Concordance Practice

 

Instructions:

 

·          Go to http://langbank.engl.polyu.edu.hk/corpus/microconcord.html.

·          Click on “Journalistic Texts.”

·          Type the given word in the second box for “Search String.”

·          Click on “Search for Concordances.”

 

Difficult

 

Which two prepositions (such as for, as, in, around, to, on, etc.) are most often associated with “difficult”?  Give an example of each.

 

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Homework

 

Which verb tenses are most commonly associated with “homework”?

 

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Authority

 

Write down two words which often come before the word “authority.”

 

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Task

 

Which preposition or prepositions (such as for, as, in, around, to, on, etc.) are most often associated with “task”?  Give an example of a sentence using one of them.

 

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Capacity

 

The word “capacity” often comes between a possessive pronoun (such as her, your, my, his, etc.) and another word.  What word follows “capacity” in these sentences?  Give an example of one of these sentences.

 

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Proportion

 

Which two prepositions (such as for, as, in, around, to, on, etc.) are most often associated with “proportion”?

 

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“Proportion” often comes between prepositions.  Which prepositions does it often come between?  Give an example of a sentence that has this pattern.

 

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Potential

 

Write down three words that come after “potential” at least three times.

 

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