COLLOCATION

The meeting took almost 5 hours so it was impossible to.......attention all the time

• take

• have

• pay

• do

The problem is difficult to ..........under control

• keep

• leave

• hold

• take

It took us all day to clean up the office after the burglary - the thieves ........ a terrible mess.

• take

• did

• took

• made

I don't think we should...... a decision yet; we should wait.

• do

• hold

• create

• make

Only 31% of the students who ......... the final exam passed it.

• had

• took

• make

• wrote

I think we should look for a new supplier - the one we have at the moment ......... us too many problems

• makes

• does

• causes

• takes

Could you .... me a favour and post these letters on your way home?

• make

• get

• bring

• do

I've told him ten times that he's got the wrong telephone number. I'll ......... crazy if they call again.

• be

• go

• become

• get

The company offers its employees free language training but not many people ............ advantage of it.

• make

• take

• do

• keep

Our personnel assistant is leaving next month - she's .... a baby

• waiting

• expecting

• waiting for

• making