Home & living

care and attention

focused effort

Care and attention are the time and effort you give to look after someone or something properly.

B1 very common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why does the old piano sound so good?

It gets a lot of care and attention.

Play the conversation

This garden needs regular care and attention during the dry season.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: give care and attentions

Say: give care and attention

“Attention” is uncountable in this fixed phrase, so do not add -s.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

need care and attention; give something care and attention

Your turn: say it out loud

This garden needs regular care and attention during the dry season.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

care and attention

focused effort

“This garden needs regular care and attention during the dry season.”

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