Collocations & Expressions

1. ‘Don’t be afraid to ______ for advice,’ Mum told Amy.

• ask

• call

• keep

• make

The leaders have _____ the price for ignoring the economic crisis for too long.

• got

• fell

• kept

• paid

Jamie _____ a short rest in the afternoon.

• took

• paid

• made

• caught

The car overturned and _____ fire.

• got

• did

• made

• caught

A man who was passing _____ a girl’s life by pulling her out of the water.

• got

• took

• saved

• caught

'Interrupting others is annoying, so try to _____ the habit,’ Dad advised.

• do

• keep

• make

• break

This comic film starring Charlie Chaplin _____ online in 2000.

• did

• went

• broke

• caught

Oliver won the race and Keith _____ second.

• did

• came

• made

• went

An inmate is reported to have _____ missing.

• fell

• gone

• come

• made

My mother _____ a shock when she saw my new haircut.

• got

• fell

• kept

• made