Презентація на тему "English Collocations"

ENGLISH COLLOCATIONSIN USE

WHAT IS A COLLOCATION?It’s a pair or group of words that are often used together. Some of them are fixed or very strong e.g. Take a photo make an effort heavy rain high temperature Some of them are more open and have some different words of the same meaning : e.g. Keep to the rules = stick to the rules

WE SAY: WE DON’T SAY: Fast cars quick cars. Fast food quick food A quick glance NOT : a fast glance. A quick meal a fast meal. Watch TV /video look at TV/video. A powerful engine a strong engine. Make the bed do the bed

WHY LEARN COLLOCATIONS?They can: Give you the most natural way to say something Smoking is strictly forbidden here. Give you alternative way to say something: It was very cold and very dark OR: It was bitterly cold and pitch dark. Improve your style in writing: a substantial meal ( NOT a big meal) breathtaking scenery ( NOT nice, good)

TYPES OF COLLOCATIONS: ADJECTIVE + NOUN bright colour a clear sky key issue2. NOUN+ NOUN ( a….of….) A sense of humour/ pride A feeling of happiness/ horror3. VERB + PREPOSITION filled with burst into afraid of4. ADVERB + ADJECTIVE happily married fully aware extremely difficult

EXERCISES 1. Match the pairs: * A sharp monument. A piece of a good rest. Find a decision. Make requirements. Meet disappointed. Ancient advice. Have the way. Bitterly pain

THE KEY: A sharp pain. A piece of advice. Find the way. Make a decision. Meet requirements. Ancient monument. Have a good rest. Bitterly disappointed

After giving Mark a lift to the airport, Julie made her way home. What an exciting life heled! At times Julie felt desperately jealous of him. She spent her time doing little morethan taking care of him and the children. Now her sister was getting divorced and woulddoubtless be making demands on her too. Julie had promised to give her sister a call assoon as she got home but she decided to run herself a bath first. She had a sharp painin her side and hoped that a hot bath might ease the pain Find collocations in the text:

THE KEY: Give a lift. Make one’s way. Lead life. Desperately jealous. Spend time. Take care of Get divorced. Make demand on. Give a call. Run a bath. A sharp pain. Ease the pain

SOME TIPS:* Regularly revise what you want to learn* Practice using what you want to learn in contexts* Learn collocations in groups to help you fix them in your memory SHARPA sharp knife. A sharp pain. A sharp bend / turn. A sharp contrast / difference. A sharp rise / increase/ drop

…THE WAYI must find a way to help him. Can you find your way back to my house?I learnt the hard way that Jack can’t be trusted. Please, tell me if I’m getting in your way. You must give way to traffic from the left. I’ve tried every possible way to get him to change his mind

MATCH THE PAIRS: She’s having her duty. She’s taking a lecture. She’s giving a party. She’s making an exam. She’s doing good progress

THE KEY: She’s having a party. She’s taking an exam. She’s giving a lecture. She’s making good progress. She’s doing her duty

“A TEACHER CAN OPEN THE DOOR AND YOU MUST ENTER IT BY YOURSELVES” ( A Chinese proverb)

MAKE: DO : A bed homework. A cup of tea calculations. A decision athletics/sports. An effort household chores. A mistake the best/ well/good. Money a project. A film puzzles. A suggestion the shopping. Lunch/dinner business. A mess harm. A fortune job/work

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DO AND MAKE?DO - to perform an action or activity Do homework, do courses, do housework - to have an effect do all the best, do nothing/ everything, do good. MAKE - to produce something to make a box - to cook, prepare food or drink to make a cake, to make a cup of tea - to say that someone does something to make a mistake, make a noise - to force someone to do something My parents always make me do homework I was made to wait for two hours

EXERCISES: I’ll just ____ the dishes before we go. He didn’t ___ any mistake in his test. I’ve got nothing to ___ today. She had to ____ a choice between two boys. Let’s ____ a cup of coffee!She ___ everything to attract him. It’s been a pleasure to ___ business with you. If you ___ a promise, you should keep to it. They ___ delicious food in this caféMy hobby is ____ puzzles

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH: Насміхатися над Поскаржитися. Розпалити багаття. Упевнитися в. Завдати шкоди. Зробити все можливе. Зробити зусилля. Розбагатітизайматися бізнесом

COMPOUND NOUNS AND ADJECTIVESCompounds are units of meaning formed with two or more words. They may be written separately: car park post office dining room bus station

SOME USEFUL COLLOCATIONS: Cross a bridge, a road, a street. Get angry, a cold, fit, worried, a message, a phone call. Go swimming, shopping, deaf. Go by bike, car, bus, helicopter, lorry ,train, underground. Go on foot, horseback. Have an accident, an argument, an illness, a headache, a cold, a meal, a pain, a temperature. High /Low in calories, fat, minerals, protein, sugar, vitamins. Take a decision, medicine, a message, smb/smth seriously a photo/ a picture, a seat, a look, a shower/ a bath. Win an award, the lottery, a medal, a prize , points

TAKE ( TOOK, TAKEN)It is used :* To describe an action TAKE A look A walk. A shower/ a bath A seat. A photo/ a picture One’s temperature Take control A bus Drugs Take power No notice Take control. Move from one place to another. TAKE somebody / something to ( into)He took us to the airport. Take somebody/something with. My sister took her children with her to London

THANKS A LOT FOR ATTENTION!LEARN ENGLISH WHILE SPEAKING!