What are collocations
Collocations are words that frequently go together. That means that they are combined in order to give an especific meaning to what we want to say.
It is possible to confuse the words and the verbs because there are many similar words, whose meaning has a meaning of nuances.
Collocations do not have fixed rules about the form of meaning.
Some reasons of errors with collocations
The direct translation from our first language can afect the sentence in English. For example, in my native language, Spanish, we say "it does cold" when we want to say that it is cold. Without a doubt, this sentence does not help the talk partner to understand what we want to say.
Use of collocationsCollocations are words that frequently go together. That means that they are combined in order to give an especific meaning to what we want to say.
It is possible to confuse the words and the verbs because there are many similar words, whose meaning has a meaning of nuances.
Collocations do not have fixed rules about the form of meaning.
Some reasons of errors with collocations
The direct translation from our first language can afect the sentence in English. For example, in my native language, Spanish, we say "it does cold" when we want to say that it is cold. Without a doubt, this sentence does not help the talk partner to understand what we want to say.
The only way to avoid a bad use of collocations is just to study hard and memorize many expressions. However, I have made a list with the most useful collocations.
Turn on the light
Do the laundry
Read a book (some people can use another verbs like watch)
To damage a book (I remember how once I used the verb destroy to explain that a book was damaged).
Make tea, coffe and other (remember that you cannot cook drinks=)
Have or drink coffe.
Take medicine
Do homework
Brush your teeth
Have a party
Grow vegetables and fruits
I am afraid of spider
The car is expensive (not has an expensive cost)
Get into an accident
Get lost
Married to
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