Page 2 - Lesson Notes

A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing. Everything we can see or talk about is
represented by a word that names it. That "naming" word is called a noun.

ADJECTIVE –NOUN COLLOCATION:

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Yes, you are right. This is called noun-adjective collocation. (Read& Reflect)

 A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just
sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. A collocation is a
group of words that usually go together. For example, in English, we usually say 'heavy
rain'. It's correct grammatically to say 'strong rain' or 'big rain', but both of these sound
completely strange. A native English speaker would never say 'big rain'. If you use the
normal collocation ('heavy rain') your English will sound a lot better and more natural

and it will be easier for native speakers to understand you. Collocations are very
important.
 A collocation is a pair or group of words that habitually appear
together. Adjectives and nouns can have a particular collocation to convey a
specific meaning.

Few examples of adjective+noun collocation are:
1. Biting your nails is a bad habit.
2. Himanshu was my best friend.
3. I am afraid of a dead body.
4. This is the first direct flight to Tokyo.
5. That’s a really easy question.
6. I couldn’t see any familiar faces in the room.
7. A gust of wind blew the front door shut.
8. The Internet enables the search for a great quantity of information.
9. The newspaper report was on the front page.
10. Heavy snow is forecast for Scotland.