PREPOSITIONS - GRAMMAR - SPECIAL PREPOSITIONS - VERB + PREPOSITION

A good dictionary will tell you if a verb or adjective is usually followed by a special preposition. Use a dictionary to find the preposition that often follows these words. The first one has been done for you:

1. fond ..of...
2. concentrate ..............
3. rely ................
4. listen ..............
5. agree ..............
6. depend ...............
7. suffer ...............
8. married ................
9. apologise ..............
10. applied ..............
11. waiting ...............
12. worry .............
13. satisfied .............
14. complained .............
15. belongs ..............
16. translate the book .................. Spanish.
17. thinking .....................
18. keen ..............
19. similar .............
20. interested .................
21. aware ...................
22. tired ................
23. full .............. water.
24. something wrong ............... this television.
25. flying home ................. Hong Kong.

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

Write a sentence, using each VERB + PREPOSITION - e.g.

I am very fond of the puppy next door.

GRAMMAR - PREPOSITIONS - EXERCISES

Finish these questions with the correct preposition, then write a short answer for each one.

EXERCISE 1

1. What exactly is she worried ...............?     ANSWER: -----------------------------------
2. What subjects is she good ----------?          ANSWER: ...............................................
3. Who is she waiting .......?                           ANSWER: ...............................................
4. What job is she applying ...........?              ANSWER: ...............................................
5. What radio station is she listening .......?    ANSWER: ...............................................
6. What did she complain .................?           ANSWER: ...............................................
7. What did she apologise ...............?             ANSWER: ............................................... 
8. Who is ................. the table?                      ANSWER: ...............................................
9. Who is she shouting ...........?                      ANSWER: ...............................................
10. What films are you interested ........?          ANSWER: ...............................................

ADD THE PREPOSITION TO THE FOLLOWING:

1. They came ...........car.
2. They are .........strike.
3. They went climbing ....... foot.
4. The young couple are very much ...... love.
5. He did the job ..... himself.
6. The fruit bowl is ..... top ... the table.
7. The Post Office is ............. City Hall.
8. The traffic lights are ........ the street. 
9. They went ........ the city ........ car.
10. Has he got a job ...... the moment?

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ANSWERS: 

EXERCISE 1

about, at, for, for, to, about, for, under, at, in, 

EXERCISE 2

by, on, by, in, by, on...of, opposite, across, to...by, at