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Here are some very common collocations around nouns connected to different types of people. Collocations about people. Collocations are pairs (or more) of words which occur together. In speech or written English a very large combination of words are possible. However, some combinations are much more likely to be used than others. For example, we always say 'stale bread' not 'bad bread' or old bread' and 'fish and chips' not 'chips and fish'. Here are some of the important collocations arranged around words connected to people. The words in the collocation are written in blue. Baby A woman expects a baby.People who have no children want to adopt a baby.Babies can keep us up all night.If babies are born early, they are premature babies.Child A woman will give birth to a child.Parents bring up their children.Sometimes when parents give their children too many things, they spoil children.Children born outside of marriage are called illegitimate children.Citizen Old people are called senior citizens.A law-abiding citizen is one who never breaks the law.Criminal A hardened criminal is one who continually commits crimes.Dangerous criminals may use violence.A petty criminal is one who only commits small crimes.Customer All shops like to attract customers to visit them.A satisfied customer is one who is happy with what they have bought.If a customer is angry, he or she is an irate customer.Family Parents will rear their family.In times of trouble families stick together.Children who live with one parent are in a single-parent family.Families which have major problems are dysfunctional families.Fool An utter fool is a person who is always stupid.If someone plays the fool, they act in a stupid manner.Friend To make friends, is to find and to start to be a friend with someone.If you lose a friend, your friendship ceases.An intimate friend is one who is very close to you.Immigrant An illegal immigrant is one who has entered a country without permission.An economic immigrant goes to another country only to earn money.If there is a tidal wave of immigrants, many people are moving from one country to another.Leader A charismatic leader is one who has a great influence over the people who he or she leads.A born leader is a person who leads naturally.An out of touch leader is one who does not understand what the people she or he is leading believe.Opponent If you get the better of an opponent, you beat her or him.A worthy opponent is someone who is equal to your skills.A formidable opponent is one which will be a great challenge.Parents Many children take after their parents, meaning they are the same as their Mum and Dad.People who do not look after their children correctly are unfit parents.People who are very happy after having a newborn baby are called proud parents.Foster parents are those who raise children which are not their own.Patient A doctor cures patients and makes them well.Surgeons operate on patients in hospital.A model patient is one who does exactly what she or he is told to do by doctors.People Hard-working people are those who are not lazy.Down-trodden people are those who are not allowed any freedom.If someone has the voice of the people, they are important and their ideas express what most people think.A man / woman of the people is someone who is loved and respected by many ordinary people.A people's person is someone who many people like very much.Police The police force is the group of police who are in charge of a specific area.If an area is over-policed, there are too many police there.Bent police are those who are corrupt.Police on the beat are those who walk on the street.Public To go public, is to tell many people things which should be secret.If things are in the public interest, they need to be known for the public good.A person who is the public enemy number one is a person who a whole society is against.Stranger A total stranger is a person who you have never met before.If a person is a relative stranger, you haven't seen them for a while.Student A promising student is one who has great potential and is likely to do well.Conscientious students take their studies very seriously and work very hard.Supporter A fanatical supporter is one who is very dedicated and enthusiastic.A disillusioned supporter is one who has been disappointed by the team they support.Team If you are dropped from the team, you lose your place in it.The national team is one which represents a country.Writer An award-winning writer is one who has many prizes.A distinguished writer is one who is recognised to be very good.Match these words together to make a collocation. Drag the nouns into the correct gap. adopt a baby senior citizen attract customers make friends worthy opponent foster parents police force total stranger dropped from the team award-winning writer Read these sentences which all have collocations about people in them. Click on the correct word from those which are in blue. I am just so tired. Our new baby kept / expected us up all night crying.Why are you taking / playing the fool? Please be sensible for a change.Jane and Jeff had a huge argument yesterday and now Jeff has lost / made Jane as a friend.Peter never leaves the office before 7pm - he's such a hard-working / good-working person.You are an irate / utter fool! I told you not to do that.Eventually even small / petty criminals will go to jail if they keep committing crimes.Since my daughter moved over to New York we have become relative / poor strangers.It is always a great honour to play for the country / national team.You take after / go after your Mum. You've got exactly the same nose as her.Luke takes University very seriously. He must be the most conscientious / clever student there.Read these sentences which have collocations connected to people in them. Type in the missing word. You give her far too many toys, you should be careful you don't spoil her. The police have warned the public not to approach the escaped prisoner, he is a dangerous criminal. The introduction of the euro is in the public interest. Charles de Gaulle was a very charismatic leader. The divorce rate has risen steeply and so, therefore, has the number of single-parent families. Mike and Janet are very proud parents. Their daughter was born two weeks ago. I am not sure that I will beat you at tennis, you are a very formidable opponent. He always does exactly what the doctors tell him. He is a model patient. I think Jane will go to University when she is 18. She's a very promising student. John goes to watch every Real Madrid match. He's a fanatical supporter. approach (v)to go near to something. ceases (v)finishes. combination (n)things which are put together. commits crimes (phrase)to do things which are against the law. conscientious (adj)very thorough, organised and hard-working. dedicated (adj)devoted and loyal. disappointed (adj)the feeling when you are let down. disillusioned (adj)the feeling you have when things are not what you expected them to be. distinguished (adj)successfully achieved many things. down-trodden (adj)oppressed by other people. dysfunctional (adj)do not work together well. eventually (adv)in the end. for a change (phrase)to be different than usual. honour (n)the feeling when you are very proud to be chosen to do something. permission (n)agreement from someone. potential (n)possible. rear (v)raise children. represents (v)symbolises. sensible (adj)does the correct thing. steeply (adv)going up at a fast rate. stick together (phrasal verb)unite. |