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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 
IELTS Writing Task 2: collocations 
Collocations are groups of words that are often found together. Native speakers have a large 
repertoire of these word groups, and can use them without thinking. Language learners need to build 
their own repertoire of collocations through reading and listening, and by noticing word groups that 
commonly occur. 
Here are some collocations from the 
essay
I wrote last week: 
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a rich variety 

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a vital part, a necessary part 
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a range of reasons 
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musical preferences 
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life stories 
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express emotions, arouse emotions 
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a commercial product 
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cultural identity 
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human existence 
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give importance 
These are just some of the most obvious collocations in the essay. We could also add grammatical 
collocations like 'a means of' and 'valued over'. To read more about collocations, click 
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 
IELTS Writing Task 2: use what you learn 
When you learn a new word, collocation or phrase, it's a good idea to try using it in different contexts. 
For example, the 
collocations
in last week's lesson came from an essay about music, but maybe we 
can use them for other topics. 
As an example, I'll choose the topic of 
education
, and I'll write a couple of sentences around some of 
the collocations (underlined) from last week: 
In primary schools, more importance should be given to creativity and problem solving, and these 
skills should be valued over memorisation and rote learning. Creativity can be fostered by exposing 
children to a rich variety of media, and by encouraging them to express their emotions.