1. Preposition ristanti@stikom.edu

2. Preposition Usage
In adverbial phrases that show time, place, and other relationship
e.g.: in the morning; on Pennsylvania Avenue: to the park; by the student; across from the bank
After certain nouns
e.g.: a cause of; a reason for; a solution to
After certain adjectives and participle
e.g.: different from; aware of; disappointed in
After certain verbs
e.g.: combine with; rely on; refer to
In phrasal prepositions
e.g.: according to; together with; instead of
In certain set expression
e.g.: by far; in general; on occasion; at last

3. NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS
approval of awareness of belief in concern for confusion about desire for
need for participation in
success in
fondness for grasp of hatred of hope for interest in love of
reason for respect for understanding of

4. ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS
afraid of angry at aware of capable of careless about familiar with
fond of happy about interested in jealous of made of married to
proud of similar to sorry for sure of tired of worried about

5. VERBS and PREPOSITIONS
apologize for ask about ask for belong to bring up care for find out
give up grow up look for look forward to look up make up pay for
prepare for study for talk about think about trust in work for worry about

6. Preposition Errors in Test
Errors in preposition choice
1. The pitch of a (A) tuning fork depends (B) of the (C) size and shape of (D) its arms.
2. The Alaskan Pipeline (A) runs (B) between Prudhoe Bay on the Artic Coastal Plain to the (C) port of Valdez, a
(D) distance of 789 miles.
3. Candles were (A) mankind’s chief (B) source of illumination (C) since at (D) least 2,000 years
Incorrect inclusion/ omission of prepositions
1. (A) According many critics, Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn is his (B) greatest work and is (C) one of the greatest American (D) novels ever written
2. (A) Some of the (B) most of spectacular waterfalls (C) in the eastern United states (D) are found in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania