Collocations – basic
1. Write the words from the box in empty spaces to complete the phrases. Use each word only as many times as
it is in the box, make sure that all words are used:
get get go go go have
have have have come iron watch
buy do listen read
a. ________have_____ the laundry i. ________read_______ a book
b. __________get_____ up j. ________listen_______ to music
c. ________go_______ dinner k. _____have__________ a shower
d. ___________do____ to bed l. ______buy_________ shopping
e. ________watch_______ TV m. ___have____________ a newspaper
f. ______get_______ home n. ______iron________ the clothes
g. _______do________ breakfast o. ______come_________ dressed
h. ________go_______ to work p. ____have_________ lunch
2. Now match the complete phrases with the pictures below, write the correct letter next to each picture.
l j b o
1. 2. 3. 4.
p
k g i
5. 6. 7. 8.
c f b h
9. 10. 11. 12.
a n e m
13. 14. 15. 16.
Now look at the example sentences:
A. I get up at seven o’clock.
B. I iron the clothes on Tuesday.
Now complete the remaining examples yourself. Use ‘I’ to start a sentence.
1. he takes a bath at quarter past
seven____________________________________________
2. ____________he dresses at quarter to eight
_______________________________________
3. ________he has breakfast at eight o
´clock_________________________________________
4. ________he goes to work at half past
eight_________________________________________
5. ______I____dinner at one o
´clock_______________________________________
6. _______________she comes home at half past
five__________________________________
7. _____________we have lunch at seis o
´clock______________________________
8. ____________________we watch tv
at_________________eight o´clock_________
9. ______I am sleeping at ten o
´clock___________________________________________
10.
_______________________I come shopping on
thurdays_______________________
11.
______I listen to music on
Fridays_________________________________________
12.
________________________I read a book on
Saturdays______________________________________
13.
________________________I do the laundry on
Mondays______________________________________
14.
________________I buy newspapers on Monday and
Thursday______________________________________________