Choose the best verb (have, make, take or do) to complete the
following collocations.
Follow the example:
1.
a party
2. an example of
3. a favour
4. friends with
5. (some) good
6. an investment
7. a list
8. a mistake
9. money
10. a noise
Now read the following sentences and complete them with a collocation
from the previous exercise. Follow the example.
Example: We
a big
when we bought that car. It's cost us a lot of money.
1. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was a child. It
was difficult for me to
2. Can you me
and lend me 200
euros until I get paid?
3. You won't remember all the things you have to buy. Why
don't you ?
4. The stock market is very unstable at the moment. I think
the best way to is
to buy property like a flat, a house or a piece of land.
5. Shhhhh! Don't .
Dad's sleeping.
6. It's mum and dad's 50th wedding anniversary soon. I think
we should to
celebrate.
7. I think 9 months in prison was a hard sentence for
downloading content illegally from the internet, but the
judge wanted to
him.
8. In my opinion, footballers, film stars and investment
bankers too much
these days.
We made a big mistake
when we bought that car
Causative HAVE
Have + object + past participle -- to have something done
We use causative have when arranging for someone to do something
for us:
They painted their flat. (they did it themselves)
They had their flat painted. (they paid someone to paint it)
I cut my hair this morning. (I cut it myself)
I had my hair cut this morning. (I went to the hairdresser)
Get is possible instead of have, usually in informal spoken
English. I'm going to get my suit cleaned tomorrow.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence. You must use the word in BOLD and you cannot change this
word. Follow the example:
Example: You should get
a dentist to look at your teeth if your toothache is getting
worse. GET
You should
at if your toothache is getting worse.
1. A specialist is going to examine my back next week. HAVE
I’m going by a
specialist next week.
2. Before you move to Spain you should arrange for someone
to install air-conditioning in your new house. HAVE
Before you move you should arrange to
in your new
Spanish house.
3. Who did your hair last week? GET
Where did last
week?
4. My dad was really angry because someone had pierced my
ears without his permission HAD
My dad was really angry because I
without his
permission.
5. I can’t do the translation because my computer is being
repaired. MY
I can’t do the translation because I
at the moment.
6. Robert's shoes are always made in London. HIS
Robert always in
London.
7. Your headaches might be because of your eyes. An optician
should check them. WOULD
If I were you I by
an optician.
8. You had better fix the puncture before mum and dad get
back from holiday. GET
You had better
before mum and dad get back from holiday.
Choose the best word for each sentence.
1.The
is the music of a film.
2. The part that an actor or actress plays in a film is
called the .
3. In 2010, Colin Firth won an Oscar for his
in The King's Speech.
4. The people who watch a film in the cinema are called
5. When actors and actresses practise for a film or a play
it's called a .
6. Some scenes in the James Bond film The World Is Not
Enough were filmed location in Bilbao, Spain.
7. A person who writes their opinion of a film is called a
. The text he or she writes is called a .
8. All of the actors and actresses in a film is/are the
.
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Now read the following sentences and complete them with a collocation
from the previous exercise. Follow the example.
