Sample Collocations


adverb + adjective

  • Invading that country was an utterly stupid thing to do.
  • We entered a richly decorated room.

adjective + noun

  • The doctor ordered him to take regular exercise.
  • The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.

noun + noun

  • The ceasefire agreement came into effect at 11am.
  • I'd like to buy two bars of soap please.

noun + verb

  • The lion started to roar when it heard the dog barking.
  • The bomb went off when he started the car engine.

verb + noun

  • The prisoner was hanged for committing murder.
  • I always try to do my homework in the morning, after making my bed.

verb + expression with preposition

  • At first her eyes filled with horror, and then she burst into tears.
  • Their behaviour was enough to drive anybody to crime.

verb + adverb

  • She placed her keys gently on the table and sat down.
  • I vaguely remember that it was growing dark when we left.

Megjegyzések

Megjegyzés küldése

Népszerű bejegyzések ezen a blogon

 General concept A collocation is a collection of words or phrases that co-occur more often than would be predicted by chance in corpus linguistics. Collocation is a sub-type of phraseme in phraseology. The word "strong tea" is an example of a phraseological collocation. Although the nearly equivalent strong tea could communicate the same sense, English speakers consider this word to be repetitive and uncomfortable.
További információk
Kép
Examples of general collocations  Here are some collocation examples. -make business -make plan -pay attention -pay a visit -have a break -have fun -pretty well -quite enough -all alone -right now
További információk
Kép
  Why learn collocations? Your speech will sound more normal and will be easier to understand. You'll be able to articulate yourself in new and more varied ways. English in bits or blocks is easier for our minds to remember and use than single sentences. How to learn collocations? Be aware of collocations, and try to recognize them when you see or hear them. Treat collocations as if they were single words. See them as separate blocks or chunks, and learn to strongly support rather than strongly + support. When you hear a new phrase, make a list of other words that are similar to it. You can find information on collocations in any good learner's dictionary. And you can also find specialized dictionaries of collocations.
További információk