Exercise 2
Concordancer Exercises |
Mini-Research Question 2:
Which preposition comes after "pay
attention"?
First go to http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ and find the "Web Concordancer" in the middle of the page.
Type in the word "pay attention"
in the "Keyword" box. Don’t
worry about the first box , which is set at
"equal to" , just now. After you’ve typed in "pay attention"
hit the "Go" icon.
1. Which preposition comes after "pay attention"?
Remember to look out for the answers which will be
given with the question next week!
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Key to Last Week’s Exercise: Research Question: 1
Extra Information
Other nouns with a similar meaning to ‘emphasis’ which
are also followed by ‘on’ are:
concentration overemphasis focus stress |
Check the Web Concordancer to
find examples of these followed by ‘on’.