5 exercises — practise light verb + noun collocations used in everyday IT communication.
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Which sentence uses the correct light verb collocation to describe examining a bug report?
"Can you take a look at this bug report?" is the standard light verb collocation with "look" in this fixed phrase. Option A incorrectly pairs "look" with "make", which is not idiomatic English. Option C incorrectly uses "do", also non-idiomatic here. Option D, "have a look", is actually also acceptable in British English as an alternative to "take a look" but here we test the most universally standard and widely used collocation, "take a look", as the primary correct answer.
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Which sentence uses the correct light verb to describe choosing between two architectural approaches?
"The tech lead needs to make a decision on the database choice by Friday" is correct: "make a decision" is the standard light verb collocation in English. Option A, "take a decision", is used in some varieties of British English but is far less standard in technical American English contexts and not the primary accepted form here. Option B incorrectly uses "do". Option D incorrectly uses "have", which does not collocate with "decision" in this sense.
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Which sentence uses the correct light verb to ask a colleague to comment on a design document?
"Could you give some feedback on the design doc before the review?" is correct: "give feedback" is the standard collocation, treating feedback as something transferred from one person to another. Option B incorrectly uses "make feedback", which is not idiomatic. Option C incorrectly uses "do feedback". Option D incorrectly uses "take feedback", which reverses the direction of the action — you "take feedback" only when you are the one receiving and acting on it, not offering it.
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Which sentence uses the correct light verb to describe scheduling a sync with the team?
"Let's have a meeting to discuss the incident response process" is correct: "have a meeting" is the standard light verb collocation. Option A incorrectly uses "do a meeting". Option C incorrectly uses "make a meeting". Option D, "take a meeting", is used in some informal or corporate American English contexts, but "have a meeting" remains the standard, widely accepted collocation tested here.
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Which sentence uses the correct light verb to describe running a manual test on a feature?
"The QA engineer needs to do a quick test before the release" is correct: "do a test" is the standard light verb collocation for performing a test as an activity. Option A incorrectly uses "make a test", which is not idiomatic in this sense (though "make tests" pass could relate to a different meaning). Option B incorrectly uses "have a test", which sounds like taking an exam rather than performing one. Option D incorrectly uses "give a test", which implies administering a test to someone else, not performing it yourself.