Collocation
do a task
Definition
to complete a piece of work or an assigned job
'do a task' is a common English collocation. to complete a piece of work or an assigned job
do + a + task
“I need to do a task for my manager before lunch.”
Examples
- I have to _____ a task before I leave the office.
- Can you _____ a task for me while I'm in a meeting?
- She _____ a task for her English class every day.
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- We _____ a task together to finish faster.
- He _____ a task on his phone during the train ride.
- Please _____ a task for the team and report back by 3 p.m.
- If you _____ a task carefully, you make fewer mistakes.
- They've already _____ a task to test the new process.
- By the time the client arrived, we had _____ a task to prepare the data.
More verb + determiner + nouns
- make a decision to choose what to do after thinking about different options
- make a mistake to do something wrong or incorrectly
- make an excuse to invent or give a reason (often not true) to avoid doing something or to explain a mistake
- make a mess to create a dirty, untidy, or disorganized situation; to spill, scatter, or cause disorder
- do a job to perform a task or piece of work; to complete work that needs to be done