B1 Collocations Power Pack: make, do, take, have, get & more (B1 Vocabulary for Vietnamese Learners)

Giới thiệu

Stop "translated English"! 140+ high-frequency B1 collocations (make vs do, take, have, get, catch, keep, pay, save, break, adjective + noun, adverb + adjective) with Vietnamese meanings, a "Don't translate word-for-word" contrast page, VSTEP B1 topic sets in Mekong Delta contexts, 7 varied worksheets, a cut-out dominoes game, a quiz /20 and a full answer key.

Mục tiêu học tập

• Explain what a collocation is and notice collocations in a text
• Choose correctly between make / do / take / have / get and other key verbs
• Avoid common word-for-word translations from Vietnamese
• Use at least 6 topic collocations in a short talk or a 100-word paragraph for VSTEP B1

Bên trong có gì

• Teacher guide: overview, page map, objectives, a 45-minute lesson plan, a 6-lesson sequence and differentiation
• What collocations are and why they matter (EN–VI), with 5 common types
• Bank 1: MAKE vs DO (28 collocations, with a quick "result or activity?" test)
• Bank 2: TAKE, HAVE, GET (30 collocations) + get + adjective, British/American notes
• Bank 3: CATCH, KEEP, PAY, SAVE, BREAK (24 collocations) + opposites
• Bank 4: adjective + noun (heavy rain, strong coffee, close friend…) and adverb + adjective (highly recommended, fully booked, bitterly cold…)
• "Don't Translate Word-for-Word!" page: 12 Vietnamese–English contrasts (uống thuốc → take medicine, mở đèn → turn on the light, học bài → study/revise, làm bài tập → do homework, mưa to → heavy rain…)
• 6 VSTEP B1 topic sets (daily life, family, health, travel, environment – Mekong floods and saltwater intrusion, work & study) with examples set in Trà Vinh, Ao Bà Om, Khmer pagodas, coconut farms and floating markets
• Worksheet 1: Make or Do? (sort 20 + 8 gap sentences)
• Worksheet 2: two gap-fill stories with word boxes
• Worksheet 3: Collocation Doctor – 12 typical Vietnamese-learner errors
• Worksheet 4: matching (12) + odd one out (10)
• Worksheet 5: collocation word search (12 words)
• Worksheet 6: 12 speaking cards (1-minute talks with target collocations)
• Worksheet 7: VSTEP-style email writing task (100–120 words) with planner and self-check
• Collocation dominoes: 24 cut-out tiles forming one full circle
• Review quiz / mini test (/20), student self-tracker and collocation notebook
• Full answer key (including word-search solution, domino chain and a model email)
• Terms of use