Read the following passage, identify any collocations and complete the table.

Collocations are particularly useful in academic English, and indeed when students are taught abut the topic, their interest levels are generally high. At least, this is what the research indicates. Reading critically is a good way of developing your understanding of collocations. One of the key criteria in using collocations is identifying the frequency with which they appear together.

Verb + noun

Verb + adverb

Noun + verb

Noun +noun

Adjective + noun

Adverb+ adverb

Adverb+ adjective particularly useful

NoteIt is important to distinguish academic or political collocations from idioms. Idioms (such as up to the minute or figure something out) tend to be more informal, and therefore are not much used in academic English. Phrasal verbs may also be categorized as collocations, but these are generally considered too informal for academic or political writing as well.

The following table provides a list of useful collocations used generally in academic language

Verb + noun

-develop + an understanding/a framework/ a plan

-do business/an experiment/ homework

-find an answer/a solution/time

-follow advice/an example/a procedure

- give a definition/a description/an explanation

- make an attempt/ a criticism/a reference/an effort

- reach an agreement/a conclusion/a decision

-submit an application/an essay/your resignation

-take an opportunity

Noun + verb Adjective + noun

-the research indicates/shows/demonstrates -key criteria/reason/idea

-X’s argument illustrates/ justifies/supports -major problem/ issue/ challenge

-the figure shows/reveals -detailed /in-depth/ground-breaking

Adverb+ adverb research

-specific argument/reason

-much more /less -present/current study

-almost certainly/entirely -previous studies

-very interestingly/importantly/noticeably -significant differences

Adverb+ adjective Noun+ noun

- particularly useful/challenging/ important - sample size

- -significantly higher/ different/changed -data set

- relatively interesting/important/high -control group

-quality assurance/control

Verb + adverb

-reading critically/carefully/with interest

-strongly suggest/argue

-dramatically increase/ change

-fundamentally change/disagree

-recently develop/arrive/start

Activation

Using a collocation dictionary and/or the corpus-based collocation website

http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx, identify which words collocate with the following; and in what order.

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