CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 92
Collocation: which words go together
A
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Adjective + noun collocations
Nouns
oft en have typical adjectives which go with them. Here are some examples.
Compare
thing and article:
I
don’t like five-a-side football; I prefer the real thing. [i.e. real
football, with 11 players in each team]
These
trainers are the genuine article. Those others are just cheap imported
copies.
You
can give a broad summary of something (NOT a wide summary).
You
can describe something in great detail (NOT in big detail).
Some
adjectives go with a restricted range of nouns. For example:
a
formidable opponent/reputation/task/challenge
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B
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Verb + adverb collocations
Often,
verbs have typical adverbs that collocate with them. The lines here show
which collocations are normal:
It’s
something I feel strongly about (NOT I
If
I remember rightly, it happened at about 6.30 (NOT If I
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C
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Adverb
+ adjective collocations
It
is useful to learn which adverbs most typically modify particular types of
adjectives. For example, the adverb utterly, which means totally or
completely, very frequently occurs before adjectives with negative
connotations, although it can also be used with neutral or positive words.
Typical examples are: appalling, dismal, depressed, disgusting,
distasteful, exhausted, false, fatuous, impossible,
lost, ludicrous, naive, pointless, ridiculous,
unacceptable, useless, wrong. Try to notice this kind of
regularity when learning words.
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D
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Verb
+ object collocations
Verbs
and their objects oft en form collocations.
You
raise your hand to ask a question (NOT lift your hand).
You
can raise a family. [bring up children] (NOT lift a family)
You
can visit / go to / click on / check out a website.
Language
help
Collocation
is concerned with the way words
regularly occur together, oft en in unpredictable ways. It is a very good
idea when learning new words to learn any typical collocations that go with
them.
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EXERCISES
92.1
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Is
the correct word real or genuine in these sentences? Choose the more normal collocation.
If both are acceptable, choose them both.
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92.2
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Choose
one of the words below each sentence to fill the gaps. In each case only one
of them is the normal collocation for the underlined word. Use a dictionary
if necessary.
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92.3
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Choose
the most suitable collocation in these sentences. The word you choose should have
the approximate meaning given in brackets. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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92.4
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Which
collocation is more likely? Choose the correct answer.
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92.5
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Over
to you
During
the next week, try to find one new collocation that you were not aware of
before for each of these categories:
ADJECTIVE
+ NOUN /VERB + OBJECT /ADVERB + ADJECTIVE
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ANSWER KEY
92.1
1
real
2
real
3
real / genuine
4
genuine
5
genuine
92.2
1
C 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 C
92.3
1
brisk, sharpen 5 bequeathed
2 toll 6 rightly 3 leisurely 7 visit 4 perfectly 8 spoilt
92.4
1
a powerful car
2 strong tea 3 auburn hair 4 a doleful expression 5 a lengthy meeting |
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