LEARNING VERB AND

ADJECTIVE COLLOCATIONS

USING: TO, FOR, OF, IN, ON, AT, WITH

 WHAT ARE COLLOCATIONS?

 These are pairs or groups of particular words;

verbs, adjectives, an nouns, WHICH require a
PREPOSITION; to, for, in, on, at, with, etc. in
order to understand them. Some can be used with
1 or more prepositions. We will break down each
collocation form and apply it into our learning.
 VERB COLLOCATIONS
TO
TO:

GO TO
LISTEN TO
WANT TO
TALK TO

We planned to take a holiday.

She decided to stay at home.

She wanted the children to learn the piano.

I told him to ring the police.
FIRST STRUCTURE

Verb 1 [in its tense] + TO + verb 2

 REMINDER!
Verbs can be used with any tense:
 I go to eat simple present
 I went to eat simple past
 I’m going to eat progressive
 I have gone to eat present perfect
 I’m going to go to eat idiomatic future
 I will go to eat simple future
 I will be going to eat future progressive
 EXAMPLES WITH VERB 1 +TO+ VERB 2
1. I choose to learn English.
2. I chose to sleep more yesterday.
3. I’m choosing to fly to Dubai.
4. I have chosen to freeze the popsicles.
5. I’m going to choose to play Mario bros.
6. I will choose to swim with sharks.
7. I will be choosing to win the marathon.

 With verb 1, you can change the tense. However, you NEVER, EVER change the tense of verb
2. It’s always in INFINITIVE.
COLLOCATIONS WITH TO
SECOND STRUCTURE

 Verb 1 [in its tense ] + [TO] +

something/someone/somewhere

 Verb 1 [in its tense] + someone + TO + verb 2

EXAMPLES

 Verb 1 + something + verb:

I choose pizza to have for lunch lunch

I chose basketball to play
I’m choosing mangoes to eat.
PRACTICE 1

Choose 6 verbs with TO to create sentences using:

- Verb 1 [in its tenses] + to + verb 2
Choose 6 verbs with TO, to create sentences using :
- Verb 1 [in its tenses]+ something + to + verb 2
 PRACTICE 2!
 Think of some real and practical situations
where you need to use the verbs + to.

 Example:
Yesterday I decided to take my English class. I
always want to learn new things an I commit
to practicing everyday. I belong to a Facebook
community where we can talk and practice.
COLLOCATIONS WITH FOR
PRACTICE
Using the following images,
state something with the
VERBS collocations with TO
or FOR
VERB COLLOCATION OF
 OTHERS [THESE DON’T REQUIRE VERB 2]

 Allow of We don’t allow of any exceptions

 Be out of I’m out of energy today!
 Run out of They have run out of food.
 Cheat out of He cheated people out of thousands of dollars.
 Come out of He just came out of surgery.
 Get out of After 15 years, Henry got out of jail.
 Die of My fish died of old age.
 Smell of This cheese smells of feet!
 Remind of Her perfume is reminding me of roses.
 PRACTICE 1
 You are in charge of creating new rules in
your job. Use some of the verb collocations
with TO, FOR, and OF to create 6 new rules.
WHAT’S THE CORRECT COLLOCATION?

1. We wanted of eat a piece of cake.

2. She decided of taking a trip to New Zealand.
3. I pray to more money in my life.
4. I will be thinking to this new proposal.
5. When will you refuse for smoke?
6. I just ran out for sugar. Do you have some?
PRACTICE 2

Watch the following clip.

After, think of what verb

collocations you could use to
describe some of the things
that happened. You may use
any verb tense.
ADJECTIVE COLLOCATIONS

Now let’s look at

another type of
collocation
COLLOCATIONS
 YOUR TURN!
CREATE A SERIES OF INTERVIEW QUESTIONS USING THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES:

DO
DOES
IS
ARE
WILL
HAVE
HAS
CAN
COULD
WOULD
IF + SUBJECT + PRESENT TENSE, ……. WILL + SUBJECT + PRESENT TENSE…..?