Collocation - SS3 English Lesson Note

Collocations: Collocations are words or phrases that are often used together. They have a fixed meaning, and they cannot be easily separated. For example, the phrase "whims and caprices" means "sudden changes of mind." The words "whims" and "caprices" cannot be separated, and they have a specific meaning together that they do not have when they are used separately.

Examples of collocations:

whims and caprices

hook, line, and sinker

at the drop of a hat

by leaps and bounds

from the word go

in the nick of time

play it by ear

right off the bat

the whole nine yards

Importance of collocations: Collocations are an important part of English vocabulary. They help to make your speech and writing more natural and fluent. If you want to sound like a native speaker, you need to learn the collocations that are used in everyday English.

How to learn collocations: There are a few different ways to learn collocations. You can look them up in a dictionary or thesaurus, or you can find them in lists online. You can also learn collocations by listening to native speakers speak and by reading English texts.