Correct the Mistake
choose the correct one
confusing words
collocations
LEFTOVERS
100

Do you come to the meeting next week?

Are you coming to...?

Will you come to...

Are you going to come...?

100

I   enjoy/ enjoyed / have enjoyed  studying history since I was a child.

have enjoyed

100

My phone screen is so sensible / sensitive I keep texting the wrong person.

sensitive

100

It can be hard to ____________ a conversation going if no one will add anything else. HOLD/KEEP

keep

100

CORRECT this:

I promise that when you'll come to visit me next summer, you'll have a wonderful holiday.

I promise that WHEN YOU COME to visit....

200

I'm waiting for you at Atocha Station tomorrow afternoon.

I'll be waiting...

200

I'll look for a job when I  get / will get / will have got my degree.

get

200

 She lives in Madrid but grew up / brought up in Sevilla

 grew up

200

They were deep in _______________ and didn't notice the restaurant had closed. DEBATE/CONVERSATION

conversation 

200

On Wednesday we went to St. Andrews, as I arrange to meet a friend of mine there.

.....as I HAD ARRANGED to meet ...

300

Barbara and I know each other for years. We went to primary school together. 

Barbara and I have known each other for years.

300

I'm waiting / I've been waiting / I was waiting  in this queue for hours!

have been waiting

300

She didn't say she hated him, but the tone of her voice and the look on her face inferred / implied it.

implied

300

The ________________ was led by the CEO. DISCUSSION/SPEECH

Discussion

300

Club membership is falling so we are needing new members, especially young people.

.....so we need,

...will need

...are going to need 

...are in need of

400

In your memo you asked me to write a report, so now I send it to you.

......so now I'm sending it to you

...so now I'm going to send it to you.

400

By the end of this century, we're exploring / we'll have explored /we explore distant planets. 

we'll have explored

400

The temperature has risen / has raised a lot today.

has risen

400

His controversial ideas have stimulated a lot of ____________. DEBATE/CONVERSATION

debate

400

She lays / lies  her clothes for the next day out each night before bed.

lays

500

I was waiting for 30 minutes when a man came and spoke to me.

I had been waiting 30 minutes when a man came and spoke to me.

500

When politicians at last realised what was happening, the climate already became / had already become / had already been becoming warmer.

had already become

500

There are many economic /economical obstacles facing young people today.

economic

500

How to improve the system is a matter for _____________. DEBATE/CONVERSATION/QUESTION

debate

500

which DOES NOT COLLOCATE?

publish / submit / send in / contribute a photo to a magazine.

publish