Become familiar with common verb + preposition combinations - Prepositions and idiomatic expressions - Multilingual Writers and ESL Topics

Rules for writers, Tenth edition - Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers 2021

Become familiar with common verb + preposition combinations
Prepositions and idiomatic expressions
Multilingual Writers and ESL Topics

Many verbs and prepositions appear together in idiomatic phrases. Pay special attention to the combinations that are different from the combinations used in your native language.

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VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

✵ agree with

✵ compare with

✵ forget about

✵ speak to (or speak with)

✵ apply to

✵ concentrate on

✵ happen to

✵ approve of

✵ consist of

✵ hope for

✵ stare at

✵ arrive at

✵ count on

✵ insist on

✵ succeed at

✵ arrive in

✵ decide on

✵ listen to

✵ succeed in

✵ ask for

✵ depend on

✵ participate in

✵ take advantage of

✵ believe in

✵ differ from

✵ rely on

✵ take care of

✵ belong to

✵ disagree with

✵ reply to

✵ think about

✵ care about

✵ dream about

✵ respond to

✵ think of

✵ care for

✵ dream of

✵ result in

✵ wait for

✵ compare to

✵ feel like

✵ search for

✵ wait on

NOTE: Check an ESL dictionary for other combinations.