Do Make Take Have

Collocations are words that go together. For example:

"In this class everyone must do their homework".

Do and homework go together. In the following sentences can you decide what the correct collocation is? You have four choices:

Do
Make
Take
Have

Remember to pay close attention to the tense of the missing verb.

Let me know how you did!

Lesson by Caroline Devane.

• 1. If you would like to ___ an appointment with the doctor, please call the surgery between the hours of eleven and five.
  
  do
  take
  have
  make
  
  
• 2. I'm not sure if the gallery is open today, but I'm going to ___ a chance and walk down there anyway.
  
  make
  have
  do
  take
  
  
• 3. Please could you ___ me a favour and buy some milk on your way home?
  
  make
  do
  have
  take
  
  
• 4. She is ___ good progress, but she needs to work harder in her maths class.
  
  doing
  having
  making
  taking
  
  
• 5. We ___ business with companies all over the world.
  
  have
  make
  do
  take
  
  
• 6. I would like to ___ a complaint about the quality of service at your restaurant.
  
  do
  take
  have
  make
  
  
• 7. Stop ___ me laugh! I can't breathe!
  
  taking
  making
  having
  doing
  
  
• 8. I need to ___a phone call, please excuse me.
  
  make
  take
  do
  have
  
  
• 9. Could you ___ a picture of my friend and I, please?
  
  have
  take
  do
  make
  
  
• 10. I ___ a lot of mistakes in that test yesterday, I'm sure of it.
  
  made
  took
  had
  did
  
  
• 11. I'm going to ___ the food shopping this afternoon.
  
  do
  have
  take
  make
  
  
• 12. I don't want to ___ the washing up again!
  
  do
  make
  have
  take
  
  
• 13. He really needs to ___ a haircut.
  
  have
  make
  take
  do
  
  
• 14. I ___ her temperature and it was really high so I called the doctor.
  
  did
  had
  made
  took
  
  
• 15. I ___ a problem. I think my boyfriend is cheating on me.
  
  make
  do
  take
  have