IMPORTANCE OF COLLOCATIONS IN CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH

Two or more words which is used together while speaking with others is known as collocation. There is no definite rule but the speakers tend to use them because it sounds good and the conversation becomes lively and attractive. It is also very difficult to remember single word and use it in our daily conversation but on the other hand if we can use block of words or chunks in English language it can be easily remembered. Moreover it gives a choice to the speaker to express in a much better way. If you think of a certain word try also to use other words which go in combination with that particular word.  For example if you are thinking of the word ,”over” try also other words which can be used with that word like think, do , take . So if we use these two words together the new word formed – overtake, overdo, takeover. Again we can try to use make or do. Take the case of the word make. We can say or use – make a difference, make progress. There can be different combinations of words. It may be an Adverb in combination with an Adjective, Noun in combination with another Noun, Verb with Noun and Verb with another Adverb

Try to read as much as possible to remember the chunks which are used in our English language. After you learn a certain groups of collocation, try to revise it as much as possible. You can various sites related to English language and learn more about it. You can also visit my website to know more about collocations
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