ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Unit: Jobs
Topic: Collocations

1st grade High School

Formative assessment

Learning objectives:
OA1 To show understanding about general and explicit information in literary and non literary oral texts (adapted
and original ( simple ) related to the topic of the unit, including the functions of the year.

OA2 To identify key words and common use expressions, thematic vocabulary, connectors then, also, so, until.
sounds /ð/ //ᶿ/ , initial sounds /w/, /r/, final sounds /d/, /t/, /id/ in different oral texts or when participating in
daily actions or class conversations.

OA 15 Write to inform, expressing opinions and narrating, using words, sentences, and learnt structures and
others of frequent uses. Learnt connectors. Appropriate spelling of the majority of the words of frequent
use. Appropriate punctuation ( colon).

COLLOCATIONS GUIDE

COLLOCATIONS DEFINITION: A pair or group of words that are habitually juxtaposed.

FOR EXAMPLE:

"‘strong tea’ and ‘heavy drinker’ are typical English collocations.

“do the laundry” and “make a decision”. are typical English collocations.
EXERCISE 1 TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART ABOVE AND COMPLETE USING MAKE OR DO.

Learning indicator: After comparing the different uses, complete each sentence with the correct
collocation. (Analyze)

FOR EXAMPLE:

__DO_ the dishes today, please. 5. The statue in the park is ______ of marble.

1. ______ your history homework! 6. We _____ exams at the end of the term.

2. ______ a good exercise. 7. I always ______ mistakes.

3. ______ lunch for three, please. 8. The principal and two students ______ a speech.

4. ______ a chocolate cake. 9. I ______ several suggestions last year.

EXERCISE 2 A) TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART ABOVE TO STUDY THE COLLOCATIONS.

B) NOW READ THE SENTENCES BELOW AND COMPLETE THEM USING THE

COLLOCATIONS IN THE BOX.

Learning indicator: Complete each sentence with the correct collocation . (Understand)

go abroad / go astray / come in / come late / comes from / go bald /

comes early

FOR EXAMPLE:

Please, ____ come in ___ and sit down.

1. María _________________ Italy.

2. In the mathematics class I always _________________ .

3. We went to Peru. We always ____________ on vacations.

 4. I always ________________ late to school.

5. Some men _______________ .

5. Susan always ________________ to school.

EXERCISE 3 WRITE :

A) ONE SENTENCE USING A COLLOCATION WITH DO.

B) ONE SENTENCE USING A COLLOCATION WITH MAKE.

C) ONE SENTENCE USING A COLLOCATION WITH COME.

D) ONE SENTENCE USING A COLLOCATION WITH GO.

Learning indicator: Write original sentences using different collocations. (Create)

A) _______________________________________________________________________

B) _______________________________________________________________________

C) _______________________________________________________________________

D) _______________________________________________________________________