1  Complete the thinking collocations with the words in the box.

cross     give     have (x2)     lose     make     use

1   ……have…… a thought

2   ………………. up (your) mind

3   ………………. (your) imagination

4   ………………. (me) a hint

5   ………………. concentration

6   ………………. second thoughts

7   ………………. (my) mind

Answer

2   make up (your) mind

3   use (your) imagination

4   give (me) a hint

5   lose concentration

6   have second thoughts

7   cross (my) mind

2  Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in Activity 1 and the correct options.

1   I like the red and the blue ones. I can’t ……make…… up my ……!

      A imagination     B mind

2   What’s in the box? Can you ……………… me a ……?

      A hint     B thought

3   It’s Aliya’s party tonight, but I’m ……………… …… about going.

      A a thought     B second thoughts

4   ……………… your …… to create an optical illusion that will trick your friends.

      A imagination     B concentration

5   When I saw the exam paper, the thought that I might not be able to do it ……………… my ……!

      A hint     B mind

6   I’ve ……………… ……! Why don’t you come to mine instead this evening and we can order pizza?

      A a thought     B second thoughts

Answer

 A, give

 B, having

 A, Use

 B, crossed

6   A, had

3  Complete the collocations in the sentences.

1   Winning the race didn’t cross my ……mind…… .

2   If you don’t pay attention, you’ll lose ………………… .

3   The trick is to use your ………………… .

4   We just don’t know! Can you give us a …………………?

5   Erin’s having second ………………… about applying to study law at university.

6   I can’t make up my ………………… about what to do this weekend.

Answer

2   concentration

3   imagination

4   hint

5   thoughts

6   mind

Write look at, see or watch.

1   ……see……     a friend

2   …………………     a film or a TV show

3   …………………     a painting

4   …………………     a man fall off his bike

5   …………………     an optical illusion

6   …………………     a football match

Answer

2 watch   3 look at   4 see   5 look at

6 watch

Put the words in order to make sentences. Write the correct verb look at, see or watch.

1   going / grandma / on Sunday / ……see…… / to / I’m

      ……I’m going to see grandma on Sunday. ……

2   ……………… / about / want / documentary / I / painting / to / street / the

      ………………………………………………..

3   amazing / by / ……………… / pavement / Kurt Venner / the / art

      ………………………………………………..

4   you / surprise / on / did / Jem’s / ……………… / the / face

      ………………………………………………..?

5    the / time / gallery / to / we / paintings / in / didn’t / all / art / have / ……………… / the

      ………………………………………………..

Answer

1   I’m going to see grandma on Sunday.

2   I want to watch the documentary about street painting.

3   Look at the amazing pavement art by Kurt Venner.

4   Did you see the surprise on Jem’s face?

5   We didn’t have time to look at all the paintings in the art gallery.

Underline and correct the mistake in each sentence.

1   It lost my mind that Oliver was playing a trick on us.   ……crossed……

2   I’ve been trying to solve this problem for an hour, and I’m losing thought. ………………..

3   The film was looked at by over two million people in the first week of release. ………………..

4   I think my sister is giving second thoughts about marrying Aiden! ………………..

5   See the time! We’ll be late for the show if we don’t hurry. ………………..

6   What’s this secret you wanted to share? Give me a thought, please! ………………..

Answer

 thought, concentration

 looked at, watched

 giving, having

 See, Look at

 thought, hint

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