Verb collocations | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 |

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[Verb collocations #1]
FOCUS: Which words collocate with which verbs?
Use the corpus to answer the following questions:

1) Search for the verb "committed" (sort concordance by left word); in which line does it have the meaning of carrying out something?
line 1
line 4
line 5

2) Search for "commit a", "committed a", and "committing a"; in the corpus, which of the following are typical collocates of "commit"?
nouns describing the act of robbery only
nouns describing the act of killing only
nouns describing criminal acts in general

3) When followed by a reflexive pronoun, "commit" is closest in meaning to which of the following? (Use the search string "commit *self".)
bind
confide
perform

4) Look at the first three lines of hits of "cast" (sort concordance by keyword); in which line does "cast" come closest in meaning to "selected (to play)"?
line 1
line 2
line 3

5) In the corpus "casting" collocates most frequently with which of the following (within a span of 4 words)?
glance/glances
eye/eyes
look/looks

6) Search for "casts"; in how many of the hits does it function as a verb?
7
9
11

7) Search for "realized" (sort concordance by keyword); in which of the following lines does it not mean "accomplish"?
line 1
line 2
line 4

8) Search for "realize that"; when followed by a that-clause, "realize" typically has which of the following meanings?
become aware of
obtain
carry out


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