Collocation

Examples

What is a Collocation?

Collocation refers to how words go together or form fixed relationships.Collocations are words that are frequently placed together. So, a collocation in English is a group of two or more words that are often found together either in English speech or English writing.

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Collocation Examples

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• He had intended to take a holiday in New York.
• He wanted to see if he could get a job with us.
• I might take a lesson from you.
• My goals were to go back to school and get a degree.
• I’ll take a look at the website and let you know what I think.
• He was beginning to get angry.
• Couldn’t you do a favour and leave me alone?
• She should make a right choice.
• Could you do a report for me?
• We are to make a contract for a supply of raw silk with the company.
• I like to do homework.
• We need to make a deal for this project.
• The company is about to go bankrupt.

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Collocation Examples

• He asked her out to dinner.
• You get wet in the rain.
• I get tired of educating people.
• It’s important to get sleep so don’t stay up too long.
• He always give a hand to anyone in difficulty.
• I’ve got to get into town. Can you give me a ride?
• He gave an idea for new project so he got a promotion.
• It’s easy to make a mistake.
• We can’t undertake that you will make a profit.
• My mom always makes me a sandwich to school
• We need to make an effort to do well in this competition.
• The commitee has made serious objections to that plan.
• The old man is going to go crazy.
• As for myself I doubt I’ll ever go on a date.
• I’ll just go online and look up her address.
• I want to go sailing.
• I wanted to take a break and work on some things.

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