Collocations with GIVE
Practise eight common collocations with give, including give advice, give feedback, give permission. Use the meanings and examples to prepare for eight matching B2 discussion questions.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Eight expressions with meanings and example sentences
- Eight matching discussion questions
- One printable page
- Open-ended speaking practice
Use eight GIVE collocations to discuss constructive help, permission and priorities. Learners distinguish giving advice or feedback from giving reassurance and creating an impression.
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Before the lesson
Print the adult B2 page. The eight questions are open-ended; no answer key is needed. Notice advice and feedback without an indefinite article.
- Read the examples and compare advice, feedback and reassurance. Check give priority to and give an impression of as complete patterns.
- Discuss the matching prompts with preparation time, giving reasons about limited budgets, inexperienced applicants and respectful offers of help.
- Invite contrasting answers about when to listen rather than advise. Review natural use of give someone a hand and give someone a chance.
Support and extension
Offer fictional home or course situations for support. Extend with a short welcome conversation that combines reassurance, feedback and an offer of help.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
