What Are Collocations?
What Are Collocations?
In a sentence or paragraph, collocations are groups of words that are commonly used together. Primary English speakers always have the “proper” sound since they routinely use these combinations. On the other side, some modifications could sound manufactured and seem to have the “wrong” pitch. You can immediately tell what is natural and what is unnatural just by listening to a few examples and evaluating how correct or incorrect the statements seem.
Examples of Collocations in English
Why Should You Learn Collocations?
- Your speech will come out more naturally and will be simpler to comprehend.
- You will have access to a wider variety of more nuanced ways to express who you are.
- Our brains find it much simpler to recall and make use of language when it is presented in chunks or blocks rather than as individual words.
How to Learn Collocations
- Collocations are common, so keep an eye out for them and try to spot them when you hear or see them.
- Consider collocations to be separate linguistic components. Consider them as separate units or chunks, and remember that strongly support is preferable than strongly + support.
- Keep a list of words that rhyme with new words as you learn them. (recall correctly, remember precisely, remember faintly, remember keenly.).
- As much as you can, read. Reading is a great approach to picking up new words and natural collocations in context.
- Regularly review what you have learned—practice utilizing it in a context as soon as you learn a new collocation.
- Collocations can be learned in groups that suit you. You could learn them based on a particular word or a theme (such as time, numbers, weather, money, and family) (take initiative, take a chance, or take a test).
- Any decent learner’s dictionary will have information on collocations. Additionally, there are specialized dictionaries of collocations available.
