Explanation:
✅ Take a shower = correct collocation.
❌ Do/make/give a shower — unnatural or incorrect unless used metaphorically (give someone a baby shower).
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Let’s ________ a break before we continue our meeting.
A:
take
B:
make
C:
do
D:
have
Answer:A
Explanation:
✅ Take a break is the idiomatic expression.
❌ Make a break — means to escape.
❌ Do a break — incorrect.
❌ Have a break — possible, but take a break is more common and natural.
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The children ________ noise in the classroom.
A:
do
B:
make
C:
have
D:
create
Answer:A
Explanation:
✅ Make noise = natural collocation.
❌ Do noise — incorrect.
❌ Have noise — unnatural.
❌ Create noise — grammatically possible but too formal for normal speech.
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She’s trying to ________ a decision about her new job.
A:
make
B:
do
C:
take
D:
set
Answer:A
Explanation:
✅ Make a decision is the natural collocation.
❌ Do a decision — incorrect.
❌ Take a decision — used in British English occasionally, but make is standard globally.
❌ Set a decision — nonstandard.
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You should always ________ your homework before dinner.
A:
make
B:
do
C:
perform
D:
take
Answer:B
Explanation:
✅ We say do homework, not make homework. “Do” collocates with general activities and tasks.
❌ Make homework — incorrect; make is for creating something new (make a cake).
❌ Perform — too formal, used for acts or plays.
❌ Take — doesn’t collocate with homework.
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