Collocations - learn correct English

Make a mistake? Do a mistake? Take a mistake?

Which is the correct verb to use with 'a mistake'. I hope you said 'make'. But why is that right? Well, the fact is that  the verb and noun combination just sounds right in English.

The difficulty for English learners is that these 'collocations' must be learned, usually without any rules to help them remember. Collocations are best understood and learned through practice.

Take a look at the following ten sentences and choose the collocation which you feel is right. Remember there are no rules to help you, collocations are the verbs and nouns which just go together.

How many of you can get all ten correct?

Link: Past Simple Tense Review

• 1 - We should ___ ready now if we want to be there on time.
  
  get
  take
  come
  have
  
  
• 2 - ___ free to sit wherever you like.
  
  Have
  Come
  Take
  Feel
  
  
• 3 - Take the map so that we don't ___ lost.
  
  feel
  get
  come
  take
  
  
• 4 - I didn't win the game, but I ___ close.
  
  took
  made
  had
  came
  
  
• 5 - Be careful with your cigarette. You don't want your shirt to ___ fire.
  
  keep
  make
  do
  catch
  
  
• 6 - Do try and ___ attention while I'm talking.
  
  pay
  do
  make
  take
  
  
• 7 - We really need to do something to ___ money. I'm broke.
  
  make
  do
  catch
  come
  
  
• 8 - ___ your best on the test and you will be fine.
  
  Do
  Take
  Have
  Make
  
  
• 9 - ___ a diary in English to help learn new words.
  
  Do
  Have
  Keep
  Make
  
  
• 10 - I don't ___ a great relationship with my brother.
  
  feel
  have
  make
  come