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? 

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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.
  
  has
  makes
  does
  takes
  
  
• 2. I don't understand why she quit her job so suddenly. It ___ no sense to me.
  
  makes
  does
  takes
  has
  
  
• 3. I was late leaving for work, so I ___ a shortcut through the park.
  
  took
  made
  had
  did
  
  
• 4. I wonder if people in the future will be able to ___ without cars.
  
  do
  have
  take
  make
  
  
• 5. My parents always told me to ___ my best.
  
  take
  make
  do
  have
  
  
• 6. I wish I ___ the guts to skydive, but I'm too afraid.
  
  had
  made
  took
  did
  
  
• 7. I'm ___ a party on Wednesday. Would you like to come?
  
  taking
  making
  having
  doing
  
  
• 8. Sometimes to get ahead in the world, you have to be willing to _______ a chance.
  
  have
  do
  make
  take
  
  
• 9. My roommate really dislikes ___ the dishes. She'd rather cook than wash up.
  
  doing
  having
  taking
  making
  
  
• 10. It ___ time to make a cake from scratch.
  
  has
  does
  makes
  takes