Sound Natural in English Using Collocations
In this video lesson, you’ll learn how to sound natural in English using collocations. You’ll see examples of expressions that sound right (strong coffee, make a mistake) and others that don’t (powerful coffee, do a mistake).
The lesson also highlights common collocations with have, take, and make — verbs that create hundreds of natural combinations in everyday English.
Watch the video below to discover how collocations can instantly make your English sound more fluent, natural, and confident.
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Confused about whether to use drank or drunk? Drunk is actually the past participle used with the verb 'have'. So 'I have drunk a lot tonight'. 'Drank' is simply the past simple: 'I drank a lot last night'.
Learn about to vs too. To is used as a preposition and to indicate moving towards something. Too means excessive or also. These two words are commonly confusing for English learners. To vs Too grammar mistakes will be noticeable so it's important to understand them.
Simple rules for its or it's: "It's" with the apostrophe is the shortened form of "it is" or "it has": "It's (it is) hot today"; "It's (it has) been a long time since I saw you". "Its" on the other hand indicates the possessive: "The company increased its wages".
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