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Collocations – Everyday Verbs 

Make 

Make arrangements for         The school can make arrangements for pupils with special needs.

Make a change / changes The new manager is planning to make some changes.

Intensifying Adverbs

In English there are lots of ways of saying very or very much, for example we can use words such as highly, bitterly, deeply . These alternatives collocate strongly with specific words and other combinations often sound unnatural.

Highly 

Collocations – unlikely, unusual, successful, competitive, profitable, effective, controversial and recommended 

It is highly unlikely that I’ll finish my work on time.

 Thanksgiving 

 Verbs and adverbs

Some verbs have particular  adverbs which regularly collocate with them.

She pulled steadily on the rope and helped him to safety. [pulled firmly and evenly]

He placed the beautiful vase gently on the window ledge.

‘I love you and want to marry you,’ Derek whispered softly to Marsha.

She smiled proudly as she looked at the photos of her new grandson.

 Conjunctions and Interjection 

• What are interjections?
• What are conjunctions?
• Examples
• Types of conjunction
• Putting it into practice  

 Collocations

 A collocation is a pair or group of words that are often used together. These combinations sound natural to native speakers, but students of English have to make a special effort to learn them because they are often difficult to guess. Some combinations just ‘sound wrong’ to native English speakers. For example, the adjective fast collocates with cars, but not with a glance .

 How to Develop Great Conversation Skills 

• Introduction
•  Stop talking
• Tone of voice
• Ask Questions
• Engage in light conversation as often as you can
• Say what you think 

 The Past Tense

The English past tense is composed of regular verbs and irregular verbs. Forming the past tense of regular verbs is quite simple: drop the particle word to from an infinitive and then add the suffix -ed. Verbs that end in -y change to -i- and then add the ending -ed. All persons have the same past tense form.

Come  

Come expressing an idea of movement or change of state

Phrasal Verb       Meaning                                   Example

Multiple meanings of phrasal verbs

A phrasal verb can have a number of different meanings, e.g.

He got on the bus. [entered the bus] 

Jim and Ian get on really well. [like each other and are friendly]

Shh! I'm trying to get on with my work. [continue doing my work]