Appendixes a Appendix 1 Verbs taking prepositions This list is not complete, and does not include phrasal verbs (look after. get over, etc.) It should ‘be used for reference to check which prepositions commonly follow a number of verbs, and also combinatious of verb acun~ preposition (take an interest in. Examples are given wherever more than one preposition is found after verb with a different meaning; these verbs are marked (*) and the examples will be found at the end of thelist. to be absent from ‘account for; take into account accuse of; make an accusation against be accustomed to adapt to add to be addicted to adjust to; make an adjustment to advance on be afraid of agree about, on, over (a matter) agree to (an action) agree with (another person) be in agreement with aim at be allergic to be amazed at, by amount to bbe amused at, by be angry at (action); with (person) ‘be annoyed at, about (action); with (person) bbe anxious about (person, action); for (news) ‘apologise for (person, action) to (another person); make an apology for (person, action), to (another person) 38 ‘appeal for (help), to (person) apply to (person) for (job); make an application to (person) for (job) be appropriate to approve of argue about (subject): with (person); have an argument about (subject) with (person) «arrest for: put under arrest he ashamed of (past action); be ashamed to (admit it) ask about (person, information); ask for (person, help, ete.} assign to be astonished at, by attach to attend tos pay attention to bbe aware of bargain for (expect); with (person); make a bargain with beg for (thing) believe in; have a belief in Delong to benefit from “bet against; on Dame for; take the blame for boast about, of borrow from be capable of ‘care about; for; take care of \ centre on be certain about, of “change into; to; make a change in charge for cheat out of choose between; make a choice between coincide with combine with comment on; make a comment on “communicate to; with compan compen compete complai, (perse about “compli be comp concent be conce confess t be confic ‘congrats bbe conse consult ¢ be conte contrast contribu be conve ‘cooperat count ox, be crities be ernel cure of deal in decide ab depend © derive fr develop i "die from: differ fro. be differe be disapy discouray dismiss & be distan, dream ab dress in be dresse: beengag: be equal ‘escape fr exchange cexouse fa explain & be famiix be famousation compare ‘compensate for compete against, with (person); for (prize) complain to (person) about (thing); of (person, thing) make a complaint to (person sake a comparison with “compliment on; pay a compliment to be composed of concentrate on ‘tbe concerned about; in; with ‘onfess to ‘be confident about, of; have confidence in congratulate on be conscious of consent to; give consent to ‘consult about, on be content with contrast with contribute to; make a contribution to be convenient for, to convince of cooperate with count on be critical of; make eriticism of be crael to. cure of eal in (goods); with (matter, person) decide about, on; make a decision about, on depend on dative from develop into “tie from: of differ from; make a difference to be different from be disappointed in bea disappointment to discourage from dismiss from be distant from dream about, of; have a dream about ‘dress in. be dressed in ‘be engaged in (business); to (person) be equal to ‘scape from exchange for excuse for; from; make excuse for explain to bbe familiar with be famous for feed on ‘be fond of; have a fondness for ‘the free from; of; with “*e friendly towards, with; make friends with be frightened of ‘be full of he generous to (person); with (money) be glad of glance at “he good at; for be grateful for (action); to (person) be guilty of be hard on, head for hear about, of hope for be ideal for be identical with improve on: make improvements in bean inconvenience toinconvenient to infect with inform of {nguire into: make an inquiry into (matter) bout (person, thing) inst on bre interested in; take an intrest in sinterere in introduce to invet inj make an investment ia be involved in inoue to (person); with (documents) be jealous of join in be keen on, be kind to laugh about (event); laugh at (person, joke) lean on “eave to; with lend to. limit with “be limited in; to listen v6 *be lucky at; in marvel at mean by*mistake for; make a mistake about object to; make an objection to “he occupied with; in operate on participate in ay for “point at; to be polite to prefer to; have a preference for be prejudiced against prepare for Present to (person); with (thing) Protect against, from protest against be proud of take pride in ‘with: make provision for quarrel about. over (matter): with (person) be ready for be relevant to “remind about; of bbe replaced by, with reply to Feport on (event, person); to (employer) rescue from reserve for; make a reservation for resign from be resigned to “be responsible for; to; have responsibility for retire from reward for (action); with (prize) get rid of rob of be satisfied with save from send for separate from serve with share in (project); with (person); have a share in shoot at; take a shot at signal to be similar to smell of smile at 0 be sorry about (event); for (person, action) spend on spyon stare at steal from substitute for succeed in safer from be suitable for be superior to supply to (person): with (goods) be sure about, of be surprised at, by suspect of be suspicious of swear about (event); at (person) sympathise with; he in sympathy with talk about (person, event); to (person): have a talk to (person give a talk on oubject) thank for give thanks for threaten with; bea threat to bo tired of trade in (goods); with (person) translate into “trouble about; with; take trouble over; make trouble for, with be unaware of bbe used to be useful for (purpose); to (person) be vital to. vote for wait for wonder at ‘work on; be at work on worry about, overExamples BET I've het against him/the horse. He has bet on. the horse. CARE T don’t care about her/it any more. (I'm not ‘worried about her/it.) don’t care for her/it any more. (I don't like) Tiltake care of her/it. (look after) CHANGE I'm going to change into something ‘warmer. (put on) ‘The witch changed the prince into a frog. (transform) ‘We're changing to summer time tonight. (making a change from ... to) ‘We've had to make a change in the programme. CoMMUNICATE Would you communicate our deepest sympathy to him? (let him have) find it difficult to communicate with them. (make contact with) COMPLIMENT He complimented her on her dress. He paid a compliment to her. or: He paid her a compliment. BECONCERNED I'm concerned (worried) about the children. ‘Were you concerned in the affai? (Did you take part init?) T'm not concerned with that part of the business. (It’s not my responsibility.) DIE He died of pneumonia. (Pneumonia was the ‘cause of his death.) He died from a fll. (as the result of — The fall «did not kill hiza at the time.) BEFREE At last she was free from pain. (without pain) ‘The goods are free of tax. (nat subject to) He's free with his money. (docen't take care of it, isn’t careful with) BE FRIENDLY They were friendly towards the newcomers. (not unfriendly or aggressive) ‘They were friendly with their neighbours. (on good terms with) BEGOOD She's good at games. (plays well, etc.) ‘That's only good for practice. (useful for) LEAVE He left the money/problem to me. (I received it) He left the money/problem with me. (made it my responsibility) BE LIMITED He's limited in intelligence. (aot very intelligent) ‘He's limited to spending £10 a day. (not allowed to spend more) BELUCKY He's hacky at cards (lucky when playing) He's lncky in love. (fortunate in general terms in) MISTAKE I mistook you for your cousin. (I thought you were, mistakenly) Ta never make a mistake about a thing like thet. BEOCCUPTED He's occupied with a customer at ‘the moment. (busy with) He's oceupied in trying to work out the programme for next year. (busy) POINT Don't point at people. It's rude. re was pointing to the cathedral. (indicating) (Note: at is used with point, throw, etc. to indicate aggression.) PROVIDE. You would be wise to provide forthe future. (make preparations for) We provided them with food. or: We provided food for them. (supplied) [REMIND Remind me about that tomorrow, will you? (Bring it to my attention.) He reminds me of my uncle. (makes me remember) DBE RESPONSIBLE, He's responsible to his boss for ‘what takes place. (His boes will hold him responsible; he is responsible for hic actions.) He is responstble for the children. TROUBLE T shouldn't trouble about it. (bother) He's troubled with asthma. (enffers from) 1 took a lot of trouble over it. (was careful to do ‘it well) He could make trouble for you with your boss. (eause you trouble, cause your boss to be ‘annoyed with you) a