Collocations in use

verb + noun -- take a vacation

adjective + noun -- light rain

adverb + verb -- completely forget

adverb + adjective -- totally awesome

adjective + preposition -- tired of ...

noun + noun -- a business deal

Here are some examples of longer collocations based on 'll:

I'll give you a call.

I'll be in touch.

I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

I'll be back in a minute.

I'll see what I can do.

Collocations

1.  to burst into laughter

2. to bear witness to (something)

3.  to carry something too far

4.  to cast an eye over (something) ( = to examine something briefly)

5. to catch (one's) eye

6.  to change one's mind

7. to carry/convey a message

8. to cause damage to

9.  to take care of somebody / something

10. to come to somebody's rescue/aid

11. to come off in an examination

12. to commit crime

13. to draw (one's) attention to (something)

14.  to make comparison

15. to drive (someone) mad

16. to drop a line to (someone) ( = to write to somebody)

17. to turn a deaf ear to

18. to have something done (by somebody)

19. to do somebody a favour

20. to look down on somebody

21. There is a great demand for

22.  to eat one's words

23.  to exercise (one's) right

24. to engage a telephone line

25. to earn a living

26. to have a good/bad effect on

27. to enrich one's knowledge

28. to come to an end

29. to pay attention to (someone)

30. to place an order

31. to play tricks on (someone)

32. to put the blame on (someone)

33. to pay a visit to

34. to pick up a bad habit

35. to put an end to

36. to raise a question/an objection

37. to read between the lines (= to look for the underlying meaning of one's words)

38. to receive a good education

39. to receive a letter from

40. to take (one's) time (= to do something slowly)

41. to throw cold water on something (= to discourage someone from doing something)

42. to turn a blind eye to

43. to tackle a problem

44. to take the chance

45. to keep track on

46. to take shape

　
COLLOCATIONS 1

1. (give/make) a suggestion

2. (take/make) a telephone call

3. (do/make) an attempt to

4. (win/beat) a match

5. (win/beat) a team

6. (put/carry) out a plan

7. (put/bring) something to an end

8. (put/bring) an end to something

9. (ruin/hurt) your health

10. (do/make) a complaint about

11. (select/make) a choice

12. (do/make) a decision

13. (do/make) somebody a favour

14. (do/make) a comparison,

15. (put/take) action to

16. (rise/raise) fund

17. (keep/hold) one's word

18. (miss/lose) one’s way

19. (watch/observe) a custom

20. (take/listen to) somebody’s advice

COLLOCATIONS 2

1. (do/make) business with somebody

2. (go/come) to an agreement

3. (make/do) friends with others

4. (give/pay) somebody a lift

5. (write/compile) a dictionary

6. (do/make) improvement

7. (do/make) a performance

8. (do /make) a promise

9. (give/open) a party

10. (take/make) use of something

11. (give/pay) a visit to somebody

12. (do/play) an important part

13. (do/make) a new start

14. (bring/take) advantage of something

15. (fit/meet) the requirements

16. (do/make) a good teacher

17. (do/make) haste

18. (raise/rise) a question.

		Collocation Use with Come, Get and Feel Come: first/last/right back/early/close/prepared/late/second/direct Get: ready/married/started/divorced/burnt/drunk/angry/lost/worried/wet Feel: tense/comfortable/happy/free/nervous/disappointed/ proud/sleepy/hurt Collocation Use with Miss, Get, Do and Make Miss: a goal/a chance/the point/a flight/one’s family/ a lesson/one’s home/an opportunity/an appointment Get: home/frightened/permission/a surprise/the message/lost/ready/a job/nowhere Do: homework/the shopping/the housework/business/someone a favour/nothing/the washing up/the cooking/ a job/one’s best Make: progress/an effort/money/ a mess/ a mistake/a noise/ trouble/a job/ the cooking/one’s best Adjective Collocations When describing physical objects you can use a wide variety of adjectives such as: large, big, tiny, minuscule, small, etc. However, when describing nouns that are not physical (e.g. joy, anger, wealth) you need to pay careful attention to the choice of intensifying adjectives. This feature provides a guide to the use of the most common intensifying adjectives for non-physical nouns. Absolute / Complete / Total / Utter Absolute, complete, total and utter are used to express strong feelings, extreme situations, and other events - especially negative experiences. absolute agony complete astonishment total bliss (an) utter catastrophe absolute despair total ecstasy utter fury a complete idiot utter loathing total madness Big Big tends to describe a happening or a type of person. It is not usually used with uncountable nouns. Happenings a big decision a big disappointment a big improvement a big mistake a big surprise Types of Persons a big eater a big dreamer a big drinker a big spender a big talker Great Great usually describes nouns which express feelings or qualities. great admiration great anger in great detail (a) great disappointment great enjoyment great excitement a great failure great fun great happiness great joy at great length a great number (of) great power great pride a great quantity (of) great sensitivity great skill great strength great understanding great wealth Large Large is often used with nouns concerning numbers and measurements. It is not usually used with uncountable nouns. a large amount a large number (of) a large population a large proportion a large quantity a large scale A collocation is a word pair, in this case adjective and noun, that always goes together. There are no specific rules for these collocations, however, it is important to learn some of the standard collocations. Here is a guide to collocations with deep, heavy, high (low) and strong. Deep depression deep devotion a deep feeling deep pockets deep sleep in deep thought in deep trouble Heavy a heavy drinker heavy rain a heavy sleeper a heavy smoker heavy snow heavy traffic High - Low. Notice that a number of nouns (but not all) which take 'high' also take 'low'. high - or low - cost high - or low - density high - or low - energy high - or low - esteem a high - or low - expectation (of) a high - or low - level (of) a high - or low - opinion (of someone or something) high - or low - pressure a - or low - high price high quality high speed Strong strong criticism strong denial a strong feeling a strong opinion (about something) a strong sense (of) a strong smell a strong taste