VOCABULARY STUDY: RESEARCH

TASK ONE A: Study the concordance lines.

1. Although research on the effects of smoking is not always

2. what I will describe will be research on the cognitive side.
3 looks at the latest scientific research on male sexuality.
4. Laura Thomas, who's carrying out research on a report for the

What preposition often follows the noun research?

What kind of information follows the preposition?

TASK ONE B:Study the verbs used with the noun research.

1. Our research shows that one third of claims are

2. Thomas, who's carrying out research on a report for the Panos
3 Some research shows that if a woman has been
4. Cross-sectional and longitudinal research shows that the stages occur
5. He believes new research being conducted by the company
6. research and
findings have consistently shown
7. The research that also shown that .
has
8. Indeed, Fuchs summarizes the research by reporting that there is no
9. How exactly do you carry out research?
10. The most recent research has focused on areas where it is

List the verbs which collocate with research as subject of the verb.

List the verbs which collocate with research as object of the verb.

Sandra Haywood, University of Nottingham

TASK ONE C: Research is a noun, but it is frequently used like an adjective, in front
of other nouns, to give more specific information about something.
Study the concordance lines and notice the way this is done.

1. the Greenpeace research base in Antarctica.

2. Durham University's environmental research centre
3 EA Technology, the private research company
4. The Academic Affairs Unit employs a Research Officer, who
5. This aspect of the school's research programme
6. in the Research Department at Hammersmith Hospital.
7. in collaboration with IBM's Almaden Research Center.
8. Students become familiar with the research laboratories.

TASK TWO: Practise

Have you done any research? Do you know someone who is doing research now?
Write a few sentences about it.

Concordance data selected from http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk and adapted.

Sandra Haywood, University of Nottingham