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Answer these questions.

  1. Have you got a hobby? If so, what is it?

  2. How long have you had this hobby?

  3. Is it an expensive hobby?

  4. Why do you like it?

  5. How much time do you spend on your hobby?

  6. Is it a common hobby in your country?

  7. Write down three other common hobbies in your country.

COLLOCATIONS

MAKE and DO

‘Make” means to bring into existence (like making things in a production department) or to produce a result (make a profit, make changes), and “do” means to perform an action (to do an exercise, to do your homework).

MAKE : an enquiry, an offer, a request, money, an appointment, a complaint, a decision, a forecast, progress, an effort, certain or sure, changes, an improvement, an application, a deal, an excuse, a profit or a loss, arrangements or plans, an apology, a choice, a mistake, a phone call, an attempt, a business trip.

DO : business, a job, an exercise, good, the accounts, an experiment, well o better, damage or harm, something to or for, or with someone, something for a living, some work, homework, wrong, your duty, research, someone a favour, repairs.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of “make” or “do” and one of the words or expressions from the list above.

  1. Janine, can you try to ……………….. me ……………… with my dentist for this afternoon, please?

  2. Michael, can you …………….. me ………….. ? I need to borrow a car.

  3. No, we don’t know what went wrong yet, but we’re …………….. some …………….. .

  4. He said I wasn’t working hard enough and I’d really have to …………….. an …………….. .

  5. I can’t tell you now, but we expect to …………….. a …………….. early next week.

  6. We’re …………….. much …………….. than last year; we’re definitely ……………… progress.

  7. We spent three days …………….. to the warehouse roof after the storm last week.

  8. We …………….. a lot of …………….. in Japan, and since the profit margin is high, we …………….. a lot of …………….. .

  9. I checked the figures last night and found that I’d …………….. a lot of …………….. .

  10. It’s either one or the other. You’ll have to …………….. a ……………… .

COLLOCATIONS