Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate ((Unit 1: Learning about collocations))


Finding, recording and learning collocations

Finding collocations

There are two main ways in which you can find collocations.

  • You can train yourself to notice them whenever you read or listen to anything in English. Look at the collocations that are worth learning from this short text in English.
After giving Mark a lift to the airport, Julie made her way home. What an exciting life he led! At times Julie felt desperately jealous of him. She spent her time doing little more than taking care of him and the children. Now her sister was getting divorced and would doubtless be making demands on her too. Julie had promised to give her sister a call as soon as she got home but she decided to run herself a bath first. She had a sharp pain in her side and hoped that a hot bath might ease the pain.

Tip
Get into the habit of making a note of any good collocations you come across in any English text you read.

  • You can find them in any good learner’s dictionary.

For example, if you look up the word sharp you will find some of these collocations:

  • a sharp pain
  • a sharp bend/turn
  • a sharp contrast/difference/distinction
  • a sharp rise/increase/drop

Tip
When you look up a new word, make a point of noting it down in several different collocations.

- Lesson 1: Exercise 1.5 - Lesson 2: B. Recording collocations


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