Account for | We must account for all the information in our report. | ||
Accuse (someone) of | The teacher accused Michael of cheating on the test. | ||
Adapt to | We have adapted to living in the U.S. | ||
Add to | 6 added to 5 equals 11. The new requirement has added to my worries about paying for my education. | ||
Agree on | We agreed on an answer for the problem | ||
Agree to | We agreed to the solution for the problem. | ||
Agree with | I agree with your answer for the problem. | ||
Apologize for something | He apologized for his rude behavior. | ||
Apologize to someone | He apologized to his friends for his rude behavior. | ||
Apply for | She is applying for Georgia State University. She applied for a teaching assistantship. | ||
Approve of | The teacher approved of his plan for his research paper. | ||
Argue with someone | Michael argued with his teacher about his grade. | ||
Argue about something | I argued politely with Michael about his ideas on the economy. | ||
Arrive at | We arrived at the test center on time. They arrived at the same solution for the problem. | ||
Ask for | We asked for more time on the test. | ||
Become of | What became of Michael? Have you seen him lately? I haven't seen him for a long time. | ||
Believe in | He believes in his solution for the problem. | ||
Belong to | She belongs to a tennis club. | ||
Blame someone/something for something | He blames his poor English for his grade on the test. The citizens blame the government for the economic problems. | ||
Blame something on someone | He blamed his grade on his English. The police blamed the explosion on a separatist group. | ||
Borrow from | I borrowed some paper from my roommate. Shakespeare borrowed his plots from other writers. | ||
Care about | I really care about the environment. | ||
Care for | I don't care for his attitude--I don't like it at all. He is caring for his elderly parents. | ||
Catch up with | Run faster--we have to catch up with the rest of the group. I caught up with the homework last weekend. | ||
Come from | He comes from Egypt. | ||
Comment on | The teacher commented on the effect of the election on the economy. | ||
Communicate about something | He communicated with his teacher about his grade. | ||
Communicate with someone | He communicated with his teacher about his grade. | ||
Compare with | Please compare Clinton's presidency with Reagan's. He compared the food in the cafeteria with his mother's cooking. | ||
Complain about | The students complained about the food in the cafeteria. | ||
Compliment someone on something | The teacher complimented Maria on the good work she did on the examination. | ||
Congratulate someone on something | The teacher congratulated all the students on their final reports. | ||
Concentrate on | I want to concentrate on my major. | ||
Consent to | My advisor consented to my plan. | ||
Consist of | Grammar consists of syntax, morphology, semantics, and phonology. Water consists of hydrogen, oxygen, and a few other elements. | ||
Convince someone of something | Michael convinced his teacher of the correctness of his answer on the test. He convinced his teacher to change his grade. | ||
Decide between | I have to decide between coffee and tea to go with my lunch. He decided between the U.S. and Australia as the place to study English. | ||
Decide on | Michael decided on biology as his major. | ||
Depend on | I depend on my family for money. | ||
(Dis)approve of | Mary approves of my plan. Michael disapproves of my ideas. | ||
Dream about | He dreams about being a doctor. | ||
Dream of | He dreams of Maria. He dreams of being a doctor. | ||
Excuse someone for something | She excused him for being rude. | ||
Explain something to someone | She explained her ideas about the project to the teacher. | ||
Get along with | He gets along well with many different people. | ||
Get back from | We just got back from Egypt. | ||
Get rid of | I need to get rid of my old car. | ||
Get through with | I'll get through with school in late May. | ||
Get used to | I can't get used to American food. | ||
Happen to | What happened to Michael? He seems sad. What happened to the oranges that I put in the refrigerator? They're not there. | ||
Have confidence in | Our teacher has confidence in our dedication to study. | ||
Have influence on | His father had a lot of influence on his major. | ||
Have an opportunity for | I have an opportunity for getting a scholarship. I have an opportunity to get a scholarship. | ||
Have patience with | The teacher has patience with us. | ||
Have a reason for | You must have a good reason for your answer on the math test. | ||
Hear about | I heard about the lecture from Michael. | ||
Hear from | I just got an email from Michael--I hear from him everyday. | ||
Hear of | Have you ever heard of a music group called "Echelon"? They seem to be popular in France. | ||
Insist on | The teacher insists on our being on time to class. | ||
Introduce someone to something/someone | Mary introduced her grammar teacher to Michael. | ||
Invite someone to | Mary invited her grammar class to the lecture. | ||
Keep for someone | Michael will be out of town for the summer. Mary willkeep his cat for him while he is gone. | ||
Keep away from someone | I don't like John's attitude. I want to keep away from him. | ||
Keep on | To learn English, you must keep on studying. You can't stop after a few months. | ||
Laugh about | Mary and Michael laughed about the article in the newspaper. | ||
Laugh at | They laughed at the silly joke. | ||
Learn about | I learned about his problems from his mother. | ||
Listen for | John and Mary are supposed to get home at 5:00 P.M. Their mother is listening for their car. | ||
Listen to | We listened to the new CD. I listened to the teacher's lecture. | ||
Look at | Please look at my answer to this problem. | ||
Look for | I looked for information on the Web. | ||
Look forward to | I am looking forward to my visit to Egypt. Michael looked forward to visiting his family. | ||
Object to | I object to your tone. They objected to having a test on the last day of class. | ||
Participate in | All the students participated in the discussion. | ||
Pay for | He paid for our lunch. We paid $120 for our textbooks. | ||
Plan on | Michael planned on studying in the U.S We're planning on going to the movie tonight. | ||
Prefer to | I prefer tea to coffee. He prefers English to chemistry. | ||
Prepare for | Mary is preparing for TOEFL. | ||
Prevent from | Her poor Spanish prevented her from getting the job in Peru. | ||
Provide for | His family provides for his tuition. | ||
Provide someone with something | I provided Michael with information for his report. | ||
Recover from | She was very sick. But, she's recovering from her illness rapidly. | ||
Refer to | He referred to the Internet in his report. | ||
Relate to | Michael related the economic decline to oil prices. | ||
Rely on | I rely on my family for money. We relied on the Internet for our research papers. | ||
Remind someone of | Michael reminds me of my brother. | ||
Search for | I searched for information about water pollution. | ||
See about | We need to see about buying our textbooks for the semester. | ||
Send for | We sent for some books from home about the history of our country. | ||
Separate something from something | Separate the yolk from the white of the egg. Separate the truth from fiction. | ||
Show up at | We didn't invite him--he just showed up at the party. | ||
Spend money on something/someone | He spends a lot of money on his girlfriend. | ||
Stop from | His teacher wants him to stop from answering all the questions in class. | ||
Substitute for | Margarine can substitute for butter. Mary will substitute for Michael next week--she can teach his class for him. | ||
Subtract from | The company will subtract the cost of insurance fromyour salary. His bad temper substracts from his other good qualities. | ||
Succeed at | Mary will succeed at any task she attempts. I want to succeed at this new job. | ||
Succeed in | He succeeded in passing the test. She succeeded in her ambition to be a teacher. | ||
Take advantage of | Let's go to the store right now. I want to take advantage of the sale. He's not a very good person. He will take advantage ofhis friends to make money. | ||
Talk about | Let's talk about your problem. | ||
Talk over | We talked over the possible answers. | ||
Talk to | I talked to my teacher about my test grade. | ||
Talk with | Mary talked with Michael about this temper. | ||
Thank someone for something | Michael thanked Mary for her advice. | ||
Think about | The students thought about their answers to the math problem. They considered all the possible answers. | ||
Think of | They thought of several new ways to do the problem. They developed several new methods. | ||
Throw away | They cleaned their apartment and threw away two sacks of old newspapers. | ||
Vote for | We voted for the president of the student government. | ||
Wait for | Michael was late for the meeting, and Mary waited for him for thirty minutes. | ||
Waste money on something/someone | My brother wasted a lot of money on a very old car. He wasted time and energy on that car, too. | ||
Wish for | He wished for a new car. | ||
Work for | Michael works for a computer company. | ||
Worry about | Mary worries about her grades. Michael worries about money. |
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prepositional verbs
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