Make, Take, Do and Have Collocations

Take this quiz and see how well you do.  It takes practice to recognize which words go together with make, do, take and have.  Do you recognize the following expressions? 

Have fun!

This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego

Link: Environemnt Vocabulary

• 1. My roommate is driving me crazy. She always _______ a mess in the kitchen and never cleans up.
  
  takes
  has
  does
  makes
  
  
• 2. I don't understand why she quit her job so suddenly. It ___ no sense to me.
  
  does
  has
  makes
  takes
  
  
• 3. I was late leaving for work, so I ___ a shortcut through the park.
  
  made
  took
  had
  did
  
  
• 4. I wonder if people in the future will be able to ___ without cars.
  
  do
  take
  make
  have
  
  
• 5. My parents always told me to ___ my best.
  
  have
  make
  take
  do
  
  
• 6. I wish I ___ the guts to skydive, but I'm too afraid.
  
  did
  took
  had
  made
  
  
• 7. I'm ___ a party on Wednesday. Would you like to come?
  
  doing
  taking
  having
  making
  
  
• 8. Sometimes to get ahead in the world, you have to be willing to _______ a chance.
  
  make
  take
  have
  do
  
  
• 9. My roommate really dislikes ___ the dishes. She'd rather cook than wash up.
  
  doing
  taking
  making
  having
  
  
• 10. It ___ time to make a cake from scratch.
  
  takes
  has
  does
  makes