Increase Your IELTS Vocabulary Score-Collocation of Mistake

Key Word:Mistake

Verb+Mistake

1. Use the correct form of these verbs:

1. Making mistakes is an important part of learning a language. If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t ­______from them.
2. I think if you can admit that you’ve______a mistake, it is a sign of strength, not weakness.
3. When I got home, I found out that I had been calling my girlfriend’s father by the wrong name. I felt such a fool when I______my mistake.
4. Like many people, I find it difficult to avoid______past mistakes. Why do we make the same mistakes over and over again?
5. Read through your work carefully and______any mistakes that you find.
6. If you______some people’s mistakes to them, they get very defensive. I don’t know why!

Common Adjective Collocations

2. Complete the sentences below with the following:

1. The most______mistake people make is to water their plants too much.
2. It was a perfectly______mistake to make. I assumed Jane and Morgan were married, too!
3. The skaters made the______mistake of assuming that the ice was thick enough to take their weight. Unfortunately, there was a thaw on. The ice gave way and they drowned.
4. I should have scored 100% in the examination, but I made one______mistake.
5. I can accept that anybody makes the______mistake. We all do, but if it becomes a habit then you’re in trouble.
6. Going to the football match when he should have been at work proved to be a very______mistake for Jeff. He was sacked.
7. When he removed the wrong kidney from the patient, the surgeon made a ______mistake.
8. I’m sorry, sir, but a______mistake has been made. We will do our best to find you a double room immediately.

 Verb+for+Mistake

A

3. Use these verbs to complete the expressions:

1. ____________ to accept responsibility for
2. ____________ the blame for
3. ____________ profusely for
4. ____________ over your work for

B

Now use these complete expressions below, using the correct form of the verbs:

1. He thought I was the secretary and not the manager because I was a woman, but he______his mistake when I introduced myself. You should have seen his face!
2. Nobody should have to______other people’s mistakes.
3. It’s always a good idea to______mistakes before you hand it in.
4. Five hundred pounds has gone missing from my bank account, but the bank______the mistake.

Answer Key

Ex 1:

1. learn
2. made
3. realised
4. repeating
5. correct
6. point out

Ex 2:

1. common
2. understandable
3. fatal
4. stupid
5. occasional
6. costly
7. dreadful
8. genuine

Ex 3:

A

1. refuse
2. take
3. apologise
4.  check

B

1. apologised profusely for
2. take the blame for
3. check over your work for
4. refuses to accept responsibility for

Also check :

• Best IELTS Vocabulary books
• Grammar for IELTS
• IELTS Vocabulary
• IELTS Listening words
• Sports Vocabulary IELTS
• English Pronunciation in use Intermediate pdf
• Work Vocabulary IELTS
• Advanced Vocabulary for IELTS