Hi and welcome back to love English I'm Leila and today I'm going to help you
with collocation again that's right and this is the next part in our collocation
series looking at common verbs that collocate with various nouns now why
have I chosen to create a series on collocations well this is an area of
English that you frequently make mistakes in and of course that really
affects your fluency and how natural and native you sound so by looking at
collocations in English not only are we going to boost your fluency but we're
also going to broaden your vocabulary and by learning collocations you are
learning English in chunks you don't have to focus on single words or big
grammar structures simply learning CHUNKS of language can help you boost (typing error in the titles of the video above. CHUNKS (sorry)
your vocabulary range instantly so today we are looking at collocations with do
previously I looked at collocations with make and I'll put a link to that video
at the end of this one we all know that you guys make a lot of mistakes with
make and do make my homework make a test but how can you actually improve how you
learn these collocations before we get started I'm going to give you a few tips
and tricks to help you learn collocations faster but before we do get
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so how to learn collocations as with anything the first step is to be aware
of them so be aware when you are listening to someone speak or reading or
watching a television series pay attention and listen out for these
collocations you may choose to focus only on one verb for example look at all
the nouns that collocate with take or even listen just for a specific noun and
which verbs collocate with that noun there are different ways to do it but
essentially you need to be active in your listening and reading pay attention
and look for those collocations treat collocations as single blocks of
language as chunks as phrases and remember it's not only verb noun
collocations but there are a vast array of different collocations that you will
come across so for example the verb remember remember vividly remember
rightly remember distinctly remember I distinctly remember you saying you're
gonna be here at 8 o'clock a vaguely remember saying that
so there we are looking at one particular verb and the different
adverbs that collocate with it and of course when you do notice these
collocations make a note in a vocabulary book be active in your learning and take
notes so that you can review them go back and practice using them reading I
know it might not be your favorite thing to do but in fact reading is one of the
best ways to boost your vocabulary because you'll be seeing the words so
you make that visual connection rather than just listening and of course you
could also use audible books which gives you the best of both worlds
you'll be hearing the collocations and reading them of course learning
collocations in groups whether that is by topic travel collocations health and
fitness collocations work collocations or by verb take make
do get you can learn collocations in groups that way you'll be making the
connections with the same word or topic so let's get started today we'll be
looking at collocations with do one of the most common verbs in the
English language but again one that you frequently make mistakes with when it
comes to collocations now what does the verb do actually mean the verb do is
associated with obligations something you have to do you're required to do
actions and repetitive tasks which includes things like housework not
something I really enjoy so let's have a look at 49 of the most common examples
of collocations with do I know the thumbnail said 50 but I'm going to ask
you to add one see if I have missed any collocation with due out so number 50
will be up to you to add number one do a course do a course I did a course on
cooking do a deal do a deal you do a deal in a business situation do a favour
would you mind doing me a favor and helping me with my bags do a good deed
meaning to do a good thing for somebody I helped an old lady walk across the
road I did my good deed for the day do a good do a bad do a terrible do a
wonderful job of something meaning to complete a task well or badly depending
which adjective you use do a report or of course you can write a report but
often we would say I did a report on the topic do anything do everything do
something do nothing do badly I did badly in the test do better do better
you can do better next time in this case we are looking at some good examples of
adverbs of that collocate with verbs remember that an adverb describes the
action it describes how you did the verb so you could kick a ball hard for
example or kick a ball badly in this case we can use do with do better and do
badly do good do well or do harm in this case that actually a noun to do harm to
someone is to cause some kind of injury that could be physical mental anything
that hurts them in some way to do harm number 10 of course you can do business
do business do the crossword do the crossword do a puzzle do damage she did
a lot of damage to my car when she crashed it do exercise of course that's
not something I'm very familiar with but Sabre is a little bit better than me at
doing exercise you can do an experiment do an experiment do your homework do
research do to someone wrong if you did wrong by someone this is an expression
to say you didn't do the right thing for them she did me wrong when she cheated
on me do something right do something right or you can do right by someone a
nice expression there for you you've got to do right by her and propose ask her
to marry you or do the right thing and ask her to marry you
of course there's do something wrong do something wrong or you can do wrong by
someone do wrong by someone in the same way that you can do right by someone do
sums do maths do mathematics now we're looking at a few collocations related to
mmm housework something I'm not very happy doing so let's have a look do the
cleaning do the cooking do the dishes do the washing up which is essentially the
same thing you do the dishes or you do the washing up unless you have a
dishwasher like me which is much better do the housework do the ironing ooh
hate ironing do the shopping do the laundry
that means washing your clothes if you do the laundry or do the driving for
example if you're going out with a group of friends you would say who is doing
the driving do the maximum do the minimum do the paperwork do your best do
your duty do someone's hair do your makeup do yoga do judo do karate do
gymnastics and even do stretches that was a very poor stretch there so those
collocations are all looking at sports activities some things that you do but
usually on your own you don't necessarily need to do it in a group in
a team when you do something in a team we would usually use the verb play so
play football play basketball play tennis
you're doing it with other people whereas do can be more of a solo
activity you don't need others to do it but you can do it in groups it's an
activity so that's it 49 collocations with do some pretty
common expressions and collocations there but still ones that you may have
previously got wrong now I want you to find number 50 read a
book look at a magazine or watch a television series and pay attention to
collocations with do can you find number 50 thank you so much for watching I look
forward to seeing you next time with more collocations next time we might be
looking at take or get or have so many collocations thanks for watching fine