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Prepositinal Verbs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prepositional verbs + -ING (gerund) | |
| Abstain | Abstain from. I have to abstain from asking too many questions. |
| Apologise | Apologise for. She hasn't apologised for breaking his heart yet. |
| Approve | Approve of My parents never approved of drinking alcohol. |
| Be used | Be used to. I'm used to waking up early in the morning. |
| Benefit | Benefit from. Many thousands benefit from not working in Argentina. |
| Boast | Boast about or of. Claudia always boasts about preparing the best salads in all the town. Claudia always boasts of having such intelligent daughters. |
| Come close | Come close to. I was so mad I came close to hitting her |
| Compensate | Compensate for. I took her swimming to compensate for having missed out on cinema. |
| Protest | Protest against/at/about. Argentinians protest against paying more taxes. My daughter always protests at tiding up her bedroom. Tenants have been protesting about working in bad conditions |
| Speak | Speak about/of. She spoke about going on holidays to Brazil the next summer. She spoke of arranging a new meeting with the committee. |
| Persevere | Persevere in/with. He urged them to persevere in keeping the promises they had made. He did not persevere with learning to play the violin. |
| Accustomed | Be accustomed to It takes awhile to accustomed yourself to working hard. |
| Believe | Believe in. I believe in having a good health |
| Succeed | Succeed in. The campaign has certainly succeeded in raising public awareness of the issue |
| Feel up | Feel up to. After the accident she didn't feel up to driving. |
| Think | Think about/of She thinks about going abroad because she wants to know other cultures. She thinks of having children with her husband. |
| Object | Object to Two members of the committee objected to decreasing the production. |
| Aim | Aim at. Our policies are aimed at encouraging economic growth |
| Keen | Be keen on. She's keen on playing tennis. |
| Get used | Get used to. I get used to studying hard |
| Take | Take to. Michael has taken to getting up at 6 and going jogging. |
| Theorize | Theorize on. Much of the Shakespeare seminar theorized on extending the hours of the seminar to work properly. |
| Fond | Be fond of. My brother is fond of pointing out my mistakes. |
| Contribute | Contribute to. Mr. Edwards contributed to donating ten new blackboards to the local school. |
| Concentrate | Concentrate on. I must concentrate on doing a good work and achieving my goals. |
| Confess | Confess to. I confess to eating too much chocolate. |
| Depend | Depend on. I depend on winning the lottery |
| Dream | Dream of/about. I dream of being a recognized translator. I dreamt about being in a heavenly beach. |
| Insist | Insist on. She insisted on practicing all day to get the scholarship. |
| React | React to. A Paris mob reacted to storming the Bastille |
| Rely | Rely on. Don't rely on finding me here when you get back. |
| Be committed | Be committed to. We are committed to withdrawing our troops by the end of the year. |
| Repent | Repent of. He repents of missing his friend's birthday. |
| Fed | Be fed up with I'm fed up with doing the same work every single day. |
| Talk | Talk of/about |
| Delight | Delight in. He seems to take great delight in sharing a moment with his son |
| Complain | Complain of/about. She complained of reading the poem in front of her classmates. She complained about spending long hours in the queue. |
| Submit | Submit to. Derek has agreed to submit to questioning. |
| Disapprove | Disapprove of. My father strongly disapproved of drinking and driving |
| Allude | Allude to. One member of the police alluded to seeing the videos. |
| Persist | Persist on. You must persist on achieving your goals so that you will succeed. |
| Resort | Resort to. He resorted to lying, since he wanted to avoid going to the jails. |
| Specialise | Specialise in. I'm going to start to specialise in historic translation |
| Look forward | Look forward to. I'm looking forward to finishing summarizing all the catenative verbs. |
| Cooperate | Coopearte in. Spanish police cooperated with the British police in finding the terrorists. |
| Turn | Turn to. |
| Participate | Participate in. She agreed to participating in helping homeless. |
| Verb + object/noun + prepositin + -ING (gerund) | |
| Accuse | accuse somebody of What did he accuse me of? |
| Adjust | Adjust oneself to I adjusted myself to living alone. It can be difficult to adjust to being a parent. |
| Admire | Admire somebody for I admire my father for being a good person |
| Apply | Apply oneself to. I applied myself to becoming in a good translator. |
| Blame | Blame somebody for. He blamed me for being in bedroom but I wasn't there. |
| Compliment | Compliment somebody on. I complimented Mrs. Tomlinson on having such lovely sons |
| Congratulate | Congratulate somebody on. All Martha's family congratulated her on graduating in English Teacher. |
| Criticise | Criticise somebody for. Daisy and Maggie criticise her classmate for wearing the same trousers each day. |
| Dedicate | Dedicate oneself to. The new president said she would dedicate herself to protecting the rights of the sick and the homeless. |
| Defend | Defend somebody from She defended her son from being guilty about a murder |
| Despise | Despise somebody for. Many people usually despise homeless for selling in the streets. |
| Devote | Devote oneself to. She devoted her life to making her children happy. |
| Discourage | Discourage somebody from. She meant to discourage her mother from smoking |
| Dissuade | Dissuade somebody from. His friends tried to dissuade him from flying |
| Forgive | Forgive somebody for. I forgave him for breaking my heart. |
| Justify | Justify oneself for. I justified myself for arriving late. |
| Prevent | Prevent somebody from. Monica prevented her children from getting sick |
| Pride | Pride oneself to. She prided herself to being the top of her class. |
| Prosecute | Prosecute somebody for. The lawyer was prosecuted for cheating an old man. |
| Protect | Protect somebody/something from You didn't protect me from being stolen in the street. |
| Punish | Punish somebody for. He was punished for committing a crime. |
| Reproach | Reproach somebody for. She was reproached by collogues for leaking the story to the press. |
| Rescue | Rescue somebody/something from Diego rescued a boy from drowning. |
| Reward | Reward somebody for. Sally rewarded her daughter for passing all her exams. |
| Spend | Spend (money/time) on She spent money on dancing ballet. |
| Stop | Stop somebody from She stopped me from buying a new dress |
| Suspect | Suspect somebody of Everyone suspect owner of the store of selling drugs. |
| Thank | Thank somebody for She thanked the kind man for helping her to fix her car. |
| Trick | Trick somebody into. He tricked me into lending him $1000. |
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