Collocations for lesson - noun

good, interesting | boring | individual | private | driving, English, geography, maths, piano, swimming, etc.

attend, go to, have, take
I go to Italian lessons at the local college. | We had a history lesson followed by a double maths lesson. | I''m taking driving lessons at the moment.

give (sb), offer (sb), provide, take, teach
She gives singing lessons. | They''re offering free lessons in computing. | I had to take a biology lesson this afternoon because the biology teacher was away. | He doesn''t teach very many lessons these days.

get
Pupils get lessons on how to organize their study time.

prepare
The trouble is that teachers don''t prepare their lessons carefully enough.

skip
He got into trouble for skipping lessons.

during a/the ~
No talking was allowed during the lesson.

in a/the ~
You can''t expect to learn all there is to know about the subject in a 45-minute lesson.

~ about
a lesson about the Civil War

~ in
He took lessons in Thai cookery.

~ on
a lesson on the Roman Empire

~ with
They''ve got a lesson with Mrs Evans at two o''clock.

important, salutary, useful, valuable | bitter, hard, painful
It''s a hard lesson to learn.

clear

draw, learn
What lessons can we draw from this unfortunate experience?

teach sb
It taught me some valuable lessons about working with other people.

~ from
There are important lessons to be learnt from this mistake.

~ in
I learned a lesson in harsh economics when I was made redundant.