225 Verb & Preposition Combinations

By Michael DiGiacomo

INCLUDING…
The GRAMMATICAL PATTERN of each verb & preposition combination.
A SPECIAL SECTION focusing on the meaning of prepositions.
A SPECIAL SECTION featuring combinations of prepositions with the verb MADE.
The USAGE of each combination showing how it is used in everyday English.
EXAMPLE sentences to see how the idiom is used in context.
19 QUIZZES to help you study and remember the verbs and prepositions.
ALMOST 2 HOURS of my audio lessons explaining the meaning and examples of each combination!

WHY BUY THIS BOOK?
It's designed for self-study.
This book was written by an English teacher with over 20 years experience.
It's an eBook, so you just need to download it and keep a copy on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
It's got a paperback version.
The audio version has my own audio lessons.
It can help you prepare for TOEIC, TOEFL, and IELTS exams.

WHAT ARE VERB & PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS?
English prepositions are often used together with verbs as set phrases. For example The verb listen generally takes the preposition to, as in "I like to listen to jazz." Other examples include: apologize for , belong to, care for, devote to, elaborate on, feel like, graduate from, help with, invest in, know about, look at, matter to, object to, participate in, recover from, succeed in, think of, vouch for, and write about. This book includes 225 of these combinations.

WHY LEARN VERB & PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS?
Getting the preposition right is essential for making your ideas understood in English. There is a differences between hear about and hear from. Knowing these differences, and knowing which preposition to use with which verb will help you sound more natural in English. This can help you in both everyday life and in the workplace. Of course this is helpful for preparing for the TOEFL and TOEIC exams will certainly need to know these combinations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael DiGiacomo
• Release date: Feb 8, 2015
• ISBN: 9780988998889

Michael DiGiacomo

My name is Michael DiGiacomo, and I am a native New Yorker. I have been helping language students learn English since the early 1990's. I began my formal language-teaching career in Sendai, Japan in 1994. Since then, I have worked in the ESL field as an instructor, a teacher trainer, an academic director, and a language school director. In 2004, I earned an MBA in Global Management. Now, I am the owner of Happy English, an English tutoring company in New York City. I teach students from all over the world here in New York, and online in their country. The world is a diverse, multicultural, and exciting place to live. When you have the confidence to communicate, you can really enjoy international travel, meet new friends and even advance your career. Happy English was started to provide you with the opportunity to learn practical English language skills and build speaking confidence. My English tutoring is ideal for language students, homemakers, and business professionals who want to brush-up their English. The Happy English mission is to connect the global community by helping people learn to speak English fluently and confidently. I believe that language study should be both enjoyable and practical, so I provide English instruction in a comfortable, professional atmosphere focused on each student's individual needs.

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A Message From Michael

Thank you for your interest in 225 American English Verb & Preposition Combinations.

My name is Michael DiGiacomo, and I am a native New Yorker. I have been helping language students learn English since the early 1990’s. I began my formal language-teaching career in Sendai, Japan in 1994. Since then, I have worked in the ESL field as an instructor, a teacher trainer, an academic director, and a language school director. Now, I am the founder of Happy English, an English tutoring company in New York City. I teach students from all over the world here in New York, and online in their country.

I believe that language study should be both enjoyable and practical. In 2010 I started a website (www.myhappyenglish.com) to provide a variety of English lessons to students all over the world. I set out to create lessons that were practical, easy to understand, and useful for self-study. Many of my own private lesson students have given me ideas and suggestions for lessons and this book grew out of some of those ideas.

Prepositions are troublesome for a lot of English language students. While there are many uses of prepositions in English, this book focuses on verb and preposition combinations. Unlike phrasal verbs, which have an idiomatic usage, the verb and preposition combinations presented here in this book are collocations. This means that they are, as I like to call them, just set phrases.

For example, the verb listen generally takes the preposition to, as in "I like to listen to jazz." I have put together a collection of 225 of the most common verb and preposition combinations I could find. I hope you find this book helpful for studying them!

As always, thanks for studying with me.

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Contents

A Message From Michael

Key Points About Prepositions

Focus On The Meaning Of Prepositions

No. 1: account for

No. 2: accuse of

No. 3: adapt to

No. 4: add to

No. 5: adjust to

No. 6: admire for

No. 7: admit to

No. 8: agree on

No. 9: agree with

No. 10: apologize for

No. 11: apologize to

No. 12: apply for

Review Quiz #1

No. 13: apply to

No. 14: approve of

No. 15: argue about

No. 16: argue with

No. 17: arrange for

No. 18: ask about

No. 19: ask for

No. 20: base on

No. 21: become of

No. 22: beg for

No. 23: begin with

No. 24: believe in

Review Quiz #2

No. 25: belong to

No. 26: benefit from

No. 27: blame for

No. 28: boast about

No. 29: borrow from

No. 30: care about

No. 31: care for

No. 32: charge with

No. 33: choose between

No. 34: collide with

No. 35: come from

No. 36: comment on

Review Quiz #3

No. 37: communicate about

No. 38: communicate with

No. 39: compare to

No. 40: compare with

No. 41: compete in

No. 42: compete with

No. 43: complain about

No. 44: complain to

No. 45: compliment on

No. 46: concentrate on

No. 47: confess to

No. 48: confuse with

Review Quiz #4

No. 49: congratulate for

No. 50: congratulate on

No. 51: consent to

No. 52: consist of

No. 53: contribute to

No. 54: convince of

No. 55: cope with

No. 56: correspond with

No. 57: cover with

No. 58: crash into

No. 59: cure of

No. 60: decide against

Review Quiz #5

No. 61: decide between

No. 62: decide on

No. 63: demand from

No. 64: depend on/for

No. 65: derive from

No. 66: deter from

No. 67: devote to

No. 68: differ from

No. 69: disagree with

No. 70: disapprove of

No. 71: discourage from

No. 72: discuss with

Review Quiz #6

No. 73: distinguish from

No. 74: distract from

No. 75: dream about

No. 76: dream of

No. 77: dress in (1)

No. 78: dress in (2)

No. 79: drink to

No. 80: elaborate on

No. 81: emerge from

No. 82: escape from

No. 83: exchange for

No. 84: exclude from

Review Quiz #7

No. 85: excuse for

No. 86: excuse from

No. 87: expel from

No. 88: experiment on

No. 89: experiment with

No. 90: explain to

No. 91: face with

No. 92: feel about

No. 93: feel for

No. 94: fight against

No. 95: fight for

No. 96: fight with

Review Quiz #8

No. 97: forget about

No. 98: forgive for

No. 99: get married to

No. 100: graduate from

No. 101: grumble about

No. 102: guess at

No. 103: happen to

No. 104: hear about

No. 105: hear from

No. 106: hear of

No. 107: help with

No. 108: hide from

Review Quiz #9

No. 109: hinder from

No. 110: hope for

No. 111: impress on

No. 112: insist on

No. 113: insure against

No. 114: interfere in

No. 115: interfere with

No. 116: introduce to

No. 117: invest in

No. 118: invite for

No. 119: invite to

No. 120: involve in

Review Quiz #10

Special Bonus Lesson: Prepositions With Made

No. 121: joke about

No. 122: joke with

No. 123: keep for

No. 124: keep away from

No. 125: know about

No. 126: laugh about

No. 127: laugh at

No. 128: learn about

No. 129: leave for

No. 130: leave from

No. 131: lend to

No. 132: listen for

Review Quiz #11

No. 133: listen to

No. 134: long for

No. 135: look at

No. 136: look for

No. 137: matter to

No. 138: meet with

No. 139: mistake for

No. 140: object to

No. 141: operate with

No. 142: participate in

No. 143: pay for

No. 144: persist in

Review Quiz #12

No. 145: plan on

No. 146: praise for

No. 147: pray for

No. 148: pray to

No. 149: prefer to

No. 150: prepare for

No. 151: present with

No. 152: prevent from

No. 153: prohibit from

No. 154: protect from

No. 155: provide for

No. 156: provide with

Review Quiz #13

No. 157: punish for

No. 158: quarrel about

No. 159: quarrel with

No. 160: react to

No. 161: recover from

No. 162: refer to

No. 163: relate to

No. 164: rely on

No. 165: remind about

No. 166: remind of

No. 167: reply to

No. 168:

Reviews for 225 Verb & Preposition Combinations

[Camila Azzini · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The best source for learning prepositions! Thanks for this wonderful work!