1. VERBS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS
VOCABULARY

2. WITH FOR IN Agree with Disagree with Apologise for Apply for Ask for
Pay for
Thank for
Wait for IN
Believe in
Participate in

3. OF ABOUT ON Approve of Think of [used mostly in the continuous form]
Argue about
Complain to (sb) about (sth)
Dream about
Think about
Worry about ON
Depend on
Spend on

4. AT TO FROM INTO Laugh at Shout at Belong to
Complain to (sb) about (sth)
Get married to
Listen to
FROM
Suffer from
INTO
Translate into

5. * Complete the following sentences with a suitable preposition.
Mary never listens … the radio.
Alan likes it a lot and I disagree … him.
I may go but it depends … the weather.
Anne suffers … diabetes.
Jared got married … a girl he met on holidays.
She apologised … her behaviour.
They both applied … the job, but only one of them got it.
We have waited … the bus for ten minutes.

6. Don’t worry … your exams; you’ll pass them all.
She complained … the hotel manager … the dirty sheets.
I love spending a lot of money … clothes.
This car belongs … one of my friends.
Translate the following sentences … Catalan.
I’m thinking … travelling to New Zealand next summer.
I asked … a Big Mac, not a Cheeseburger.
She didn’t pay … the food she had ordered.
They thanked us … the present.