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    Prepositions: After Some Adjectives and Verbs

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    The document discusses prepositions that can follow certain adjectives and verbs. For adjectives, it provides examples of common preposition combinations like "good at", "ready for", and "sensitive to". For verbs, it lists dependent prepositions that typically follow certain verbs and connect them to their object, such as "apologize to", "believe in", and "concentrate on". The document notes there is no single pattern and these combinations need to be learned individually. It aims to familiarize the reader with common adjective-preposition and verb-preposition pairs in English.

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    The document discusses prepositions that can follow certain adjectives and verbs. For adjectives, it provides examples of common preposition combinations like "good at", "ready for", and "sensitive to". For verbs, it lists dependent prepositions that typically follow certain verbs and connect them to their object, such as "apologize to", "believe in", and "concentrate on". The document notes there is no single pattern and these combinations need to be learned individually. It aims to familiarize the reader with common adjective-preposition and verb-preposition pairs in English.

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    The document discusses prepositions that can follow certain adjectives and verbs. For adjectives, it provides examples of common preposition combinations like "good at", "ready for", and "sensitive to". For verbs, it lists dependent prepositions that typically follow certain verbs and connect them to their object, such as "apologize to", "believe in", and "concentrate on". The document notes there is no single pattern and these combinations need to be learned individually. It aims to familiarize the reader with common adjective-preposition and verb-preposition pairs in English.

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    Prepositions: After Some Adjectives and Verbs

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    The document discusses prepositions that can follow certain adjectives and verbs. For adjectives, it provides examples of common preposition combinations like "good at", "ready for", and "sensitive to". For verbs, it lists dependent prepositions that typically follow certain verbs and connect them to their object, such as "apologize to", "believe in", and "concentrate on". The document notes there is no single pattern and these combinations need to be learned individually. It aims to familiarize the reader with common adjective-preposition and verb-preposition pairs in English.

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    PREPOSITIONS

    after some adjectives and verbs


    1. He apologized _______________ being late. You can also ‘apologize to someone’
    2. She believes _______________ ghosts.
    3. If you make so much noise I can’t concentrate _______________ my work.
    4. We don’t agree _______________ anything but we’re good friends.
    5. I’m quite good _______________ English but I’m bad at maths and I’m terrible at physics.
    6. I’m perfectly capable _______________ doing it myself, thank you.

    ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION VERB + PREPOSITION


    Some adjectives go with certain prepositions. There is no real pattern –
    Some verbs are usually followed by prepositions before the object of the
    you need to learn them as you meet them. Here are some examples,
    verb. these are called dependent prepositions and they are
    but remember that there are many other ​adjective + preposition
    followed by a noun or a gerund (‘​ing​’ form)
    combinations that aren’t covered here.

    aimed  insure 
    good  AT  react  AGAINST 
    hopeless  warn ​sb 

    grateful  apologize 
    ready  FOR  blame ​sb  FOR 
    responsible  thank ​sb 

    ashamed  accuse ​sb 


    capable  OF  consist  OF 
    conscious  disapprove 

    experienced  believe 
    interested  IN  get involved  IN 
    wrapped up  persist 

    accustomed  decide 
    sensitive  TO  look forward  TO 
    be/get used  object 

    concerned  agree 
    crazy  ABOUT  concentrate 
    excited  decide  ON 
    depend 
     
    work 

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