Collocations for IELTS Word Day

It is essential for the candidates to learn Collocations while preparing for the IELTS examination. Collocations are part of IELTS since understanding collocations make one sound more like native speakers. They are useful in developing a better vocabulary which is essential for every student who aspires to score well and study abroad. Developing a better understanding of the Collocations will help the candidates in IELTS writing and earn better bands in the IELTS examination.

Collocations are very important in IELTS examinations since the examiners judge the applicant’s skills and fluency while speaking English. Using and s good knowledge in collocations also serves as a great feat in expressing the extent to which the applicant is versed in the English language.

Collocations for IELTS - ‘Day’

‘Day’ as a word can be used to construct various sentences that differ on the basis of context, meaning, and grammatical requirements. It has 4 meanings: ‘a period of 24 hours’, ‘time between sunrise and sunset’, ‘hour of the day that one works’ and ‘particular period of time’.

Day as ‘a period of 24 hours’

• Adjective

1.

Meaning: the following, (the) next, the previous, the other

Sentence: I went out shopping the other day.

2.

Meaning: one, some

Sentence: I could do that some day.

3

Meaning: the very

Sentence: She came on that very day.

4

Meaning: auspicious, big, eventful, field, historic, memorable, red-letter, special

Sentence: Yesterday was quite an eventful day./ Diwali is an auspicious day in India.

5

Meaning: Christmas, Mother's, etc., feast, holy, election, opening, market, pay, polling, sports, visiting, wedding, rest, school, study, training

Sentence: Today is the opening day of the college fest.

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• DAY + Verb

1.

Meaning: Pass

Sentence: He started learning as the days passed.

• Preposition

1.

Meaning: by the

Sentence: He is getting lazier by the day.

2.

Meaning: for a/the

Sentence: She has left for a week.

3.

Meaning: in a/the

Sentence: The house will be empty in a few days.

4

Meaning: on the

Sentence: On the day of the graduation, we all shall be there.

5

Meaning: of

Sentence: It was the day of the fight.

Day as ’time between sunrise and sunset’

• Adjective

1.

Meaning: beautiful, fine, glorious, bright, hot, sunny, nice, warm, cold,grey, rainy, windy, autumn, spring, summer/summer’s, winter/winter’

Sentence: A peaceful autumn day

2.

Meaning: Fun, good, great, happy, lovely, wonderful

Sentence: Wonderful day for sightseeing.

3.

Meaning: bad

Sentence: One bad day at the box office and it the film may plummet as a result.

• Verb+ DAY

1.

Meaning: spend

Sentence: She spent the day in her study.

• DAY+ verb

1.

Meaning: break, dawn

Sentence: As the day dawned, she was already hard at work

• Preposition

1.

Meaning: by

Sentence: We travelled by night and rested by the day

2.

Meaning: during the, for a/the

Sentence: We went to the café during the day.

• Phrases

1.

Meaning: all day, at the end of the day, one of those days

Sentence: It’s one of those days when everything falls in place.

Day as ‘hours of the day one works’

• Adjective

1.

Meaning: working, bad, busy, hard, long, tiring

Sentence: Today was a tiring day at the office.

• Phrases

1.

Meaning: a good day’s work

Sentence: Laundry is a good day’s work

Day as ‘particular period of time’

• Adjective

1.

Meaning: early, former, old, olden

Sentence: In the early days of cinema

2.

Meaning: school, student, young

Sentence: In my school days.

3.

Meaning: golden, happy, heady

Sentence: In the golden days of stage drama.

4.

Meaning: dark

Sentence: In the dark days of emergency.

• Prepositions

1.

Meaning: in

Sentence: Things were very different in my grandfather’s days

2.

Meaning: of the days

Sentence: The air quality of the day is terrible.

3.

Meaning: since the

Sentence: The landscape has changed since the days of my youth.

• Phrases​

1.

Meaning: gone are the days

Sentence: Gone are the days of Beckham and Ronaldinho

2.

Meaning: the bad/good old days

Sentence: The good old days of youth are now behind me.

3.

Meaning: this day and age, in those days, the present day

Sentence: In this day and age all payments are done online via mobile.

4.

Meaning: these days

Sentence: Kids grow up quickly these days

5.

Meaning: those were the days

Sentence: Those were the days of clear skin.