COLLOCATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS

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

• pay

• have

• make

• take

The problem is difficult to ______________ under control.

• hold

• keep

• make

• do

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

• did

• took

• made

• had

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.

• took

• had

• made

• wrote

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

• wrote

• causes

• makes

• does

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

• do

• give

• get

• bring

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

• become

• get

• go

• be

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

• keep

• do

• make

• take

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

• waiting

• expecting

• waiting for

• making