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. make important discoveries
. reduce carbon emissions
. suffer a catastrophe
. start a colony
In your opinion, which expert s prediction is (write predictions on the board):
. the most optimistic?
. the most pessimistic?
. the most interesting?
. the most likely to come true? your reasons. Also, you can highlight parts of the text and make notes to back up your opinions.
2) Пояснення нового матеріалу
All right! Now we ll talk about the collocations. Follow me, and make notes., What is a collocation? Who knows? Collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used together in English.are several different types of collocation. Collocations can be adjective + adverb, noun + noun, verb + noun and so on. There are seven main types of collocation in sample sentences.
. adverb + adjectivethat country was an utterly stupid thing to do.entered a richly decorated room.you fully aware of the implications of your action?
. adjective + noundoctor ordered him to take regular exercise.Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.was writhing on the ground in excruciating pain.
. noun + noun «s give Mr Jones a round of applause.ceasefire agreement came into effect at 11am.» d like to buy two bars of soap please.
. noun + verblion started to roar when it heard the dog barking.was falling as our plane took off.bomb went off when he started the car engine.
. verb + nounprisoner was hanged for committing murder.always try to do my homework in the morning, after making my bed.has been asked to give a presentation about his work.
. verb + expression with prepositionhad to return home because we had run out of money.first her eyes filled with horror, and then she burst into tears.behaviour was enough to drive anybody to crime.
. verb + adverbplaced her keys gently on the table and sat down.whispered softly in John's ear.vaguely remember that it was growing dark when we left.
When is a collocation NOT a collocation?
The term «collocation» in its linguistic sense is relatively new (dating from the 1950s) and not all linguists agree on its definition. In fact there is considerable disagreement and even some confusion. Some linguists treat fixed phrases as extended collocations (as far as I «m concerned, not on your life, rather you than me, under the weather, if you» ve got the time). Others suggest that when a sequence of words is 100% predictable, and allows absolutely no change except possibly in tense, it is not helpful to treat it as a collocation. Such sequences they generally treat as fixed expressions («prim and proper») or idioms («kick the bucket»).
* see appendix 1: collocation list
) Закріплення нового матеріалу на практиці
So let s practice. Open your SB on page 133, 5.3. verb + noun collocations exercise 1 . You are to choose the correct words to m...
