VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

This list contains some common verb + prepositions. Check an ESL or learner’s dictionary under the verb for any verb + preposition combinations that you cannot find on the list.

EX:

1. Every year I pay $150 to subscribe to “Outback” magazine.

2. Some people use soy milk to substitute for daily milk.

3. Olympic athletes excel at at least one sport.

4. In a democracy, we all have the right to vote for our representatives.

5. On buses, we prohibited from eating and drinking.

6. Drug traffickers profit from people’s misery.

7. You should take advantage of every opportunity in life.

8. Overseas students have to adapt to a new culture in Australia.

9. They are encouraged to adopt some of the customs of their new country.

10. It doesn’t matter to me.

11. Teachers object to students sleeping in class.

12. People sometimes gossip about what their neighbors are doing.

13. Wind will sometimes interfere with TV reception.

14. Pedophiles interfere with children.

15. Shopaholic are obsessed with shopping.

LIST:

Accuse (someone) of

Adapt to

Admit to

Advise against

Agree with

Apologize for

Apply for (something)

Apply to (someplace)

Approve of

Argue about (something)

Argue with (someone)

Arrive at

Believe in

Belong to

Blame (someone for/something on)

Care about/for

Choose between

Combine (something) with

Come from

Compare (someone/something) to/with

Complain about (something)

Complain to (someone)

Concentrate on

Consist of

Contribute to

Cooperate with

Count on

Deal with

Decide on

Depend on

Die of/from

Disapprove of

Dream about/of

Escape from

Excel at

Excuse (someone) for

Feel like

Fight for/about

Forget about

Forgive (someone) for

Glance at

Gossip about

Graduate from

Happen to

Hear about/of (something)

Hear from (someone)

Hide from

Hope for

Insist on

Interfere with

Introduce (someone) to

Intend to

Invite (someone) to

Know about

Learn from

Listen to

Live on

Look at

Look forward to

Matter to

Object to

Participate in

Pay for

Plan on

Prepare for

Prevent from

Profit from

Prohibit (someone) form

Protect (someone/something) from

Read about

Recover from

Rely on

Rescue from

Respond to

Search for

Speak about (something)

Speak to/with (someone)

Stare at

Stop from

Subscribe to

Substitute for

Succeed in

Take advantage of

Take care of

Talk about (something)

Talk to/with (someone)

Thank (someone) for

Think about/of

Vote for

Wait for

Worry about