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What is collocation?
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This refers to words (often two or
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three) that are commonly placed
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There may be grammatical reasons
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for this, but there may not be. It may
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common verb-noun combinations to
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illustrate:
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To make the bed / money / a
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noise
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To catch a cold / a bus / a
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To come late / on time / to a
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To do homework / the
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You can't say 'do the bed' as these

Sample words do not collocate together.
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Why are they important

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The examiner will be judging you on
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this. For example, here is what the
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Other an IELTS band 7 for lexis (vocabulary):
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So to achieve a band 7 in this criteria,
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not only do you need to be using
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you know what other words these
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less common words are usually used
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them, this will have a negative
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Life Skills Test They are not something you can
Indicator Test really sit down and say, "Ok, I'm going

to learn collocations today".

Contact The important thing is that when you
learn a new word, you learn what
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combination with it. This is a common

approach in English language course
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books.
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To take a simple example, let's say
Task 1 & 2 eBook you are fairly new to English and you
are learning the word 'to have'. You

may be presented with these
phrases in your coursebook to help
you learn the word:

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have
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have a bath
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have a rest

have a meeting

have a haircut
have a drink

have a good time

have a relationship
have a holiday

have sympathy
have a problem

So you are not just learning the word

'have', you are learning chunks of
language. You are also learning
words that are usually used with the

word 'have'.

Learning words this way is much
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own, you are sure to make mistakes

when you try to use them in

sentences.
Here are some more complex

examples using the word 'interest' to
show you the types of collocation
Recent you may find for a word:
Articles
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Interest
Overpopulation
of Urban Areas
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Some Example
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Overpopulation of Examples Sentences
urban areas has led
to numerous
adjective +
problems. Identify considerable He has a vested
one or two serious interest
interest
interest in the future
ones and suggest Top
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ensures business.
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ways that
governments and great interest
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individuals can historical interest

I have varied musical
tackle
long-term interest
interests - I like jazz,
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pop, classical and
vested interest
reggae.
financial interest
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- Owned business interest
Computers by
Education Level greatly interested
He is deeply
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interested in religion.
particularly
adverb +
interested

interest
really interested
I'm very interested in

very interested
studying abroad.
quite interested
There are political

interest rate
Could you give me interest groups in my

the comments on my noun + interest payment
country that want to

writing task 1? The interest interest charge
change the
bar charts below interest group
illustrate how many constitution.
people owned I had never heard of
computers by out of interest
preposition + the film before but I

education level from for interest
2002 to 2021.
interest went to see it out of
of interest
interest.
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interest among
His speech generated
interest +
interest from
interest from many
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verb +
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I started learning to
interest
have an interest
play the guitar but I
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academic practice show an interest
lost interest very
test covers true, lose interest
quickly.
false, not given, gaps attract interest
fills, and summary

generate interest
completion.
spark interest
My friends and I share
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maintain interest
get along very well.
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share an interest
pay interest
So as you can see, there are many

words that are commonly used with
'interest' in different contexts. If you
start to use the wrong words with it,
this will be very noticeable.
If you say this, for example, it will be

very obvious to the examiner that it is
wrong:
I'm completely interested on

modern art.
'completely' does not collocate with

'interest' in this sentence, and nor
does 'on'. It could instead be said like
this:
I'm particularly interested in

modern art.
Someone using sentences like this

(consistently of course) would
achieve a high band score for their
lexis because they are
demonstrating a good
understanding of which words
should go together.
Another way to improve your

knowledge of what words collocate
is reading. The more you read, the
more you will notice which words
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IELTS Information Academic Word List 1a

Reading Lessons Here is an example of some

To come late / on time / to a

You can't say 'do the bed' as these

Academic Word List

Other an IELTS band 7 for lexis (vocabulary):

IELTS Scores of style and collocation"

To This Site isolation. If you learn words on their

when you try to use them in

Here are some more complex

Our use of the HTTPS protocolof the that

individuals can historical interest

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I'm very interested in

There are political

Could you give me interest groups in my

country that want to

preposition + the film before but I

fills, and summary

Our use of the HTTPS protocolmany interests

So as you can see, there are many

If you say this, for example, it will be

I'm completely interested on

'completely' does not collocate with

I'm particularly interested in

Someone using sentences like this

Another way to improve your

There are some links to quizzes on

If you haven't already signed up to

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