Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Common Collocations


Do, make, and take are used in combination with hundreds of words such as experiment (do an experiment), test (take a test), and noise (make a noise).

Task 1:

Which verb completes the phrase? Fill in the table below by ticking the correct column.

do
make
take


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1. a lot of noise
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2. your homework

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3. always _________ excuses

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4. breakfast


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5. lots of family photos

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6. friends easily
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7. nothing all the time


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8. sugar in your coffee

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9. supper

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10. the bed
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11. the cooking
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12. the dishes
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13. the ironing
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14. the laundry

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15. a lot of mistakes
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16. the housework

(edited by carol and nick)


Task 2:

Check your answers with your peers and then use at least five of these collocations to put them in sentences of your own.

I am going to do the ironing and laundry after I make breakfast.
After then, I will do the cooking for my family. 
Finishing the lunch, I will do the dishes and make the delicious supper because my friends will visit me this afternoon.
Today I will do the all the housework.
Finally I will make the bed at 10:30 pm as usually.





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