“pay attention to do sth” 的正确用法与例句

在英语学习中，很多同学会误用 “pay attention to do something”。实际上，“pay attention to” 后面应接动名词（doing），而不是不定式（to do）。

✅ 正确结构：pay attention to + doing something
❌ 错误结构：pay attention to do something

这是因为 “to” 在这里是介词，不是不定式符号，因此后面必须跟名词或动名词（V-ing）。

经典例句

Please pay attention to spelling your name correctly.

She didn’t pay attention to crossing the street and almost got hit by a car.

He always pays attention to listening carefully in class.

We should pay attention to protecting the environment.

Pay attention to following the instructions step by step.

They failed because they didn’t pay attention to checking their work.

记住：只要看到 “pay attention to”，后面就一定要用 动词的 -ing 形式！这是英语中介词后接动名词的典型用法之一。