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Thinking About Language
Collocations
Certain words ‘go together’. Such ‘word friends’ are called collocations. The collocation of a word is ‘the company it keeps’.
For example, look at the paired sentences and phrases below. Which is a common collocation, and which one is odd? Strike out the odd sentence or phrase.
a.
b.
Here are some nouns from the text.
Work with a partner and discuss which of the nouns can collocate with which of the adjectives given below. The first one has been done for you.
(i)culture: unique culture, ancient culture
(ii)monks: ........................................
(iii)surprise: ........................................
(iv)experience: ........................................
(v)weather: ........................................
(vi)tradition: ........................................
(i) culture: unique culture, ancient culture
(ii) monks: ancient monks
(iii)surprise: Unique surprise, terrible surprise, unforgettable surprise
(iv) experience: Unique experience, terrible experience, unforgettable experience, sudden experience
(v) weather: terrible weather, sudden weather
(vi)tradition: unique tradition, ancient tradition
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