Not all words go together:
go swimming do swimming play swimming
study hard study strong
do exercise have exercise
wash my hair clean my hair
clean my teeth brush my teeth wash my teeth
speak English (a language) talk English (a language) say English (a language)
tall building high building
high-rise building tall-rise building
second-hand car second-user car
hand-in a car trade-in a car
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Examples of Common Collocations:
make a mistake make time make up make do make a fuss
have a shower have time have a good time have dinner
take a shower take a break take five take your time take risks
do homework do exercise do housework do judo do karate do the dishes do time
go swimming go shopping go for a walk go camping go hiking go jogging go running go bowling go crazy/bananas go for a check up go for it
play football play tennis play cards play games play the game play truant
have breakfast skip breakfast continental breakfast (full) English breakfast
heavy traffic light traffic traffic jam traffic light
road works road block the road is up
delicious food fast food health food
full-time job part-time job
raise an issue raise a query raise a flag raise awareness
Tutorials:
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm
Quizzes:
do / have / make
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-quiz-do-make.htm
http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/collocation-quiz.html
All
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zy37mjp.htm
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=collocation-quiz
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Advanced
https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/292.html
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Collocations Dictionary
This dictionary will help you learn collocations. It is most useful fo helping you with your writing.
Imaging you are writing about you car or driving. Your writing will be more natural and more correct if you use words that go together. Which collocations are correct?
car park car stop
car cleaning station car wash
manufacturer of car make of car
car dealer car seller
used car second-hand car pre-owned car second-user car
support a car sustain a car run a car maintain a car (formal)
hand-in a car trade-in a car part-excange a car.
get petrol (gas) buy petrol (gas) fill up tank up fuel fuel up (not common)
You can find any words that go together here: http://www.ozdic.com/ . Just type in “car” to find words an phrases that go together with car. If you type in “drive” (or driving) you find words and phrases that go with drive (or driving).