Collocations are natural combinations of words that commonly appear together in English. These word partnerships help your speaking and writing sound more fluent, precise, and natural.
Start with Collocations in English for the meaning, main patterns, and examples. You can then explore detailed lessons on verb-noun, adjective-noun, noun-noun, verb-preposition, adjective-preposition, adverb-adjective, and adverb-verb collocations.
English collocations can be classified in different ways. Make a decision is a verb + noun combination, while interested in follows an adjective + preposition pattern. Some classifications focus on the words involved, while others consider how closely those words…
You can know the meaning of every word in a sentence and still be unsure which words belong together. In English, we naturally say heavy traffic, but strong traffic sounds unusual. Both adjectives are familiar, yet they don’t combine with…