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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
COLLOCATIONS: ‘have …’
 a bad time to have a negative experience (also: good time, etc.)
 a bath to wash your body (also: a shower, a sauna)
 a cold to experience coughing and sneezing from an infection
 a cup of coffee to drink a cup of coffee (also: tea, etc.)
 a headache to experience a pain in your head
 a problem to experience difficulty
 a look to look at something quickly
 a meeting to attend a meeting
 a nap to sleep for a short time during the day
 a party to hold a party
 an accident to experience something that results in damage or injury
 lunch to eat lunch (also: breakfast, dinner, a snack, etc.)

Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the box. Use the past tense
when necessary.

1. I’m tired. I’m going to _.

2. Ow, my head hurts! I have a headache I need to take an aspirin.

3. You should drive safely or you might have an accident

4. Thomas isn’t hungry because he already have lunch an hour ago.

5. You should see this strange spider I found! Come here and have look

6. I didn’t have a bath yesterday. I had a shower instead.

7. It was Sue’s birthday so we decided to surprise her. We had a party.

8. I love to have a cup of coffe each morning. It helps to wake me up.

9. If you have a problem you can ask me for help.

10. We have a bad time on our holiday … a terrible time, really. It rained for a week.
11. I can’t see you at 3 o’clock. I have a meeting with my boss at that time.

12. (A) Atchoo! (B) Oh-oh. It sounds like you have a cold
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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
COLLOCATIONS: ‘get …’
 get back to return
 get dressed to put your clothes on
 get in trouble to be punished for doing something bad
 get lost to lose your way
 get off (work) to finish work
 get off (a bus, etc.) to exit a bus, plane or train
 get on (a bus, etc.) to board a bus, plane or train
 get ready to prepare to do something
 get rich to become wealthy
 get sick to become ill
 get together to join someone (usually to socialize)
 get up to leave your bed in the morning

Complete the sentences below. Use the collocations (and phrasal verbs) in the
box. Use the past tense when necessary.

1. I always do my homework on time. I don’t want to .

2. Our flight departs in two hours. Let’s to leave.

3. Here comes a bus. Let’s it.

4. We should at the next bus stop.

5. On the weekends, I usually wake up late and at 10 o’clock.

6. My family and I from our holiday last week.

7. We while we were in Italy and had to ask for directions.

8. Would you like to and have lunch tomorrow?

9. James usually goes to bed early because he has to early.

10. I and had to see a doctor last month.

11. You should wear a warm coat in winter or you might .

12. Of course I want to ! I want to make lots of money!

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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
COLLOCATIONS: ‘take …’
 a bath to wash your body (also: a shower, a sauna)
 after to look or act like someone (usually a family member)
 a moment to use a short amount of time to do something
 a photo to use a camera to make a photograph (also: picture)
 a test to write answers to a test (also: an exam)
 a while to use a long time to do something
 back to return something
 forever to take a very long time
 off to remove clothing
 off to leave the ground and fly
 over to gain control of something
 up to begin a new hobby or sport

Complete the sentences below. Use the collocations (and phrasal verbs) in the
box. Use the past tense when necessary.
1. I’m going to the library. I have to _________________ a book I borrowed.
2. I my shoes before I stepped inside.
3. We should hurry! The plane is going to soon!
4. Where’s my camera? I want to of the garden.
5. James wants to oil painting as a new hobby.
6. I was really dirty so I as soon as I got home.
7. I to think before I answered the teacher’s question.
8. Stewart really his father. They look almost exactly the same.

9. I have to study hard because I’m going to next week.

10. Please don’t wait for me. I might before I’m ready to leave.
11. Napoleon’s armies much of Europe from 1795 to 1815.

12. Hurry up! Are you going to ? I’ll be 90 years old before
you’re finished!