VOCABULARY

VERBS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS

WITH FOR

Agree withDisagree with

Apologise forApply forAsk forPay forThank for Wait for

IN

Believe inParticipate in

OF ABOUT

Approve ofThink of [used mostly

in the continuous form]

Argue aboutComplain to (sb)

about (sth)Dream aboutThink aboutWorry aboutON

Depend onSpend on

AT TO

Laugh atShout at

Belong toComplain to (sb)

about (sth)Get married toListen toFROM

Suffer fromINTO

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* Complete the following sentences with a suitable preposition.

1) Mary never listens … the radio.2) Alan likes it a lot and I disagree … him.3) I may go but it depends … the weather.4) Anne suffers … diabetes.5) Jared got married … a girl he met on

holidays.6) She apologised … her behaviour.7) They both applied … the job, but only

one of them got it.8) We have waited … the bus for ten

minutes.

9) Don’t worry … your exams; you’ll pass them all.

10)She complained … the hotel manager … the dirty sheets.

11)I love spending a lot of money … clothes.12)This car belongs … one of my friends.13)Translate the following sentences …

Catalan.14)I’m thinking … travelling to New Zealand

next summer.15)I asked … a Big Mac, not a Cheeseburger.16)She didn’t pay … the food she had

ordered.17)They thanked us … the present.