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The verb focus means "to give all of your attention to something." As a verb,
focus usually appears with the preposition on.

She left her job so she could focus on her school work.
The team focused on preparing for its next game.

Focus can also be a noun. The noun focus means "the thing that is getting a
lot of attention." The noun does not appear with on.
The main focus of the lecture was the benefits of exercise.

CORPUS

C. Complete each sentence with the correct form of focus. Use on if necessary. For
each sentence, write V if focus is used as a verb or N if focus is used as a noun .
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....Y.. 1. James turned off the television so he could ____ o--'c_u...;__o_n ___ _
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his homework.
_ 2. Simple foods were the ___________ of the healthy
cooking class.
_ 3. The ___________ of the next chapter is how different
muscles work together.
_ 4. When she was at university, Farida ___ ________ reaching
one goal at a time.

_ 5. Safety should be the ----------- of any exercise routine.
_ 6. Let's the project now, so we can relax later.

D. Work with a partner. Complete the paragraph with the words in the box.

achieve energy focusing goat physically team

Pinar wants to play a sport at her university. Her (1) goal

is to become a member of the university running (2) ------ - --

To (3) her goal, she is training very hard. Pinar is

(4) on running long distances. Her training is very hard

on her body- it is (5) demanding. Pinar feels exhausted

after a long run. But she eats healthy food to get (6) _______ _

to run each day. Pinar is running longer and faster every day.

STAYING HEALTHY 7 :: ::