CE (First Certificate) Collocations:

Make, do, have, take

There's lots of fixed expressions with make, do, have and take which you should learn. If you
haven't studied these already, look at this page for some examples and an exercise to test your
memory: collocations with make, do, have and take.

Practice 1

In the FCE exam, you might get questions for this in part 2 (open cloze). Choose the best
word to complete these sentences. Remember, you need to choose the correct form (for
example make, makes, made, making).

1. I'm a party at the weekend. Would you like to come?

2. She's always promises, but then she always breaks them!

3. The wedding will place in a local registry office.

4. I wish I was more progress with my English.

5. I never part in team sports at school.

6. It's mean to fun of people.

7. What are you holding? Can I a look?

8. I think I've this exercise completely wrong.

9. Would you mind me a favour and driving me to the doctor's?

10. The murderer a complete confession to the police last night.

11. We were just a chat when his jealous girlfriend started shouting at me.

12. Please don't get angry, I don't want to an argument about this.

Practice 2
You might also get this tested in the Key Transformations. Rewrite these sentences using 2-5
words. Be very careful that you keep the tenses the same!!!

1. I found it difficult to understand his accent. (trouble)

I his accent.

2. He complained to the manager about the terrible food. (made)

He to the manager about the terrible food.

3. Please look after my little sister for me. (of)

Please my little sister for me.

4. There's no hurry - please don't rush. (time)

There's no hurry - please .

5. You should ignore him. (notice)

You should him.

6. My house was seriously damaged in the earthquake. (lot)

The earthquake to my house.

7. She's earning a lot of money in her new job. (fortune)

She in her new job.

8. I tried really hard to explain the problem to her. (best)

I the problem to her.

9. You're too loud. Please be quiet. (noise)

You . Please be quiet.

10. I'm researching the life of Queen Victoria for my master's degree. (research)

I the life of Queen Victoria for my master's degree.

 11. My sister and I are completely different. (common)

I my sister.

12. I've been on a diet for 6 weeks, but I'm still the same weight. (difference)

My diet has my weight.

FCE Part 1: Multiple Choice Cloze

Choose the best word to complete the following sentences.

1. He claims his success is ______ to all the hours of practice he has done.
so as in order due rather
2. Vegans avoid all meat products, ________ they do not wear leather.

for instance due to apart from rather than

3. All of Europe drives on the right, except ________ Great Britain and Ireland.
of than from for
4. Many people nowadays prefer to watch DVDs at home, rather ______ go to the cinema.

than to of from

FCE part 2: Open Cloze

Choose one word to complete the following sentences.

1. Most insects are solitary, but some, as bees and ants are social.
2. It's important that we also try to reuse things, rather simply recycling
everything.

3. Polar bears are losing their sea ice habitat, to global warming.

4. Some people don't eat pork, of their religious beliefs.

5. In some schools, there is no encouragement to practise sports, apart football.

6. The government are trying to encourage use of bikes, of driving cars.

 7. Doctors advise keeping wounds covered so to prevent infection.

8. Most people nowadays have at least two email addresses: a private one,
instance 'hotmail' or 'gmail', and a work address.

9. During pregnancy, some foods should be avoided order to prevent harm to the
unborn child.

10. No dogs are permitted in the hotel, for guide dogs.

FCE Part 1: Multiple Choice Cloze

Choose the best word to complete the following sentences.

1. He thinks he's so fantastic. That's why he _______ down on me.

gets puts looks falls
2. I just can't put _______ with his rude behaviour any more.

up down on out
3. I'm looking forward _______ on holiday next month.

to go on going to going of going

4. Susan and Steve had a fight last week and they _______ up with each other.

got kept came broke

5. The grammar is so difficult, I can't _____ with the other students.

get on fall out keep up come up

FCE part 2: Open Cloze

The missing word could be the verb (e.g. bring/brought/bringing), or the particle (e.g. up).

1. We need to up with a solution to our problem.

2. Dave got away cheating in the exam.

3. I feel terrible. I must be down with something.

4. I should really cut down coffee. I can never sleep at night.

 5. I thought "Inception" was a really complicated film. I couldn't up with the plot.

6. I grew of playing with dolls when I was 10.

7. I don't really get with my boss - he's really aggressive..

8. Don't let your boss speak to you like that. You should up for yourself.

9. I'm calling the police. I just can't put with my neighbour's loud music any
more!

10. Children often up to celebrities like football players.

11. William went travelling round the world, but he had to come home when he out
of money.

12. Susan and Steve had a fight last week, but they've up with each other now.

13. I out with my sister when she borrowed my clothes without asking.

14. He across as a bit stupid, but he's actually very intelligent.

15. No one up to breaking the window, but we all thought it was Maria.

FCE (First Certificate)

Word Formation: Negatives
For the FCE exam, there's nearly always at least one negative in the word formation paper.
There are lots of prefixes and suffixes we can use to make negatives.

1. Negative prefixes can be used with nouns, verbs, adjective and adverbs. For example
disapproval, disapprove, disapproving, disapprovingly.
2. Usually im + p (impatient) but not always (unpleasant).
3. Often il + l (illegal) but not always (unlikely).
4. Often ir + r (irregular) but not always (unresponsive).
5. Usually -ful changes to -less (harmful/less) but not always (endless).
6. If you can't remember, choose un - it's the most common negative prefix.

Look at the information in the table for 1 minute and try to remember the words. Then click
below to hide the information and try to answer the questions at the bottom.
 un- in dis- im-
inaccurate improbable
unexpected
inappropriate disapprove dislike impossible
unaware
inefficient disagree disbelief impolite
unbelievable
incapable dishonest imperfect
unknown unable
ineffective impatient
il- ir- mis- -less
irregular misbehave
illegal illiterate careless harmless
irresponsible misunderstand
illogical illegible helpless endless
irrational irregular misspell misuse

Write the correct NEGATIVE form of the word in brackets to complete these sentences. Be
very careful: some words have different negative forms (e.g. unbelievable/disbelief,
unlikely/dislike, unable/disabled).

1. The politician was accused of being (HONEST)

2. His story was so I thought he was crazy. (BELIEVE)

3. She looked at him in when he told her the shocking news. (BELIEVE)

4. Many people are of the dangers of mobile phones. (AWARE)

5. He's invited me to his party. It would be to say no. (POLITE)

6. Too many children nowadays are growing up . (LITERATE)

7. That's not what I said! You've me. (UNDERSTAND)

8. My dog is completely . I promise he won't bite. (HARM)

9. The medicine was - he didn't recover. (EFFECT)

10. His answers were very so he failed the Maths exam. (ACCURATE)

11. It's that people will ever live on the moon. (LIKELY)

12. He waited for the train. (PATIENT)

13. It's to smoke in public places nowadays. (LEGAL)

14. I would never teach children. They always . (BEHAVE)

15. The shirt he's wearing is completely for a job interview. (APPROPRIATE)
16. His speech was . I thought he'd never stop talking. (END)