Word Skills: 35+ Phrasal Verbs & Collocations Master Natural English Word Patterns

Word Skills Exercises - Phrasal Verbs, Collocations & Word Formation (A1-C2). Advanced vocabulary patterns.

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What are Word Skills Exercises?

Word skills exercises focus on word formation, collocations, phrasal verbs, and idiomatic expressions that expand your practical vocabulary—including phrasal verbs like 'put up with' and 'take advantage of', collocations like 'make progress' and 'take a break', and word families showing how 'happy' becomes 'happiness', 'happily', and 'unhappy'. These exercises teach you how words combine, transform, and function together.

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1. Adjective + preposition

A1
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2. Opposites

A1
7 exercises
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3. Do, make, have, take, bring

A1
6 exercises
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4. Introduction to phrasal verbs

A1
6 exercises
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5. Noun suffixes

A1
5 exercises
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6. Prepositions of movement and place

A1
4 exercises
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7. Prepositions of time

A1
6 exercises
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8. Singular and plural nouns

A1
8 exercises
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9. Words that go together

A1
6 exercises
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10. Adjective endings

A2
5 exercises
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11. Adjective suffixes

A2
5 exercises
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12. Compounds

A2
6 exercises
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13. Negative adjective prefixes

A2
6 exercises
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14. Phrasal verbs

A2
5 exercises
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15. Prefixes

A2
5 exercises
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16. Verb + infinitive or -ing form

A2
4 exercises
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17. Verb + preposition

A2
4 exercises
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18. Word building

A2
5 exercises
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19. Adjective + preposition

B1
6 exercises
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20. Compound nouns and adjectives

B1
8 exercises
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Word Skills vs. Vocabulary: What's the Difference?

Word Skills focuses on how words combine and change—collocations, phrasal verbs, and word formation. Vocabulary focuses on word meanings and expanding your word bank. Choose Word Skills for patterns; Vocabulary for meaning.

Word Skills Topics Covered

  • Phrasal Verbs (separable & inseparable)
  • Collocations (verb + noun, adjective + noun)
  • Word Formation (prefixes & suffixes)
  • Compound Words
  • Idiomatic Expressions
  • Fixed Phrases & Chunks
  • Word Families & Derivatives

Why Practice Word Skills?

Word skills practice is valuable because knowing individual words is insufficient for natural English. You must understand how words combine in collocations, how they change form through prefixes and suffixes, and how they function in fixed phrases. These patterns make your English sound more natural and native-like, elevating your proficiency beyond basic communication.

Key Learning Benefits

  • Natural expression through learning which words typically combine together
  • Word family knowledge showing how words transform across parts of speech
  • Phrasal verb mastery essential for understanding and using informal English
  • Idiomatic competence making your English sound more fluent and natural
  • Advanced proficiency as sophisticated word usage distinguishes higher-level learners