Thursday, June 19, 2014

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.

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