Since collocations can be challenging to create practice activities for, consider using some of the free, printable worksheets available in this section. There are
31 worksheets currently listed with more being added regularly.
This collocations worksheet is for intermediate and upper-intermediate business students and comes with great teacher’s notes to help you use the material effectively in class. It focuses on verb collocations with “meeting” and utilizes some excellent business English phrases. If your students are not ready for this activity consider using another worksheet and feel free to download anything that looks interesting. You can always view the whole worksheet before deciding whether or not you want to use it in class.
Collocations are commonly used word pairings or phrases and as such are important for your students to understand. While the above example is for rather advanced students, you can include this topic in pre-intermediate classes too.
Here is an excellent worksheet that students can use to practice pairing do, play, and have with appropriate nouns. Students do not need to have collocations explained to them. It is more important to focus on using words correctly than on specific rules. By completing activities like this one, even beginner students can feel confident using collocations correctly.