Prepositions 1 (adjective + preposition) | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 |

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[Prepositions 1 (adjective + preposition) #2]
FOCUS: The use of prepositions after adjectives
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises.

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1) Search for "conscious over" in the corpus; how many hits do you get?
0
165
232

2) Search for "conscious of" in the corpus; how many hits do you get?
0
165
232

3) Which of the following prepositions does not immediately follow quick in the corpus?
at
by
with

4) Which of the following prepostions is most commonly found to precede quick?
about
at
equally common (same number of hits)

5) Which of the following prepositions does not immediately follow angry in the corpus?
at
on
with

6) Which of the following prepostions is most commonly found to precede angry?
on
with
at

7) Search for "annoyed about" and "annoyed with" in the corpus; which is most commonly used?
annoyed about
annoyed with
equally common (same number of hits)

8) Which of the following statements is true about "annoyed about" and "annoyed with"?
"annoyed about" has only been used to express "irritation with a person"
"annoyed about" has been used to express "irritation with a person or thing"
"annoyed with" has only been used to express "irritation with a person"
"annoyed with" has been used to express "irritation with a person or thing"


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