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Vocabulary
achieve,carryout and devote stay,spend andpass;make,cause and /?ai/e

0 Complete these sentences from Reading and Exam candidates often confuse the words stay, spend and pass,
Use of English Part 5 with the correct form of & and make, cause and have. Choose the correct option in italics.
achieve, carry out or devote. 1 Remember, your behaviour will have / cause an effect on other
1 These days,the subject of happiness as a people.
measure of a country’s success seems to 2 I’m very sorry if I’ve made / caused you any problems.
reappear time and again with a vast array of 3 I have passed / spent my life studying happiness.
books and media articles
to the subject. 4 Yesterday, I spent / stayedtwo hours listening to the radio.
2 People constantly strive to acquire more 5 I really enjoy late-night films on TV when I can stay / be awake.
possessions and more in 6 The news that her sister had had a baby made / had her very
their careers,but rarely take the time to happy.
reflect on what is already good about their
lives.
3 A study by Harvard
University followed several hundred people
over 70 years.
e Match the nouns in the box with the verbs
(1 -3) they can form collocations with.
&
an atm an ambition energy
an improvement an instruction
an objective an order one’s life research
success a test a threat time
1 achieve AK. Aim, . . . PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
2 carryout Complete the sentences with the correct form of stay, spend,
3 devote... (to) pass, make, cause or have.
1 I decided to the afternoon in the park.
Complete the sentences with collocations
2 Caleb played a game on his phone to the time
from Exercise 2 in the correct form. In some while he was waiting for the train.
cases, more than one answer may be possible.
3 Apparently,the weather is going to .... like this for
1 Last year,my uncle ... a the rest of the week.
lifelong to visit New York.
4 Your talk was excellent and a powerful impact
2 Scientists have been on the other students.
to discover the cause of
the disease. 5 How did you the weekend? Did you enjoy
yourself?
3 The project is quite easy, so you won ’ t 6 I
need to very much homework. two hours today trying to finish my
to doing it.
7 The bus strike has been problems for students
4 Igor felt very tired because he had trying to get to university.
a lot of time and
to the project. 8 The bad sound quality the film very difficult to
5 My boss said she’d make us work late if understand.
we didn’t finish the report on time,but 9 Usingup -to -date materials can a dramatic
I don’t think she’ll her effect on the amount students learn.
10 Our maths professor the whole lecture
6 In the army, you have to be obedient explainingalgebra to us.
and e
immediately. Which verb, cause, have or make, forms a collocation with
each of these nouns? In some cases, more than one verb-noun
collocation is possible.

an accident a change an effect an impact
an impression a problem trouble