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✍️ Collocations Exercises: Printable Worksheets with Answers

Level: B1 | Includes: 5 exercises + Answer Keys

Vocabulary Collocations collocations exercises worksheets

Exercise 1: Choose the correct verb (make or do)

  1. ______ a decision
  2. ______ homework
  3. ______ a mistake
  4. ______ a favor
  5. ______ progress
  6. ______ business
  7. ______ a phone call
  8. ______ your best
  9. ______ money
  10. ______ research
Answers:
1. make | 2. do | 3. make | 4. do | 5. make | 6. do | 7. make | 8. do | 9. make | 10. do

Exercise 2: Choose the correct adjective

  1. (Heavy / Strong) rain
  2. (Heavy / Strong) coffee
  3. (Bright / Dark) future
  4. (High / Low) temperature
  5. (Close / Main) friend
  6. (Heavy / Strong) wind
  7. (Bright / Dark) chocolate
  8. (High / Low) cost
  9. (Wide / Close) range
  10. (Main / Heavy) reason
Answers:
1. Heavy | 2. Strong | 3. Bright | 4. High | 5. Close | 6. Strong | 7. Dark | 8. Low | 9. Wide | 10. Main

Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with the correct collocation

  1. I need to ______ a decision by tomorrow.
  2. She ______ a shower every morning.
  3. Please ______ attention to the teacher.
  4. We need to ______ time for the meeting.
  5. He ______ a mistake on the test.
  6. Can you ______ me a favor?
  7. I ______ a cold last week.
  8. Let's ______ a break for 10 minutes.
  9. She ______ a speech at the conference.
  10. I need to ______ my homework.
Answers:
1. make | 2. takes/has | 3. pay | 4. save | 5. made | 6. do | 7. caught | 8. take | 9. gave | 10. do

Exercise 4: Match the collocation halves

  1. make a → a) attention
  2. catch a → b) mistake
  3. pay → c) cold
  4. save → d) time
  5. take a → e) break
Answers:
1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d, 5-e

Exercise 5: Correct the mistakes

  1. I need to do a decision. → ____________________
  2. There is strong rain today. → ____________________
  3. I want to have a break. (US) → ____________________
  4. She made a favor for me. → ____________________
  5. I have a photo of the sunset. → ____________________
Answers:
1. I need to make a decision.
2. There is heavy rain today.
3. I want to take a break. (US)
4. She did me a favor.
5. I took a photo of the sunset.
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