints on the steering wheel ___ that Amy stole the car.

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