EXERCISE ONE
EXERCISE TWO
EXERCISE THREE
EXERCISE FOUR
EXERCISE FIVE (PHRASAL VERBS)
Prepositions with Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs.
Prepositions are sometimes so firmly wedded to other words that they have practically become one word. (In fact, in other languages, such as German, they would have become one word.) This occurs in three categories: nouns, adjectives, and verbs.
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approval of
awareness of belief in concern for confusion about desire for |
fondness for
grasp of hatred of hope for interest in love of |
need for
participation in reason for respect for success in understanding of |
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afraid of
angry at aware of capable of careless about familiar with |
fond of
happy about interested in jealous of made of married to |
proud of
similar to sorry for sure of tired of worried about |
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apologize for
ask about ask for belong to bring up care for find out |
give up
grow up look for look forward to look up make up pay for |
prepare for
study for talk about think about trust in work for worry about |
A combination of verb and preposition is called a phrasal verb. The word that is joined to the verb is then called a particle.
Idiomatic Expressions with Prepositions
- agree to a proposal, with a person, on a price, in principle
- argue about a matter, with a person, for or against a proposition
- compare to to show likenesses, with to show differences (sometimes similarities)
- correspond to a thing, with a person
- differ from an unlike thing, with a person
- live at an address, in a house or city, on a street, with other people
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