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Collocations: "Do" verbs meaning perform
7. Give, Have, Make:
Choose from these words four that make strong word associations
with each of the verbs below:
| a lecture |
a discussion |
an argument |
a kiss |
a party |
an error |
| a hug |
a suggestion |
a smile |
a request |
a chat |
an offer |
- GIVE
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- HAVE
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- MAKE
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________
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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