Intro to Collocations: What is a Collocation, How to Remember Collocations, 8 types of Collocations!

This is the book I recommend for Learning Collocations: https://amzn.to/2WjgLsa
Being able to use collocations is a very important part of sounding more like a native speaker. In today’s lesson we’re going to talk about what a collocation is with examples of some common mistakes students make. Then I will explain my three tips to help you remember and study collocations, with some good examples of collocations. Finally, we will learn about the eight main types of common collocations that you will find in English, with two examples of each type. It’s time for some serious studying today!

What is a Collocation: A collocation is a set of words that go together naturally in English. A collocation is a pair of words that sound right together. If you replace or change any of the words in the fixed group, it will sound odd or strange to native speakers. For example, we will always say ‘heavy rain’ and will never say, ‘big rain’. ‘Commit a crime’, not ‘do a crime’. ‘Have a party’, not ‘make a party’.

How to Remember Collocations:
1) Read lots, Listen lots, and speak with native speakers. Be aware of collocations and start looking for them and trying to recognize them.
2) Learn collocations in groups either by topic or word. ie Topic of Weather: ‘Heavy rain’, ‘Strong wind’, ‘thick fog’, ‘scattered showers’. Word Make: ‘make a mistake’, ‘make a decision’, ‘make the bed’, ‘make up your mind’.
3) Whenever you learn a new vocabulary word, check to see what words will collocate with it, so you will learn many words at the same time and be more aware of how the new vocabulary works. [Use collocation dictionaries or books such as this one: https://amzn.to/2WjgLsa to help you study.]

The 8 most common Types of Collocations:
1) adverb + adjective collocations: ‘Highly recommended’, ‘Deeply concerned’.
2) adjective + noun collocations: ‘Native speaker’, and ‘Wrong number’.
3) noun + noun collocations: ‘Law firm’, or ‘Comfort zone’.
4) noun + verb collocations: ‘thunder rumbled’, ‘wind howled.’
5) verb + noun collocations: ‘Commit a crime’, ‘Have a party’.
6) verb + preposition collocations: ‘agree with’, ‘focus on’.
7)adverb + adverb collocations: ‘All alone’, ‘Right now’.
8) adverb + verb collocations: ‘Strongly agree’, ‘Completely forgot’.

By watching this introduction to Collocations and learning: what is a Collocation, how to remember collocations, and the 8 types of collocations, you will be one step closer to sounding more like a native speaker!

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