Using Collocations for Natural English

Elizabeth Walter

ISBN 10: 1905085524 / ISBN 13: 9781905085521

Published by Delta Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using Collocations for Natural English
• Publisher: Delta Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905085524
• ISBN 13: 9781905085521
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

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Synopsis

Collocations are the key to fluent English. Learning words on their own may enable students to communicate, but to sound natural, students must learn what words typically go together. "Using Collocations for Natural English" helps students improve the way they use the words they already know. Comprising twenty-four units and six review sections, collocations are first presented in simple exercises. Students go on to understand and use the collocations with confidence in a variety of contexts. "Using Collocations for Natural English" puts an emphasis on learning to use collocations appropriately. Collocations are always presented in typical contexts, and information on formality or informality is included. Exercises include working on a range of text types from tweets to emails, postcards to letters and adverts to newspaper articles. Examples of conversational English are also included with texts recorded on Audio CD, which allow students to notice features of stress and intonation.

Review

Contents Unit Page Introduction 4 1 What are collocations? 6 2 Verb + noun and verb + adverb collocations 10 3 Adjective + noun collocations 14 4 Other types of collocation 18 Review 1-4 22 5 Collocations for good and bad 24 6 Collocations for success 28 7 Collocations for importance 32 8 Collocations for beginnings 36 Review 5-8 40 9 Metaphor in collocations 42 10 Formal and informal collocations 46 11 Collocations with phrasal verbs 50 12 Collocations in speech 54 Review 9-12 58 13 Collocations for people's appearance 60 14 Collocations for relationships 64 15 Collocations for personality 68 16 Collocations for where we live 72 Review 13-16 76 17 Collocations for work 78 18 Collocations for leisure 82 19 Collocations for communication 86 20 Collocations for food 90 Review 17-20 94 21 Collocations for opinions 96 22 Collocations for emphasis 100 23 Collocations for decisions 104 24 Collocations for feelings 108 Review 21-24 112 Key 114