Academic Collocations List (ALC)
time to complete: 10-20 minutes
We have seen so far that you can look up academic words in a dictionary and study their collocations.
However, if this area is a priority for you, you can study academic collocations from Pearson’s Academic Collocation List (ACL). The list includes approximately 2,500 collocations that are frequent in academic writing. To download the list, follow the link below:
Practice
Let’s do some practice. Use the ACL to complete the following tasks. Or, you can try the tasks first, then check the list for the items you missed.
Task: Drag and drop the nouns (right column) to match to the adjectives they collocate with (left column). You can use the fullscreen button (arrows on top right corner).
Task: Drag and drop the adjectives/verbs (right column) to match to the adverbs they collocate with (left column). You can use the fullscreen button (arrows on top right corner).