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Which option shows three correct collocations in English?

Read the paragraphs below and answer questions 40 and 41.


In his suggestion of an approach for teaching-learning English, Lewis states the following:


One of the two central specifically linguistic ideas of the Lexical Approach is that of collocation. Collocation is the readily observable phenomenon whereby certain words co-occur in natural text with greater than random frequency. We all know which is the more common in each of these pairs: chase/miss the bus, make/do a mistake, slump dramatically/ gracefully. But do we really know? Are our intuitions reliable? And, even if they are, what part does collocation play in standard classroom activities? Is it a simple extension of vocabulary teaching, or can we find patterns and paradigms which move it towards word-grammar, and hence towards the generative pole of the vocabulary-grammar spectrum


(Lewis, M. Implementing the Lexical Approach. 2008, p. 8 Adaptado)

Which option shows three correct collocations in English?


A

Do my homework – Do the dishes – Do information.


B

Make the beds – Catch a plane – Get busy.


C

Do the beds – Do a fuss – Have money.


D

A fast shower – Catch a bicycle – Powerful coffee.


E

Agree to you – Invest on the stock – Get angry.