1/14/2008

Word Collocation - An effective Way to Learn English Vocabulary

What is word collocation?

Collocations show how words are strung and used together to express ideas.

VERB PHRASE
verb + noun (e.g. teach English, accept responsibility)
verb + adjective +noun (e.g. teach old English, accept social responsibility)
adverb + verb (e.g. skillfully teach, happily accept )
adverb + verb + noun (e.g. skillfully teach the students, happily accept the social responsibility)

NOUN PHRASE
adverb + adjective + noun (e.g. highly regarded teacher )
adjective + preposition + noun (e.g. good at English)
noun + noun (e.g. English teacher )

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Jerry Lo said...
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Jerry Lo said...

Wow!!It is very useful to the children that are learning English!!!!!

Pronoun Task 6

Am, is, are