,WORDBUILDING collocations We often use some nouns and verbs together . These are called collocations. For example: ride a bicycle drive a car Some verbs can have a different meaning when they collocate with different nouns. toke o toxi (=call or stop a taxi and ricle init somewnere) take a shower (=have a shower) toke a break (=spend time not working) You can also use different verbs with the same noun tramean the same thing: go by train=take a train travel by plane=go by plane Be careful! Some verb + noun collocations do not have the same meaning. f y a plane neq go by plane (the pilot flies the plane, the passengers gO by plane) drive a taxi take a taxi (the taxi driver drives the taxi, the passenger takes the taxi) 1. You can square the underground train from one side of the city to the other. It costs about two euros and it goes every ten minutes. 2. Let's square I taxi to the city centre. It's quicker. 3. I usually square my car to work but today I'm going by bus. 4. My sister doesn't square by plane. She's scared of flying. 5. Most people square plane from London to Paris but I prefer the train. v 6. I'm tired. Let stop the car and square a short break. 7. My brother is the captain of a ship. He square I it all over the world. 8. How old were you when you learned to square a bicycle?