Common Collocation Contort

This is perhaps one of the most confused and misused portions of the everyday verbs we come across among our kids and even many non-native language teachers. A word misspelled or misused has the potential to bring a big rift between speakers and create a very clumsy impression. Let's have a look into this and self-evaluate ourselves where we have been making such grave errors in the use of these everyday verbs. 

Most commonly misused verbs with their right pairs: collocation
SN	DO	GIVE	HAVE	MAKE	TAKE
1	business	sb an advice	a break	a mess	an x-ray
2	crossword	sb an answer	an argument	a cake	a bath
3	deal	sb a headache	a bath	a case for sth	a shower
4	an experiment	sb an idea	a shower	an attempt	a bite
5	good	your opinion	breakfast	changes	a taxi
6	you job	the impression that..	lunch	a mark	the bus
7	a sketch	sb a kiss	dinner	a face	an exam
8	a tour	a cry of pain	a chance	a holiday	control
9	a test	sb an order	a chat	an effort	Nepali at school
10	a translation	a party	a cold	a mistake	a decision
11	the washing	sth a polish	a drink	an impact	a dislike to sb
12	the laundry	sb a present	difficulty	peace	a holiday
13	some work	an insight into sth	a feeling	a guess	an interest in sth
14	sth about sth	a lecture	fun	money	notice
15	a degree	a priority to sth	an idea	a trip	notes
16	you hair	sth a pull	an impact	your point	a pill
17	100 kmph	sb a push	an interest	a promise	a risk
18	your homework	a sigh	a disease	a note	a sip
19	an exam	a smile	a guess	a point	a swim
20	the accounts	a speech	a meeting	a statement	sb's temperature
21	the dishes	some thought to sth	a look	your point	a walk
22	German at school	sb time	a nap	your suggestion	a course in Maths
23	damage	a welcome to sb	an operation	a Xerox copy	a deep breath
24	exercise	instructions	patience	a noise	the lead
25	the shopping	birth	an opportunity	meal	medicine
26	judo	credit to sb	problems	a decision	a look
27	an operation	sb a hug	a shock	a contribution	a class
28	research	a lecture	a snack	friends	a phone call
29	a translation	sb a lift	a swim	progress	a vacation
30	a course of French	sb time	trouble	a fuss	size No
31	lunch	an example	a plan	a movie	a picture
32	a place	sb lessons	an accident	the bed	a photo
33	your duty	sb a chance	time	an impression	a test

(Credit Source: Oxford Collocation Dictionary, OUP, photocopiable study material)

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