What are collocations in English?
Collocation is words that are used regularly with a specific word. For example, three collocation words for the word 'friend' are 'best, 'good,' and 'loyal.' Here are some example sentences:
"She talks to her best friend every day."
(best)
"He lives with some good friends."
(good, close)
* The word 'close' is another collocation that can be used in the place of 'good' such as "He lives with some close friends."
"She has been a loyal friend for many years."
(loyal, real, trusted, true, faithful)
* All the words in the parenthesis can be used in the place of 'loyal.' These are other examples of collocations for the word 'friend.'
Why is it important to study English collocation?
When we learn vocabulary, we might understand the meaning of the word using a dictionary, but many times, we do not know how to use the word in a sentence.
How do I use that word? What are example sentences with that word? These are all common questions when we study vocabulary.
The best way to learn vocabulary is to learn what words are commonly used with the word in an example sentence. TalkEnglish.com developed collocation lessons using the 2000 most frequently used words to help English learners improve their basic vocabulary and to help them learn how to use words in the correct way.
How do I study English collocations?
It doesn't make much sense to pick up a dictionary and study all the words there. Similarly, it doesn't make sense to pick up a collocation dictionary to study all the words. The best way is to find the most frequently used words in the English language and study the most frequently used collocations with those words. That is exactly what TalkEnglish has done.
TalkEnglish has identified the 2000 most frequently used vocabulary words in the English language and created a collocation lesson for each word. There are over 2000 FREE collocation lessons in ESL Vocabulary Lessons. You can find any word by searching, or you can study them by order of frequency.
Keep in mind that you should study them in depth. Do not simply read the sentence. Learn each sentence and read it out loud until you can say it without thinking about it. For additional study tips, please visit the Study Method page.
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英语中的搭配是什么?搭配是指经常与特定词搭配使用的词。例如，“朋友”的三个搭配词是“最好的”、“好的”和“忠诚的”。下面是一些例句:“她每天都和她最好的朋友聊天。”(最好的)“他和一些好朋友住在一起。”(好,关闭)*“close”是另一个可以用来表示“good”的搭配，例如“He lives with some close friends.”“多年来，她一直是我忠实的朋友。”忠诚的，真实的，可信的*括号中的所有单词都可以用在‘忠于’的地方。这是‘friend’这个词搭配的其他例子。为什么学习英语搭配很重要?当我们学习词汇时，我们可能会通过字典理解这个词的意思，但是很多时候，我们不知道如何在一个句子中使用这个词。这个词怎么用?这个单词的例句是什么?这些都是我们学习词汇时常见的问题。学习词汇最好的方法是在例句中学习单词的常用词汇。TalkEnglish.com网站利用2000个最常用的单词开发了搭配课程，帮助英语学习者提高他们的基本词汇，并帮助他们学习如何正确使用单词。如何学习英语搭配?拿起字典学习那里所有的单词没有多大意义。同样地，拿起一本搭配词典来研究所有的单词也没有意义。最好的方法是找出英语中最常用的单词，并研究这些单词最常用的搭配。这正是TalkEnglish所做的。TalkEnglish列出了2000个最常用的英语词汇，并为每个单词制作了搭配课程。英语词汇课有2000多种免费搭配课程。你可以通过搜索找到任何单词，或者你可以按照频率的顺序研究它们。记住，你应该深入研究它们。不要只是简单地读句子。学习每一个句子，大声读出来，直到你能不假思索地说出它。更多的研究提示，请访问研究方法页面。