Collocation  Exercise

Fill in the blanks using appropriate verbs that would complete the collocation.

1. If you park there, you will have to ………………………….. a fine.

a) pay                    b) take                  c) have      d) keep

2. He …………………………… no attention to my requests.

a) paid                  b) took                 c) had          d) went

3. I ……………………….. a cough to catch her attention.

a) gave                 b) paid                  c) took        d) got

4. Although the doctors tried hard, they couldn’t ………………………….. his life.

a) save                  b) bring                        c) take             d) go

5. Abbreviations ………………………… space and hence they are very common in newspaper headlines.

a) catch                                b) save                 c) take       d) get

6. Do you ……………………….. a diary?

a) keep                 b) have                 b) save         d) take

7. Few people can …………………………. a secret.

a) keep                 b) save                 c) have         d) catch

8. He still ……………………………. in touch with most of his old school mates.

a) keeps               b) saves                               c) take     d) go

9. I asked her what her problem was but she ……………………………….. quiet.

a) kept                  b) took                 c) saved         d) got

10. They ………………………….. close to hitting each other.

a) came                       b) took                 c) brought        d) got