Collocations with Give

1. Collocations with
Give

2. What is a Collocation?
 Collocations are two words that go together.
 The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with
another word or words with a frequency greater
than chance
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3. Types of Collocations:
 Adjective + adjective.
 Adjective + noun
 Noun + noun
 Verb+ noun
 Verb + expression with preposition
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4. 1. Example of Verb + Noun:
Loud volume gives me a headache!

5. Collocations
with give
Give
consideration
You think carefully
about something
before acceptiong,
rejecting, etc Give a
headache
Something is
difficult or
problematic
Don't give
a damn
Don't care
at all.
Give a
speech
Deliver a
monologue to
an audience
Give a
piece of
your mind
Angrily tell
why you are
annoyed
Give a
lot of
thought
Think
about
something
very hard
Give
something
a tryYou try it in
order to see
if it is
suitable or
not

6. More examples:
✘ Give a call:
If you need something, give me a call and I will be
there.
✘ Give permission:
I won’t go out tonight because my mom does not
give me permission.
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7. Give priority:
The doctor gives priority to his morning schedule
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