Collocation là gì và Bài tập về Collocation
1. Collocation là gì?
Collocation là một nhóm từ được kết nối với nhau theo đúng thứ tự và luôn xuất hiện
cùng nhau khi nói về một thông tin nào đó. Đây là sự kết hợp hình thành theo thói quen
của người bản xứ, theo tập quán, quy ước.
2. Các dạng Collocation trong tiếng Anh
Gồm 6 loại Collocation chủ yếu:
adjective + noun
noun + noun (còn gọi là collective nouns hay compound noun)
verb + noun
noun + verb
adverb + adjective : SHE IS EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL…
verbs + adverb/prepositional phrase (còn gọi là phrasal verbs)
SHE SINGS WELL/ PUT UP WITH, GIVE UP, PUT OFF…
3. Cách học Collocation hiệu quả:
- Trang bị ngay một cuốn từ điển collocation
- Thường xuyên ghi lại và vận dụng các collocation đã học
- Áp dụng collocation trong văn nói và viết
4. Bài tập Collocation:
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that best fits the gap in each of
the following sentences:
Exercise 1:
1. You can’t tell what someone is like just from their __________.
A. character
B. looking
C. appearance
D. Personality
2. Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?” - Girl: “___________”
A. I’m afraid not
B. Worms, definitely!
C. I don’t like anything
D. I haven’t seen any of them
3. We took _____of the fine weather and spent the day on the beach
A. Chance (get/have a chance: có cơ hội)
B. advantage (take advantage of someone/smt: tận dụng cơ hội
C. occasion (have occasion to do smt: cần thiết để làm gì)
D. effect (take effect: có hiệu lực)
4. If you are not too tired we could have a ______ of tennis after lunch
A. match
B. play
C. game
D. party
5. Whenever we meet, we stop _____
A. to talk
B. talking
C. to talking
D. talk
6. Could you please buy ____of cauliflower: súp lơ trắng for me when you go shopping?
A. a kilo
B. a pinch
C. a bunch
D. a head
7. Mr. Henry was given a medal in _______of his service to his country
A. Gratitude: sự nhớ ơn
B. Knowledge: sự hiểu biết
C. Recognition: sự công nhận
D. Response: sự trả lời
8. Women’s status _______ in different countries and it depends on the cultural beliefs
A. Varies: thay đổi
B. Employs: thuê
C. Fixes: cố định
D. Establishes: thành lập
9. She _____ to take her neighbor to court if he didn’t stop making so much noise
A. asked
B. promised
C. threatened
D. suggested
10. You can stay here _____ you don’t make a bad noise
A. until
B. unless
C. as long as = if
D. otherwise
Exercise 2:
1. She ______ no notice of his behavior towards her
A. paid
B. took (take a notice:
C. made
D. gave
2. They’re staying in rented accommodation for the time ______
A. going
B. making
C. doing
D. being
3. TV _____ can enjoy various interesting programs by selecting the right channels
A. lookers
B. watchers
C. viewers
D. seers
4. Tony’s boss doesn’t want him to _____ a habit of the office phone for personal calls
A. Make (make a habit of Ving/smt: làm việc gì đó thường xuyên)
B. do
C. create
D. increase
5. It is _____ knowledge in the village that Mr. and Mrs. Thorne quarrel violently several
times a week
A. Common (common knowledge: kiến thức chung)
B. complete
C. normal
D. usual
6. His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _____ house
A. a seven-room
B. a seven-rooms
C. seven room
D. seven rooms
7. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have ____ any
solutions
A. through over: xem xét cẩn thận
B. come up with: tìm ra, nảy ra
C. looked into = investigate: điều tra (30)
D. got round to: đi loanh quanh
8. When you are an old age pensioner, you have to learn to _____ a very small income
A. live on: sống dựa vào
B. live up to
C. live out
D. live down
9. My sister is an expert on wildlife and its ________.
A. Reservation:
B. protection: bảo vệ
C. conservation: bảo tồn
D. prevention: ngăn ngừa
10. We prefer to live ____ to nature
A. through
B. close
C. near
D. with
Exercise 3:
1. I like visiting museums and art _____
A. shops
B. stores
C. galleries
D. markets
2. She enjoys swimming and ____ at the beach
A. sunbathing
B. speaking
C. eating
D. drinking
3. We may need a(n) _____ meeting, Those without invitation are not allowed to enter
A. own
B. private
C. strict
D. safe
4. You can _____ the quality of the sound by using the other controls
A. Adapt: thích nghi
B. Adjust: điều chỉnh
C. Adore: quí mến
D. Alarm: tín hiệu
5. Zoos can make money for their conservation programmes through _____ entrance fees
A. paying
B. raising
C. charging
D. earning
6. The astronauts have to _____ themselves so they don’t float around when sleeping in a
spaceship
A. pull
B. push
C. keep
D. attach
7. He is always happy and smiling. He is very _______
A. cheerful
B. hard-headed: không đồng cảm
C. funny
D. intelligent
8. He gets very annoyed if he has to wait for anything. He is very ______
A. sociable
B. industrious: cần cù
C. hard
D. impatient: thiếu kiên nhẫn
9. We didn’t fly directly to the US. We had a one-night _____ in Incheon
A. stop-go
B. stop gap
C. stopover: điểm dừng chân
D. stop
10. This _____ holiday is being offered at a good price
A. stimulated
B. stimulating
C. stimulus
D. stimulant