What are Collocations?

In English we don't make our homework, we do our homework. We don't do a mistake, we make a mistake. We don't make a party, we have a party. These are examples of collocations. Collocations are combinations of words which are usually used together.

Learning collocations will make your English sound more natural. For example, it sounds very strange to native speaker to hear make a shower instead of take or have a shower.

Take a look at these sentences and choose the correct collocations:

• 1) Can you ___ me a favour?
  
  make
  do
  have
  
  
• 2) Have you ___ lunch yet?
  
  done
  taken
  had
  
  
• 3) I don't drink alcohol. I don't like to ___ drunk.
  
  get
  make
  come
  
  
• 4) The service here is terrible. I want to ___ a complaint.
  
  go
  make
  have
  
  
• 5) It's time to ___ your decision.
  
  pay
  do
  make
  
  
• 6) I need to ___ some laundry tonight.
  
  make
  do
  take
  
  
• 7) We'll ___ a lot of time if we take a taxi.
  
  break
  save
  do
  
  
• 8) As long as you ___ your best, we will be happy.
  
  make
  do
  go
  
  
• 9) Please ___ attention during the lecture.
  
  keep
  take
  pay
  
  
• 10) I have something to tell you. Can you ___ a secret?
  
  save
  keep
  get