So now, when you turn your hand outs back to front page, there you can see the table of most frequent collocations relating to friends and friendships.
collocation - example - comment
make friends - When you go to university you will make a lot of new friends - NOT find friends (a common student error)
strike up a friendship - Jack struck up a friendship with the girl he met on holiday - = start a friendship
form/develop a friendship - Juliet formed a lasting friendship with the boy she sat next to at primary school - NOT make a friendship
cement/spoil a friendship - Spending several weeks on holiday together has cemented their friendship - cement = strengthen, spoil = have a bad effect on
a friendship grows - We were at school together, but our friendship grew after we'd left school - grow = get stronger
close/special friends, Mutual friends - I'm glad that our children are such close friends, aren't you? - mutual friends = friends that you share with someone else
a casual acquaintance - I don't know Rod well. We're just casual acquaintances - = someone you know a little
have a good relationship with someone - Anna and Marie have a very good relationship. They love doing things together - NOT have a relation / relations with
keep in contact/touch - We must keep in contact when the course ends - opposite = lose contact/touch
And now those collocation that are connected to LOVE.
love at first sight =
the love of my life =
love was returned =
desperately in love =
make a commitment =
accept a proposal =
love each other unconditionally =
have an affair =
Now we might go straight to the exercise about collocations. Your task is to fill in the missing part of collocations and answer the questions.
1 Have you ever fallen in love at first ...................?
2 Do you think it's true that men are more reluctant [1] to ...................a commitment than women?
3 How old were you when you ...................in love for the first time?
4 Do you think it is possible to have one person who is the love of your ...................?
5 Have you ever been in love with someone who has not ...................your love?
6 Do you think that men or women are more likely to be tempted [2] to ...................an affair?
