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