Collocations for easy - adj.
VERBS
be,
look,
seem,
sound
become, get
Life is getting easier for us.
become, get
Life is getting easier for us.
remain
make sth
These changes should make your job easier.
make sth
These changes should make your job easier.
find sth
I found the exam quite easy.
I found the exam quite easy.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
awfully, exceptionally
especially, particularly
enough, reasonably
It is easy enough to see how it happened.
awfully, exceptionally
especially, particularly
enough, reasonably
It is easy enough to see how it happened.
comparatively,
relatively
amazingly, incredibly, remarkably, ridiculously, surprisingly
The written test was ridiculously easy.
amazingly, incredibly, remarkably, ridiculously, surprisingly
The written test was ridiculously easy.
apparently,
seemingly
(esp. AmE)
not exactly
Doing all that while injured isn't exactly easy.
not exactly
Doing all that while injured isn't exactly easy.
increasingly
deceptively
It looks deceptively easy to hit the ball into the hole.
deceptively
It looks deceptively easy to hit the ball into the hole.
PHRASES
all too easy
It was all too easy to forget why we had been sent there.
It was all too easy to forget why we had been sent there.
as easy as 1, 2, 3,
as easy as ABC,
as easy as as pie
(= very easy)
the easiest thing in the world
It is the easiest thing in the world to blame your parents.
the easiest thing in the world
It is the easiest thing in the world to blame your parents.
be no easy task
Contacting everyone was no easy task.
Contacting everyone was no easy task.
make sth as easy as possible
We want to make it as easy as possible for members to participate.
We want to make it as easy as possible for members to participate.
not as easy as it looks, seems, sounds, etc.
Playing tennis is not as easy as it looks.
Playing tennis is not as easy as it looks.
quick and easy
a book designed for quick and easy reference
a book designed for quick and easy reference
Easy is used with these nouns:
acceptance, access, answer, assembly, availability, banter, catch, charm, choice, climb, confidence, conscience, decision, delivery, descent, dismissal, drive, exam, excuse, exercise, exit, explanation, familiarity, feat, fix, flow, grace, identification, job, journey, kill, labour, life, maintenance, manner, mark, money, movement, navigation, option, parking, part, prey, problem, rapport, read, recipe, reference, remedy, removal, resolution, rhythm, ride, road, route, scapegoat, smile, solution, stride, stroll, subject, sum, target, task, test, thing, transition, victim, victory, virtue, walk, way, win, winner, work
acceptance, access, answer, assembly, availability, banter, catch, charm, choice, climb, confidence, conscience, decision, delivery, descent, dismissal, drive, exam, excuse, exercise, exit, explanation, familiarity, feat, fix, flow, grace, identification, job, journey, kill, labour, life, maintenance, manner, mark, money, movement, navigation, option, parking, part, prey, problem, rapport, read, recipe, reference, remedy, removal, resolution, rhythm, ride, road, route, scapegoat, smile, solution, stride, stroll, subject, sum, target, task, test, thing, transition, victim, victory, virtue, walk, way, win, winner, work