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AMERICAN ENGLISH PHRASES (Collocation – same word with multiple combinations)
HAVE a drink *** a good time a problem a relationship with lunch sympathy
take take take take take take take take take take take take
TAKE a vacation a bath a break a chance a look a rest a seat a taxi an exam notes someone's
place a drink***
DO do do do do do do do do do do
business nothing someone a favor the cooking the housework the shopping the dishes your best
your hair your homework
break break break break break break break break break break
PAY pay pay pay pay pay pay pay pay pay pay
a fine attention by credit card cash interest someone a compliment someone a visit the bill the
price your respects
save save save save save save save save save save
BREAK a habit a leg a promise a record a window someone's heart the ice the law the news to
someone the rules
SAVE electricity energy money your strength someone a seat someone's life something to a disk
space time yourself the trouble
make make make make make make make make make make
MAKE a difference a mess a mistake a noise an effort furniture money progress room trouble
catch catch catch catch catch catch catch catch catch catch
CATCH a ball a bus a chill a cold a thief fire sight of someone's attention someone's eye the flu
COME come close come complete with come straight from (school) come early come first come
into view come last come late come on time come prepared come right back come in second
(race) come to a compromise come to a decision come to an agreement come to an end come to
a standstill come to terms with comes to a total of come under attack
GO go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go
BE be be be be
aaaaaaa
abroad astray bad bald bankrupt blind crazy dark deaf fishing mad on foot online out of
business overseas sailing to war
CLASSIFIERS ball of string bar of chocolate bottle of water bunch of carrots pack of cards
(notecards) deck of cards pad of paper
get get get get get get get get get get get get get get get get
G ET a haircut a job angry divorced drunk home lost married permission ready started the
impression the message upset wet fired
TIME early 12th century free time from dawn till dusk great deal of time late 20th century make
time for next few days past few weeks right on time run out of time save time spare time
Sample Collocations There are several different types of collocation. Collocations can be
adjective + adverb, noun + noun, verb + noun and so on. Below you can see seven main types of
collocation in sample sentences. 1. adverb + adjective
Invading that country was an utterly stupid thing to do. We entered a richly decorated room.
2. adjective + noun
The doctor ordered him to take regular exercise. exercise. The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
voyage.
3. noun + noun
Let's give Mr Jones a round of applause. applause. The ceasefire agreement came into effect at
11am.
4. noun + verb
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The lion started to roar when it heard the dog barking. barking. Snow was falling as our plane
took off .
The bomb went off when off when he started the car engine.
5. verb + noun
The prisoner was hanged for committing murder. murder. I always try to do my homework in the
morning, after making my bed. bed.
We had to return home because we had run out of money. money . At first her eyes filled with
horror, horror, and then she burst into tears. tears.
7. verb + adverb
She placed her keys gently on the table and sat down. Mary whispered softly in John's ear.
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Name:___________________
Date:___________
EXERCISE I. Choose the word that best completes the phrase: 1. What do you _________ for a
living? (do, make) 2. Have you _________ your homework homework already? (said, done) 3.
My sister _________ the grocery shopping. (took, did) 4. Amber _________ badly on her
geography test. (said, did) 5. The children ______ a mess mess in the the kitchen. (make, made)
6. Please _______ your bed. bed. (do, make) 7. Can you ________ me a favor? (do, make) 8.
Have you _________ a decision yet? (make, made) 9. Please excuse me while I ________ a
phone call. (do, make)
II.
10. What do you do in your __________ time? 11. We couldn’t finish because we ________
______ __ time. 12. Can you _______ time for me this weekend? 13. Wear your hat today so you
don’t _________ a cold. 14. _____________ an effort to learn something new each day. 15. She
was tired and wanted to ____________ a bath.
Something of interest:
Strong and weak collocation If we look deeper into collocations, we find that not only do the
words "go together " but there is a degree of predictability in their association. association.
Generally, in any collocation, one word will "call up" another word in the mind of a native
speaker. In other words, if I give you one word, you can predict the other word , with varying
degrees of success. This predictability is not 100%, but it is a lways much higher than with non-
collocates. The predictability may be strong : for example "auspicious" collocates with very few
words , as in:
auspicious event
Or the predictability may be weak : for example, "circuit" collocates with more than 20 words ,
as in: CIRCUIT racing
circuit
lecture
circuit
talk-show
circuit
short
circuit
closed
circuit
integrated
circuit
printed
circuit
printed
circuit
board
circuit
board
circuit
breaker
circuit
training
circuit
judge
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