Verb-Noun Collocations ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets
Active People

Here is an enjoyable verb-noun collocations information gap activity to help students practice common verb-noun collocations and the present continuous. First... read more
Collocation Dominoes

In this productive verb-noun collocations game, students play dominoes by making present simple sentences with have, take and go collocations. The first player makes a verb-noun collocation by placing... read more
Verb-Noun Collocations Practice

This useful verb-noun collocations worksheet helps students practice common collocations with have, go, take, do, watch and make. First, students categorise nouns... read more
Verb-Noun Match-Up

This two-part verb-noun collocations game helps students practice 15 verbs and their possible verb-noun collocations. First, in pairs, students play a... read more
Collocation Challenge

This fun verb-noun collocations board game helps students to practice verb-noun collocations with have, take, break, do, catch and make. Students take it in turns to pick up a card and read the gap-fill sentence on the card to the other students... read more
Guess the Truth

In this amusing verb-noun collocations game, students complete verb-noun collocations in sentences and then guess which sentences are true for their partner. Working alone, students complete the verb... read more
Let's have a talk

In this insightful verb-noun collocations speaking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions containing useful verb-noun collocations... read more
Verb-Noun Collocations Bingo

In this free verb-noun collocations game, students play bingo by listening to gap-fill sentences and matching verbs with collocating nouns in sentences. Read a sentence at random from... read more
Unique Nouns

This creative verb-noun collocations game helps students practice using a variety of different nouns with transitive verbs. Begin by assigning the class a transitive verb, e.g. play. In teams, students choose... read more
Collocations Gamble

In this engaging verb-noun collocations activity, students complete verb-noun collocations in sentences with verbs and then place bets on their answers. To start, students complete verb-noun collocations in sentences with the verbs provided in... read more
Create Collocations

This comprehensive verb-noun collocations worksheet helps students practice verb-noun collocations with get, break, catch, do, take, waste, pay, say, lose, keep, make, have, give, tell and save. To start, students match nouns to verbs with which they... read more