ADJ

thick, thin
see-through, transparent
plain, unlined
lined
graph, squared
A3, A4, etc.
foolscap
blank
I stared at the blank paper, not knowing how to start the letter
printed
The Post Office has a special rate for printed paper
brown, coloured
a brown paper parcel of books
greaseproof, waxed
glossy, shiny
scrap, waste
I made some notes on a piece of scrap paper
computer, typing
writing
blotting
tracing
wrapping
crepe
tissue
photographic
filter
kitchen
toilet
cigarette
a packet of cigarette papers

QUANT

bit, piece, scrap, sheet, slip, strip
I scribbled down his number on a scrap of paper
roll
a roll of kitchen paper
side
The essay filled seven sides of A4 paper

VERB + PAPER

fold
Fold the paper in half
shred, tear
crumple (up), screw up
I screwed up the paper and threw it in the bin
recycle
wrap sth in

PAPER + VERB

be strewn
There was paper strewn all over the floor

PREP

on ~
I've had nothing on paper (= in writing) to say that I've been accepted

PHRASES

put pen to paper
I've thought about what I'm going to write, but I haven't yet put pen to paper
a waste of paper
This report is a waste of paper

ADJ

daily, evening, morning, Sunday, weekly
today's, yesterday's
independent, left-wing, right-wing
local, national
broadsheet, quality
tabloid

QUANT

copy
Have you got a copy of yesterday's paper?
edition
today's edition of the paper

VERB + PAPER

buy, get, take
Do you take a daily paper?
flick through, read
What paper do you usually read?
print, produce, publish
edit, write for/in
appear in
get into
The story got into the papers

PAPER + VERB

come out
The paper comes out every Saturday

PAPER + NOUN

shop
boy, girl
round

PREP

in a/the ~
I read about his arrest in the papers
on a/the ~
She got a job on the local paper

ADJ

commercial
necessary
official
identity
personal, private
ballot

QUANT

pile, sheaf

VERB + PAPER

show
Be prepared to show your identity papers at the border

ADJ

exam, examination, question, test
written
I did well on the oral but not on the written paper
English, geography, etc.

VERB + PAPER

do, sit, take
set
The exam papers are set by experienced teachers
mark
turn over
You may now turn over your papers

PREP

in a/the ~
the questions in the physics paper
on a/the ~
You must not write on the question paper

ADJ

draft
consultation, consultative, discussion, position, working
research, scientific

VERB + PAPER

deliver, give, present, put forward, read
draft, prepare, produce, write
issue, publish, release

PAPER + VERB

consider sth, deal with sth, focus on/upon sth, look at sth
The paper looks at the future of primary school education
argue sth, propose sth
demonstrate sth
describe sth, outline sth, present sth
be called sth, be entitled sth

PREP

in a/the ~
Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper 'On Narcissism'
~ on
a paper on the development of the novel