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2.1.2 Collocations: Circle the verb that corresponds to each collocation.

1. fall / feel in love 6. do / have the cooking and the shopping
2. make / do a mess 7. make / do the washing-up
3. get / do married 8. have / make an accident
4. have / make a relationship 9. take / make a decision
5. do / make the housework 10. get / have lost

2.2 Vocabulary in context

2.2.1 Read this extract of a text and complete it with the correct form of some collocations from
exercise 2.1.2

I met my ex-husband in 1995; we (1)____fell_____ in love at first sight. We (2)________ a
fantastic relationship for three happy years. Then, on our third anniversary, he proposed and
we (3)________ married six months later. At first, everything was perfect; we both

(4)_______ the housework together; I (5)_______ the washing-up and made the beds and
he (6)________ the cooking and the (7)_______. He always (8)______ a mess when he
(9)_______ the cooking, but I didn’t mind because the dinners were always delicious.

2.2.2 Choose one of the pictures below to tell a short story to your partner. Do not forget to use
sequence words. Try to use some collocations of exercise 2.1.2 where possible.

A

B

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