English Preposition

The Dependent Preposition

A collection of verbs, adjectives and nouns, and their dependent prepositions

I. Verb + dependent prepositions

accuse s/o of

add to

agree with

aim at/for

allow for

apologise for

apply for

approve of

argue with/about

arrest s/o for

ask for

attend to

believe in

belong to

blame s/o for

boast about

borrow s/th from s/o

call for

care for

choose between

comment on

compare with

complain about

concentrate on

congratulate on

consent to

consist of

deal with

decide on

excuse s/o for

face up to

forgive s/o for

hear of/about

hope for

insist on

interfere with/in

joke about

laugh at

lend s/th to s/o

listen to

long fo

rmistake s/o for

object to

pay for

praise s/o for

prepare for

present s/o with

prevent s/o from

protest about

provide s/o with

punish s/o for

refer to

rely on

run for

save s/o from

sentence s/o to

smile at

succeed in

suffer from

stand for

talk to s/o about s/th

thank s/o for

think of/about

volunteer to

wait for

warn s/o about

worry about

*Someone, something abbreviate to s/o and s/th

II. Adjectives + dependent prepositions

according to

accustomed to

afraid of

annoyed with/about/at

anxious about

ashamed of

astonished at

attached to

aware of

crazy about

delighted at/about

different from

dissatisfied with

doubtful about

enthusiastic about

envious of

excited about

famous for

fed up with

fond of

frightened of

friendly with

good at

guilty of

incapable of

interested in

jealous of

keen on

kind to

mad at/about

opposed to

pleased with

popular with

proud of

puzzled by/about

safe from

satisfied with

sensitive to(wards)

serious about

sick of

similar to

sorry for/about

suspicious of

sympathetic to(wards)

tired of

typical of

unaware of

used to

III. Noun - preposition collocations

(take) advantage of

under age

in agreement

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