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Read Sarah's text message to her friend about her busy Saturday. She has a lot of chores to finish before they can meet up for lunch!
Select ALL the sentences that use natural English collocations for chores and errands.
The correct answers are I have to run some errands this morning. and I need to do the shopping before noon.
In English, certain verbs naturally pair with certain nouns (collocations).
- We run errands (we do not make them).
- We do the shopping (we do not make the shopping).
The verb "make" is usually for creating or producing something (like make a cake or make a mess), whereas "do" and "run" are used for these routine tasks!