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50+ Common Verb Collocations You Should Learn in English

*Collocations with HAVE*  Have a bath Have a drink Have a good time Have a haircut Have a holiday Have a problem Have a relationship Have a rest Have lunch Have sympathy …  *Collocations with TAKE*  Take a break Take a chance Take a look Take a rest Take a seat Take a taxi Take an exam Take notes Take someone’s place …  *Collocations with PAY*  Pay a fine Pay attention Pay by credit card Pay cash Pay interest Pay someone a compliment Pay someone a visit Pay the bill Pay the price Pay your respects …  *Collocations with COME*  Come close Come complete with Come early Come first Come into view Come last Come late Come on time Come prepared Come right back Come second Come to a compromise Come to a decision Come to an agreement Come to an end Come to a standstill Come to terms with Come to a total of Come under attack …  *Collocations with DO*  Do business Do nothing Do someone a favor Do the cooking Do the washing up Do your best Do your hair D...

Learn the Difference

The differences between the Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous Tenses...👇👇👇 (1) I have been playing tennis for five years. The tense is the Present Perfect Continuous Tense. The time phrase indicates the duration (five years). The combination of the tense and the time phrase forces us to read it as: "I have been playing tennis for five years now." This gives us the reading that the activity has been going on for five years up until now. It also implies that the activity is likely to keep continuing, at least in the immediate future. (2) I have played tennis for five years. The tense is the Present Perfect Simple. The time phrase is, again, "for five years". However, the sentence is different from (1). It doesn't force us to read the time part as "for five years up to now".  It's unclear exactly when exactly in the past  the speaker has played tennis. All we know is that it happened before now, at least five years but before no...