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HAND OUT № 16 (136) Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits-2 Advanced level Practical lesson Lexical theme: British traditions and customs Grammar: Collocation Teacher: assistant professor Akbalaeva Zhanat Kelzhanovna

Warm up. Give your ideas on the following quotes: 1. .“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book 2. Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” ― Jacques Barzun 3. Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.” ― Jiddu Krishnamurti

GRAMMAR COMMENT: Collocation

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. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just sound "wrong". Look at these examples: Natural English... Unnatural English... the fast train fast food the quick train quick food a quick shower a quick meal a fast shower a fast meal There are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. Some of the most common types are: Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied (NOT downright satisfied) Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain (NOT excruciating joy) Noun + Noun: a surge of anger (NOT a rush of anger) Noun + Verb: lions roar (NOT lions shout) Verb + Noun: commit suicide (NOT undertake suicide) Verb + Expression With Preposition: burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears) Verb + Adverb: wave frantically (NOT wave feverishly) Collocation is important when choosing strong adjectives. For example, a number of intensifying adjectives close to the meaning of complete collocate with particular nouns but not with others.

Translate the following collocations:

An eternal optimist; A comprehensive defeat; Sheer stupidity; Arrant nonsense; Rank disobedience; Utter madness;

Unshakeable faith; An unmitigated disaster.

Which two of the nouns listed collocate with utter, which two with sheer and which two with both?

a excellence

b panic

сdegradation

d ecstasy

e ruin

f joy

Exercise 1. [T. 16]. Text ‘Proverbs in Use’. Listen to five people talking about saying that they like. Check the proverbs completion in the table. Mark sentences T (true), F(false).

		true	false
1	Let’s cross that bridge when we come to it .
2	‘You pay peanuts, you get monkeys’ .
3	‘If you fly with the crows, you’ll bark yourself’.
4	‘Why have a dog and get shot with the crows ?’

Exercise 2. Give the main idea of the text you have listened to. Use the following provebs as outline:

1.’Let’s cross that bridge when we come to it’.

2. ‘You pay peanuts, you get monkeys’.

3. ‘If you fly with the crows, you’ll get shot with the crows’.

4. ‘Why have a dog and bark yourself?’

5. ‘Horses for courses’.

Exercise 3. Speak briefly about your associations on the pictures below:

E xercise 4. Discuss in group the below given citation.

“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.”  ― W. Somerset Maugham

Exercise 5. Read the first passage of the text and translate the second one.