Practicing collocations

This is a creative-writing assignment to practice verb-noun collocations.

Homer is going to celebrate getting his new job at Trader Joe’s. He used to earn a living composing music in the subway. However, he allowed himself to be influenced by people who told him that he had to realize music wasn’t his future even though he thought he had already achieved great success.

by David Sanchez Redondo
TOEFL preparation class