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Verb Collocations

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Mon, 02/02/2009 - 07:54 — Chris McCarthy

 

"Go diving" or "go to diving'?

When learning English it's important to learn collocations. Collocations are groups of  words that appear together in a sentence. Take a look at the following verb collocations. Each verb goes with a word or phrase:

  • Go shopping
  • Go to the shops
  • Do my homework
  • Tidy up my room
  • Rent a car
  • Go out for a walk
  • Work overtime
  • Get married
  • Go on a trip
  • Give me some help

Now match up the verbs to the correct words and phrases.

  • us some advice
  • a cruise
  • skiing
  • for dinner
  • the bank
  • the washing up
  • part-time
  • my flat
  • a villa for the summer
  • divorced

 

Link: Which sentences have mistakes?

  • Go
  • Go to
  • Do
  • Tidy up
  • Rent
  • Go out
  • Work
  • Get
  • Go on
  • Give


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Comments

Mon, 02/02/2009 - 08:17 — grivna

Thanks for collocations

Don't forget to do the washing up! Then you'll be able to go on a cruise.
We are planning to rent a yacht for a cruise. And please, tidy up your room before!

It seems a dreadful story, I hope it reads at least grammatically well.

Fri, 02/06/2009 - 20:22 — qaisra_sheikh

wonderful

this is a wonderful exercise i love to do this

Fri, 02/06/2009 - 23:47 — Generous

Evrything is Ok. For having

Evrything is Ok.

Sat, 02/21/2009 - 11:43 — HANAN Q8

thanks.. it was useful..

thanks..
it was useful..

Mon, 03/02/2009 - 11:41 — pitchpotch

just divorced!

This summer I will probably get divorced since my wife is very upset that I don't tidy up the flat and I don't do the washing. Therefore I need you to give me an advice. Since I'm going to be kicked out of the flat, I thought I'd better go to the bank and withdraw all my savings and go on a cruise or rent a villa for the summer, go to pastures new. Or I might turn over a new leaf and start doing what she wants me to do. What do you think I should do?

Mon, 03/02/2009 - 15:18 — grivna

Of course you should make up with your wife

I suppose that your story is an invented one.
Anyway, I think that getting divorced is a really bad situation!

Mon, 04/27/2009 - 17:09 — Yura

Are they like as phrasal verbs?

Very nice and useful exercise. Thank you. Every time you can forget the collocation, it is like phrasal verb, isn't it?

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 06:01 — 26886

Thanks

Good effort thanks .