25991 action words

Action Words – the most popular collocations
Read the words in the tables ad fill in with a correct action word (have, be,
make, do, go, get, take).
Be careful! The chosen action word has to match all words in the table.
1.

dressed
the shopping
the washing up
the laundry
the cooking
the gardening
the housework

5.
to the seaside
shopping
swimming
for a walk
to the Tesco’s
to a restaurant
out
to the gym
by bus
to a party

2.
the bed
breakfast
lunch
dinner

a phone call
6.
3.

a shower
a bath
a headache
flu
an accident
a party
breakfast
lunch
dinner
a break

a bus
some rest
a break
a taxi
a walk
a photo
the rubbish out

4.
ready
up
married

7.

tired
late
on time
at school
at a party
in hospital


Fill in the sentences with the correct action word, in the correct form. Use the
table from the previous exercise to help you. Use one word in each space.

1.

I can’t _______ to the seaside with you tomorrow. I have too much
housework to do: I need to ________the shopping, _________ the
rubbish out, ___________ some gardening, __________lunch for
the weekend and __________ the laundry.

2.

Wait for me! I just need to ________ a quick phone call to my sister.

3.

-What are you doing after work?
gym.

4.

-Let’s ___________ a train to Leeds.
bus, it’s cheaper.

5.

–How are you today? – I’m not well I ________ a terrible
headache. – You might even ________ flu, everybody’s poorly at
this time of the year.

6.

– It’s your birthday next weekend, let’s __________ a big party!

7.

– I just worked in the garden for hours, and I _________ extremely
tired. I must _________ a shower and __________some rest.

8.

-I’m not cooking tonight! Let’s _______ out! We can ________ to
this new restaurant and then we might ________ to the cinema.
–Ok, but it’s __________ late and we must hurry, so we’re
not walking, we must ________ a taxi.

9.

-________ your son still at school? –Yes, they are __________ class
photos today in the afternoon.

-I think I will _________ to the

- No, we will ________ by


10.

I will ________ dinner, but you will ________ the washing up
afterwards!

11.

I’ve been sitting at the desk all day today, I need some fresh air. –
Ok, Let’s ________ dressed and _______ a walk.

12.

Where is Kate? Why didn’t she come? - Oh, don’t you know? She
_________ an accident and she ________ in hospital.

13.

- ________ up and ________ ready straight away! Or you’ll _____
late for school!

14.

You can’t ________to work like this! First, you need to _________
breakfast!

15.

– Have you heard? Tom and Anna are ______________ married
next month!

16.

Every Thursday afternoon John _________swimming and on
Saturday morning he _____________for a very long walk with his
dog.

17.

You can’t leave your room in such a state! ____________ the bed
right now or you aren’t _____________ to the party on Friday!

18.

Where is Susan? – She _________ at her friend’s birthday party.

19.

- The fridge _________ empty. We have nothing to eat. We need to
___________ shopping.
–Ok, let’s ________ to the Tesco’s.