Learn about collocations
Collocations are word-pairs that go together. For example, we match the words, ‘afraid’ and ‘of’ – Tomi is afraid of spiders.
English is full of collocations and this is something that is often difficult for English learners. Let’s have a look at eight word sets that we can use to describe job responsibilities:
responsible for
report to
work for
liaise with
in charge of
deal with
come up with
take care of
You can use these phrases to describe your job:
I work for a company called Synnexia. I am responsible for the company website and I report to the IT manager. I am also in charge of our online ordering systems and I liaise with the Accounts Department. I come up with ideas for improving and upgrading the site. I deal with the online orders that we receive and I take care of any technical problems which occur.
For more practice on word combinations, try quizzes 1, 45, 342 and 343 at http://www.roadtogrammar.com/
Monday, March 23, 2009
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