IELTS Writing Task 2: collocations
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Collocations are groups of words that are often found together.
Native speakers have a
large repertoire of these word groups, and can use them without thinking. Language
learners need to build their own repertoire of collocations through reading and
listening, and by noticing word groups that commonly occur.
Here are some collocations from the
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essay
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I wrote last week:
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a rich variety
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a vital part, a necessary part
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a range of reasons
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musical preferences
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life stories
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express emotions, arouse emotions
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a commercial product
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cultural identity
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human existence
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give importance
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These are just some of the most obvious collocations in the essay. We could also add
grammatical collocations like 'a means of' and 'valued over'.
To read more about
collocations, click
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here
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