I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ evening , morning , regular
▪ long , quick
▪
How about a quick ~ before breakfast?
▪ nice
VERB + SWIM
▪ go for , have , take ( esp. AmE )
▪
She got up early and went for a ~.
SWIM + NOUN
▪ suit (usually swimsuit ) , trunks ( AmE )
▪ coach , team (both AmE )
▪ meet , practice (both AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ for a ~
▪
Are you joining us for a ~?
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ strongly , vigorously
▪
A beaver swam vigorously upstream.
▪ well
▪
He can't ~ well.
▪ quickly , rapidly
▪ slowly
▪ underwater
▪ out
▪ ashore , back
▪
Exhausted, they swam ashore.
▪ away , off
▪ downstream , upstream
▪ around
VERB + SWIM
▪ can , know how to
▪ learn (how) to
▪ teach sb (how) to
PREPOSITION
▪ across
▪
to ~ across the river
▪ in
▪
to ~ in the sea
▪ to
▪
We swam out to the boat.
▪ towards/toward
▪
She swam back towards/toward the shore.
PHRASES
▪ go swimming
Swim is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ duck , ↑ fish , ↑ salmon , ↑ sense , ↑ swan , ↑ vision , ↑ whale
Swim is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ distance , ↑ lap , ↑ length , ↑ mile , ↑ relay , ↑ river , ↑ stroke