Collocations with examples

 Collocations are conventional word combinations occur in unpredictable ways which are used in a language. Strong is a word which is often used with tea, but it is not usually used with rain. We often use the phrase strong tea, but we do not say strong rain. Instead we say “heavy rain”. Such combinations in a language are known as collocations. 

some commonly used collocations are as follows

fast food

 fell in love,
pay attention 

got married
have a break

 right now 
have fun

 take a break

keep in touch

 come to an end

run out of time

 make profit

come to the point

go bankrupt

bear in mind

feeble attempt

formidable opponent

raise your hand 

 

Worksheet:

Match the words on the left with those they often collocate with on the right.

 

 

 

Answers:

 

Make a phone call

do the shopping

 pay attention

potential methodology 

apparent discrepancy 

rigorous problem

principal cause

salient features