Six types of collocation

 

Hello friend,

It’s my pleasure to meet you again on my article. I hope that you are not going to be bored reading my article…..:)

The first time I heard about the word “collocation” is when I got test applying my first job as English tutor. I didn’t know what the meaning was at that time, how ashamed I was knowing that I didn’t know anything about collocation, but the weird is, I could answer it with my intuition and my hatch, hahahha…. I am smiling when I remember that time.

Now, after that experience, I was curious about what collocation was. I had been looking from every source which explains about this “collocation”.

What is collocation?

This is the meaning of “collocation” according to Cambridge dictionary:

1.     “a word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning.”

2.     “The combination of words formed when two or more words are often used together in a way that sound correct”

Why should we learn?

Knowing collocation will improve your English speaking and writing skill because: 

• Using wrong collocation is an error. 
•  Using correct collocation will show the level of your English, the better you use collocation, the better your English will be. 
•  Using correct collocation makes your English more like a native speaker.

What techniques can we use to help us learning collocation?

• Read newspaper, magazine or even story in English. 
•  As you read, connect the keywords and make a line between them. 
• Use different highlighters for every type of collocation. 
•  Write down the example which you find from the article onto your notebook. 
•  Organize your collocation list into its pattern, which I show you below.

How many types of collocation in English?

Well…. According to my information which I have read, there are six main types of collocation, they are:

1.     Adjective + noun

There are many adjective which can gather with noun, but I will write some adjectives to give you obvious example. Here are the examples of collocation adjective + noun

Ø He has been a heavy smoker and drinker all his adult life.

Ø She speaks English quite well but with strong French accent.

Ø They have a hard life and worked through a hard time. We don’t have hard evidence that they had used hard drugs.

Ø The doctor ordered him to take regular exercise.

Ø The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.

2.     Noun + noun (such as collective noun)

Ø I would like to buy two bars of soaps

Ø There is a glass of water on the table.

Ø Would you like to have a cup of coffee?

Ø He will give a bar of chocolate to his girlfriend on Valentine ’s Day.

Ø Her bouquet of flower is the best of all

3.     Verb + noun

Ø I always try to do my homework in the morning after making my bed

Ø Do you think the bank would forgive a debt?

Ø We are going to have lunch together, would you like to join??

Ø Every day, I take a shower at 6 o’clock

4.     Adverb + adjective

Ø This test is ridiculously easy! I didn’t even study, but I will get high score.

Ø Janet is a highly successful businesswoman. She owns several restaurants and hotels around the country.

Ø That is utterly ridiculous. She didn’t steal your favorite book. She wasn’t even in the office yesterday.

Ø Roger is strongly opposed to anything bad for health. He doesn’t eat junk food at all.

Ø Are you okay? I am deeply concerned about you. You have been desperate since you lost your job.

5.     Verbs+ prepositional phrase (phrasal verb)

Ø Their behavior was enough to drive anybody to crime

Ø We had to return home because we had run out of money

Ø I am going to look up the meaning in the dictionary

Ø She is going to dress up for her first date with him.

Ø You have to make up your mind before doing something.

6.     Verb +adverb

Ø Mary whispered softly in John’s ear.

Ø The boy speaks politely, and is very well-behaved.

Ø The accident happened because he was driving dangerously.

Ø After 2 years in London, he speaks English fluently.

Ø I waited patiently, but she never came.

Well…. I think it is enough for me to write about collocation, I hope that we will meet again on my next article.

Cherrio

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10 Peribahasa Bahasa Inggris (Bagian 1)

Mempelajari bahasa asing atau bahasa inggris dapat kita lakukan dengan mempelajari ekspresi-ekspresi yang akan membuat kalimat atau tulisan kita menjadi lebih hidup, dan rangkaian kalimat kita akan menjadi seperti seorang native speaker, Ekspresi yang saya maksud disini beragam bentuknya, namun kali ini saya hanya akan mengangkat satu ekspresi tersebut, yaitu peribahasa atau  proverb.

Sebenarnya apa sih peribahasa atau proverb itu? Peribahasa adalah kumpulan kata kata bijak yang mengandung saran yang diturunkankan oleh orang tua terdahulu, tentang bagaimana kita menjalani kehidupan. Or in English proverb is collection of wise words that offer good advice which usually our ancestor say about how to live our life.

Dibawah ini adalah peribahasa penting yang dapat kita gunakan dalam kehidupan sehari- hari baik dalam percakapan ataupun secara tulisan.

1.     “Better late than never”

Peribahasa atau pepatah ini sangat sering kita dengar dan tidak asing lagi ditelinga kita, proverb ini mengandung arti, baik bila kita melakukan sesuatu tepat waktu, namun jika kita tidak melakukan tepat waktu, maka terlambat itu kebih baik daripada tidak sama sekali.

2.     “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

Kadangkala kita tidak dapat mengatakan  dengan jelas apa yang kita ingin sampaikan, itulah mengapa memperlihatkan gambar atau foto lebih dapat menggambarkan apa yang ingin kita sampaikan.

3.     “There’s no such things as a free lunch”

Tak ada yang gratis didunia ini bung…. Hahahha, proverb ini sangat tepat untuk keadaan zaman sekarang ini, dimana kita tak akan mendapatkan sesuatu tanpa membayar. Ingatlah bahwa segala sesuatu yang ditawarkan gratis pasti menpunyai maksud tersembunyi.

4.     “The early bird catches the worm”

Nah… proverb ini cocok untuk mereka yang sering bangun siang…. Malas banun pagi, karena proverb ini mengandung arti “jika ingin sukses, maka sebaiknya kau bangun pagi” atau dalam peribahasa Indonesia “ bangun pagi biar rezeki tak dipatok ayam”

5.     “No man is an island”

Proverb ini cocok untuk mengatakan bahwa kita tak dapat hidup sendirian didunia ini, pasti kita akan membutuhkan oranglain, karena kita adalah makhluk yang memerlukan sosialisasi.

6.     “People who live in glass house shouldn’t throw stones”

Jangan mengkritik orang lain jika kamu sendiri bukanlah orang yang sempurna, kira kira itulah arti dari proverb yang satu ini.

7.     “Birds of a feather flock together”

Orang orang yang mempunyai sifat yang sama, biasanya akan berkumpul bersama, orang pintar akan berkumpul dengan orang pintar, mahasiswa yang popular akan berkumpul bersama dengan mereka yang popular juga, bahkan nerd (kutu buku) akan mencari perkumpulan yang sama sama kutu buku.

8.     “God helps those who help themselves”

Tuhan menolong siapa saja yang berusaha menolong dirinya sendiri, artinya janganlah mengharapkan pertolongan dari tuhan tanpa kita berusaha, berusaha dan bekerja keras untuk meraih tujuanmu.

9.     “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you”

Ini terutama ditujukan kepada mereka yang tak tau berterima kasih, jika kita bekerja kepada seseorang, atau ada orang yang membantu kita, sebaiknya kita tidak menjelek-jelekan mereka di belakang.

10.                        “Don’t put your eggs in one basket”

Janganlah meletakan uangmu dalam satu investasi, jangan mengambil resiko financial dengan hanya menempatkan uang di satu tempat, karena jika uang itu hilang, maka hilanglah seluruh kekayaan anda.

Itulah ke-10 proverb bagian 1 yang dapat saya kumpulkan, masih banyak proverb lain yang dapat kita pelajari untuk meng ekspresikan maksud kita dalam percakapan bahasa inggris. Semoga tulisan ini bermanfaat bagi mereka yang sedang belajar bahasa inggris.

Cherrio.

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Stative Verb

Beberapa kata kerja biasanya tidak digunakan dalam bentuk "sedang berlangsung", bahkan ketika kita berbicara tentang situasi sementara . Ini disebut verba stative.

    Jadi, kita mengatakan "I am sorry, I don't understand" daripada "I am not understanding."1. kata kerja Stative sering terhubung dengan pemikiran dan pendapat

• I don't know what to do, bukan I am not knowing what to do
• Yes, I agree with you, bukan I am agreeing with you

She doesn’t know what to do NOT She isn’t knowing what to do

Do you agree with me?

I don’t recognise it, do you?

- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/stative-verbs#sthash.50jtG7OT.dp

She doesn’t know what to do NOT She isn’t knowing what to do

Do you agree with me?

I don’t recognise it, do you?

- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/stative-verbs#sthash.50jtG7OT.dpuf

She doesn’t know what to do NOT She isn’t knowing what to do

Do you agree with me?

I don’t recognise it, do you?

- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/stative-verbs#sthash.50jtG7OT.dpuf

She doesn’t know what to do NOT She isn’t knowing what to do

Do you agree with me?

I don’t recognise it, do you?

- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/stative-verbs#sthash.50jtG7OT.dpuf

She doesn’t know what to do NOT She isn’t knowing what to do

Do you agree with me?

I don’t recognise it, do you?

- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/stative-verbs#sthash.50jtG7OT.dpuf

Kata kerja lain dalam kelompok ini antara lain:  believe, doubt, guess, imagine, mean, remember, think

2. kata kerja statif lain yang terhubung dengan perasaan dan emosi

• She likes this poem. Who wrote it? NOT She is liking thispoem
• What do you prefer to have now?
• I admire my new boss!

Verba statif lain dalam kelompok ini antara lain: dislike, love, prefer. want, wish
NB - meskipun 'enjoy' adalah kata kerja emosi, namun dapat digunakan dalam keadaan yang sedang berlangsung

     I’m enjoying the party.
3.  ‘see’, ‘hear’, ‘taste’, ‘smell’, ‘feel’adalah kata kerja yang menggambarkan panca indra.Verba ini biasanya tidak digunakan dalam bentuk sedang berlangsung. Mereka sering digunakan dengan 'can'.

    It smells of smoke in here. NOT It’s smelling of smoke in here
    I can’t see anything. It’s too dark.
 
4. Stative verba menjelaskan hal-hal yang tidak tindakan.Perhatikan baik-baik ini 2 kalimat.

     He smells of fish.
    He’s smelling the fish..Kalimat kedua adalah tindakan - bukan keadaan. Pria itu ingin tahu apakah ikan OK untuk makan.

     I think we should go to Croatia for our holiday this year.
    Sorry, what did you say? I was thinking about my holiday.
Kalimat pertama adalah pendapat tapi kalimat kedua adalah tindakan

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How to learn English Online?

Many ways to improve your English, one of them is to learn English online for free. Yes, today there are a lot of English language learning websites that you can attend to learn English. Similarly, sites that offer e-books in English, all of them can be downloaded with or even without charge.

Learning English online free does not need of sites that provide any content English lessons. You can also improve English language skills, particularly reading, through international websites that use English as the default language.

For example, try to access the websites of foreign news or other sites that made a lot of resources. Read all the information you can there, and as much as possible and understand the content and context of such content. When you find it difficult, do not hesitate to use the services of "translator" to interpret the word online that you do not understand the meaning.

Not just read an article, you can also use the Internet to learn English online for free by downloading various types of podcasts to learn English. Providers of video content on the Internet can also be used to learn English online for free. The trick, look for video content that contains tricks to learn English, or theories of English. This way, you instantly have applied the concept to learn English online for free via the internet.Although the method of learning English online can already be applied at home, but still needed guidance to guide you in learning English. Although it can get a lot of insight from the internet, still English textbooks need to be owned and studied as a guide. Because not all of the information obtained from the Internet is the information that is appropriate, and in accordance with the theories of English.

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How to stay young ?

For more than centuries, humans have been searching for magic pill to stay young, they usually call this pill as "the youthful pill", stay young is one of million humans' dreaming, especially women. Honestly, you don't have to search the magic pill to stay young, there are many ways to stay young without any magic pill.

1. Laughing is the best medicine to stay young, happiness is the key how you can laugh, find something which can make you happy, stay with someone who makes you laugh and you will be young forever.

2. Early go to bed and early to wake up, sleep enough at least 6 hours a day and drinking water 8 glasses a day can make our body fits, just remember the older proverb said "in the healthy body, there is healthy sould".

3. Keep working, love your job and do whatever makes you happy.

4. Smilling, this behavior doesn't only make people think you are nice but also make the muscle in your face stretched and make it more relax.

5. Don't depend on any medicine, too much medicine will ruin your body, try to consume healthy food, less fatty food and avoid soda.

6. Don't consume alcohol nor cigarette, both are unhealthy for our body, avoid those two things and your face will look 10 years younger.

Happiness is the key to stay young, try to find your happiness and live your life happily, don't be stress, and let your mind be free then you will stay young.
Cherrio.....

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Why should we learn English?

Being an English teacher was not my purpose learning English at first, as I was not graduated from English education background, but I found many benefits with my English. (Thank god, even my English is not fluently, though). I was graduated from Tourism Institute where English is a must in my college.

Why should we learn English properly? Many people in country whose language is not English, especially in Indonesia usually have the same question, "is it so important to learn other language beside our mother tongue?" And "why should we choose English as our second language?"

Well..... every people has various reason in learning English, but these are my reasons learning english and choosing English as my second language.
1. English is the most commonly used language among foreign language speaker. Every people from different country, when they are gathering together, they usually use English to communicate.

2. English speakers in many countries earn more money than non-English speakers. Learning English will open your opportunities to get better standard living.

3. English will make you more desireable to employers, having mastered in English both written and spoken will give you more value for the employers. Many people say that English is a language of business, and if you have ambitions become International businessperson, it's essential that you are able to speak English fluently, because most of International meetings are using English.

4. Learning English will give you more knowledge about others' culture, acquaint other people around the world, and definitely will give you more friends.

So guys.... keep learning and see how far English will affect you in your life.
Cherrio....

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Tips for Presentation

This is my first blog using English, thus I hope you may forgive me if  I make some mistakes on my first blog. Today I would like to talk about presentation in English. Most of college students and also employee usually feel horrible if they have to do presentation  in English specially when they have to deal it in front of native speaker, this is because English is not our mother tongue. Here, I would like to give some tips how to make the presentation runs well.

• Talk naturally – avoid reading the whole material which you prepare on your power points. Basically the audience is more interested in listening your public talk or reading the material which you have prepared before, but one thing you should know, that they are inconvenient doing both listen and read at the same time.

• Audible voice and not too fast - If you are not a native, and you have limited vocabulary in English, make sure that your voice is clear enough to hear and please don't speak too fast. Speak constantly will give you spare time to arrange the next sentence which you will say.

•  Make as simple as possible - having limited vocabulary doesn't mean that you can't make an effective presentation. try to make as simple sentence as possible, don't use confusing words.

• Stand, rather than sit, and move around a little – but avoid pacing backwards and forwards like a trapped animal.

• Gesture - this body language will help you to handle your nervous while doing your public talk.Move your hand to support your speaking, if in your sentence there is a number, try to support it by showing it with your fingers.

• Make eye contact with your audience.  Do not stare at your feet, or the podium and avoid looking directly at any one person for more than a few seconds, gain eye contact with the individual members of the audience.

• Prepare and structure your presentation carefully.  Introduce the subject – tell the audience what your talk is about.  Explain the points you wish to convey.  End with a summary of your points.

• Stay focused - don't talk any irrelevant point, unless you want to entertainment the audience, you may make a joke sometimes in the middle of your presentation, it is necessary to break the ice between you and the audience and assure that they are still interested in your presentation, but you should stay focused on your presentation material.

• Answer any questions honestly.  In the question section, when there is an audience asks you about your presentation, try to answer it honestly, give the answer as clear as possible and If you don’t know the answer then say so and offer to provide further information at a later date.

• Apologizing to audience if necessary- if you do have to apologize for something, make the apology briefly and clearly, and if possible try to make light of it (unless it's really serious of course). It is normal to make mistakes, and even the most experienced professional speakers and presenters make mistakes, so just relax and keep calm if (when) you make one.
  

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