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In this lesson, you’ll learn over 100 common English collocations with verbs like have, do, make, take, and more. Mastering these collocations will enrich your vocabulary and help you sound more natural and fluent in English. You can also download a free PDF of these collocations below.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English helps learners understand and use the most common word combinations in British and American English.
A collocation is a group of words that sound natural when used together. For example: fast train. (Using "fast" with "train" sounds natural to a native speaker. This is an example of a collocation.) quick train (unnatural)
Definition: Help someone by performing a kind or helpful action. Examples: 1. Can you do me a favor and pick up some groceries on your way home? 2. I'll be happy to do you a favor by watching your dog while you're on vacation. 5. DO THE LAUNDRY. Definition: Wash, dry, and fold your clothes and other garments. Examples: 1.
1 What is a collocation? 2 Which of these words does fast. these are. car park? 4 What do we call expressions like collocate with: car, food, glance, meal? computer, narrow-minded, teapot, ancient monument, pass the buck and be over the moon? 1.2 Make ten collocations from the words in the box.
Strong collocations and weak collocations form a continuum, with stronger ones at one end and weaker ones at the other. Most collocations lie somewhere between the two.
Collocation is the way words combine in a language to produce natural-sounding speech and writing. For example, in English you say strong wind but heavy rain. It would not be normal to say heavy wind or strong rain.
