Hi and welcome back to Love English.
Today we are looking at collocations, in
fact I'll be doing a series of lessons
with you looking at various verbs and
the nouns that they collocate with. Why?
Because this is going to help you sound
more natural more native and no matter
what level you are this is gonna help
you sound much better in English even
advanced speakers of English make
mistakes with this verb and sometimes
this verb and even this verb these are
such common verbs in the English
language but still we make mistakes
now why what is a collocation and why do
you make these mistakes well a
collocation is when two words go
together, often you have verb +noun
collocations, adjective +noun, verb +adverb
all these different kinds of
collocations exist in English but the
most common and ones that you frequently
make mistakes with our verb noun
collocation z' so to give you an example
homework homework make or do make or do
that's right it's do you do your
homework
to be honest make is not a verb that
usually collocates with homework unless
we're talking about a teacher but even
then I'd say that I'm creating the
homework for the students not really
making the homework for the students but
there are many verbs that collocate with
homework the most common is do do your
homework complete your homework finish
your homework correct your homework hand
in your homework get your homework have
homework or for me mark your homework so
these are fantastic examples of a verb
noun collocations with homework but
remember that if you do say that I made
my homework people will understand you
it won't be a problem but they will know
that you are not native it is such a
simple mistake to correct and help you
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collocation z' with make now remember
make is about creating something that
didn't exist before so when you do get
confused between make and do just think
about that when you do something it
means it already existed before but make
is to create essentially that's why you
would do your homework but you wouldn't
make your homework because you don't
create it it's there for you to do in
the same way you would of course make a
cake you don't do a cake you create it
so make a cake do your homework create
do something that already existed okay
number one let's go super fast and in
fact in the comments section below I
will copy the whole list if you're brave
enough copy and re paste it into a
comment section below and give me some
examples with these collocations number
one make a break for it make a break for
the door now this is a great collocation
expression in English meaning to run to
go really fast so quick let's make a
break for it before she sees us
meaning leave run away number two as I
said before you would make a cake make a
cake now of course you can also say bake
a cake but you don't do a cake make bake
eat make a cool make a cool make a
comment make a comment make a complaint
make a complaint
I made a complaint about the noise make
a confession make a confession or make
an admission make an admission it was me
I did it I hate your chocolates make a
contract make a contract make a cup of
tea make a cup of tea of course you can
also make a coffee make a deal make a
deal make a decision of course you could
also say it take a decision but this is
generally a little bit more
formal and often used in business
situations we need to take a decision
quickly make a discovery make a
discovery make a difference make a
difference it really made a difference
when she bought some flowers and was so
nice to me I felt so much better after
make a dress make some kind of clothes
why not make a fool of yourself this
means to do something stupider that you
basically you embarrass yourself so to
make a fool of yourself make a fortune
make a fortune meaning make lots of
money make a fuss make a fuss
meaning to give a lot of tension to
somebody this could be positive or
negative so it could be that just that
you're getting stressed about something
as well so for example my grandmother
always makes a fuss of me when I go over
to see her she loves to give me sweets
cakes chocolates or stop making such a
fuss just get your shoes on and let's go
meaning stop being annoying and
stressing about doing something make a
habit make a habit don't make a habit of
biting your nails make a joke ha ha ha
did I make her loss this is talking
about profit obviously you can make a
profit in terms of money with a business
but you can also make a loss meaning you
lose money make for love
but remember you have sex so make love
have sex different collocations you
don't make sex that sounds really
strange make a mess as I frequently do
make a mistake make a mistake make a
move this is referring to basically when
maybe a guy tries to show that he's
interested in a woman and maybe invite
her out for dinner or ask her if she'd
like a drink he was always trying to
make a move on me but it really wasn't
interested make money as I said before
make money now this is about earning
money not creating money forged money
although technically that could also be
the same thing I am referring to the
legal kind of making money make a note
of something make a note of something
make a point
I made a point of telling him he needs
to be on time and future he's always
late make a prediction make a prediction
I think you'll have five children make a
presentation make a presentation make a
profit make a profit like loss profit
make a recovery she made a quick
recovery after the operation we were all
very happy make a reservation hello
table for two yes window seat would be
lovely make a rude gesture make a salad
make a salad make a sales call make a
sales call hello would you be interested
in buying windows with us make a
sandwich make a snack make a sound make
a speech
ladies and gentlemen yeah that's it make
a statement make a statement make a
suggestion make a takeover bid lots of
these can be super useful in business
make a threat I'm gonna punch you in the
nose if you eat any more of my chocolate
make amends make amends this is actually
a great collocation and much more
advanced meaning to kind of make a
situation better when you've had an
argument with someone so if you make
amends it basically means that you
forgive each other or you forgive
someone and you've solved a problem the
arguments make an agreement make an
appearance make an arrangement make an
attempt make an effort
come on could you please make an effort
with my new boyfriend I know you'll like
him just make a bit of an effort make an
inquiry make an exception make an excuse
I didn't do my homework sorry my dog ate
it make an impression hopefully a good
one make an objection
I totally object make an observation
did you see she looked like she had a
bump do you think she's pregnant make an
offer make
Eve make-believe is talking about
creating an imaginary situation children
often make believe they create little
dream worlds where they are fairies or
princesses or something like this
make-believe or you can make someone
believe something if you've told them a
lie make them believe it make breakfast
lunch and dinner
a meal make changes we need to make some
changes around here
make contact make food make friends make
fun of someone what are you wearing you
look silly today make furniture make
noise make peace a little bit like make
amends make peace with somebody stop
arguing
make plans make progress make room in
this case you're saying make some space
excuse me could you make some room for
me I really need to sit down makes sense
meaning to understand something or to be
understood more clearly I'm sorry I
don't understand you you're not making
sense make someone angry make someone
sad make someone happy make someone glad
make someone cry make someone mad make
something easy it's come on make the
homework easy make sure to be certain
make sure making the bed make time make
time for me please make tracks nice
expression meaning to go to leave we'd
better make tracks it's getting late
make trouble meaning to cause a problem
make war don't do that better to make
love not war and of course a great
expression to make up your mind to
comment to a decision to choose
something and there we have it a lot of
collocations with a make and of course
if there's anything that I've missed
comment below share those collocations
that you're not quite sure about and I
will confirm and check them and then
I'll add them to my long list in the
comment section on collocations with
make thank you so much for watching and
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