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
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
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