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 noise).
Task 1:
Which verb completes the phrase? Fill in the table below by ticking the correct column.
do
|
make
|
take
| |
x
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1. a lot of noise
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x
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2. your homework
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x
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3. always _________ excuses
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x
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4. breakfast
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x
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5. lots of family photos
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x
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6. friends easily
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x
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7. nothing all the time
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x
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8. sugar in your coffee
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x
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9. supper
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x
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10. the bed
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x
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11. the cooking
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x
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12. the dishes
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x
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13. the ironing
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x
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14. the laundry
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x
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15. a lot of mistakes
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x
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16. the housework
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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.
when my husband does the dishes, he makes a lot of noise. Therefore, my son can't do his homework well. My dear husband does the cooking and the housework, so I can do nothing all the time. However, I have to do the laundry every week.
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