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

1. 59
2. on
3. 26
4. No
5. Nouns and noun phrases ( it is NEVER ‘emphasise on’)

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’.