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Collocations: "Do" verbs meaning perform
2. Make, Pay, Hold
Choose from these words four that make strong word associations
with each of the verbs below:
| a compliment |
talks |
a choice |
attention |
a call on |
an effort |
| a conversation |
an attempt |
discussions |
changes |
job interviews |
a visit |
- MAKE
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- PAY
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- HOLD
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
Use some of the word collocations to write something
about your or somebody else's life.
- ____________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________
(Note:Idea taken from Michael Lewis, Pedagogical Implications
of the Lexical Approach, p. 261.
Lexical items taken from the Cambridge International Dictionary of
English, p.405)
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