Anxious about : Worried about
Anxious for: Eager for/wanting
Bring about: Cause to happen
Bring back :(1)return; (2) cause to remember
Bring in : Yield or produce as profit
Bring out : Cause to appear or show clearly
Bring up :(1) educate or rear; (2) call attention to
Break down: (1) collapse; (2) stop because of a fault
Break into :Enter by force
Break off: Separate; to stop
Break out:To appear suddenly
Break up:To break into pieces
Break up with:Quarrel with (sb)
Call at: Visit (place)
Call on :Visit (sb)
Call for: demand
Call in :summon
Call off: cancel
Carry on: Continue, manage
Carry out: Perform, execute (duties)
Carry off : Remove by force
Carry through: Bring safely out of difficulties
Come about : happen
Come across : Meet by chance
Come by : obtain
Come down with: Begin to suffer from an illness
Come out : appear
Come round : (1) recover , (2) agree
Come to : amount
Come up to : Reach; be equal to
Come up with : Produce (idea)
Cut down : Reduce (expenditure)
Cut into : interrupt
Cut off : (1)Bring to an end; (2) isolated
Get away : escape
Get on : progress
Get along with : Be on friendly terms
Get through : Pass (an exam)
Give away: Betray, expose
Give in : surrender
Give off : Send out (smoke)
Give over : abandon
Give up : Stop trying
Go after : chase
Go into : (1) enter ; (2) examine
Go off : explode
Go through : Pass; discuss; examine
Go up: increase
Hold on : wait a moment
Hold up : Offer resistance; Delay; stop somebody for the purpose of robbery
Look after : Take care of
Look down on :despise
Look up : Search for
Look into : investigate
Look to (sb): Rely on
Look up to: respect
Look for : Try to find
Make out : Succeed in seeing/reading
Make up : reconcile
Make up for : compensate
Pull down : demolish
Pull through : Pass with difficulty; Recover from illness
Pull together: Co-operate
Put off: postpone
Put on: Wear, assume
Put out: extinguish
Put up with :tolerate
Run down: Become feeble or tired; treat with disrespect
Run out of :Exhausted, finished
Run up to : Amount to
Run into : Incur debt
Run away: Try to escape
Run over :revise
Run across: Meet by chance
See through: detect
See into: discern
See (sb) off :Be present at someone’s departure
Set about:Start doing sth
Set off:Start a journey
Set out:Begin a journey
Set up:establish
Set upon :attack
Set forth:explain
Stand up for:Maintain, speak in defence of
Stand by:support
Stand for:represent
Stand back:Move back
Take after:resemble
Take back:Withdraw as an apology
Take down:Copy, write down
take off: Remove; leave the ground and go into the air
Take to :Get into a habit
Throw away:waste
Throw up:Vomit, resign
Throw over:abandon
Turn away:Refuse to help
Turn down:reject
Turn up:Arrive; appear
Turn out:To produce; manufacture
Turn against:Become hostile
Work out:Solve; calculate
Work on/upon:influence
Work up:excite
Anxious for: Eager for/wanting
Bring about: Cause to happen
Bring back :(1)return; (2) cause to remember
Bring in : Yield or produce as profit
Bring out : Cause to appear or show clearly
Bring up :(1) educate or rear; (2) call attention to
Break down: (1) collapse; (2) stop because of a fault
Break into :Enter by force
Break off: Separate; to stop
Break out:To appear suddenly
Break up:To break into pieces
Break up with:Quarrel with (sb)
Call at: Visit (place)
Call on :Visit (sb)
Call for: demand
Call in :summon
Call off: cancel
Carry on: Continue, manage
Carry out: Perform, execute (duties)
Carry off : Remove by force
Carry through: Bring safely out of difficulties
Come about : happen
Come across : Meet by chance
Come by : obtain
Come down with: Begin to suffer from an illness
Come out : appear
Come round : (1) recover , (2) agree
Come to : amount
Come up to : Reach; be equal to
Come up with : Produce (idea)
Cut down : Reduce (expenditure)
Cut into : interrupt
Cut off : (1)Bring to an end; (2) isolated
Get away : escape
Get on : progress
Get along with : Be on friendly terms
Get through : Pass (an exam)
Give away: Betray, expose
Give in : surrender
Give off : Send out (smoke)
Give over : abandon
Give up : Stop trying
Go after : chase
Go into : (1) enter ; (2) examine
Go off : explode
Go through : Pass; discuss; examine
Go up: increase
Hold on : wait a moment
Hold up : Offer resistance; Delay; stop somebody for the purpose of robbery
Look after : Take care of
Look down on :despise
Look up : Search for
Look into : investigate
Look to (sb): Rely on
Look up to: respect
Look for : Try to find
Make out : Succeed in seeing/reading
Make up : reconcile
Make up for : compensate
Pull down : demolish
Pull through : Pass with difficulty; Recover from illness
Pull together: Co-operate
Put off: postpone
Put on: Wear, assume
Put out: extinguish
Put up with :tolerate
Run down: Become feeble or tired; treat with disrespect
Run out of :Exhausted, finished
Run up to : Amount to
Run into : Incur debt
Run away: Try to escape
Run over :revise
Run across: Meet by chance
See through: detect
See into: discern
See (sb) off :Be present at someone’s departure
Set about:Start doing sth
Set off:Start a journey
Set out:Begin a journey
Set up:establish
Set upon :attack
Set forth:explain
Stand up for:Maintain, speak in defence of
Stand by:support
Stand for:represent
Stand back:Move back
Take after:resemble
Take back:Withdraw as an apology
Take down:Copy, write down
take off: Remove; leave the ground and go into the air
Take to :Get into a habit
Throw away:waste
Throw up:Vomit, resign
Throw over:abandon
Turn away:Refuse to help
Turn down:reject
Turn up:Arrive; appear
Turn out:To produce; manufacture
Turn against:Become hostile
Work out:Solve; calculate
Work on/upon:influence
Work up:excite
Underline the correct preposition.
1. We should apologise (for, to, in) for our mistake.
2. These vitamin pills are good (for, to, upon) you.
3. The patient died (for, of, from) tuberculosis.
4. I agree (to, beside, with) you absolutely on this point.
5. He takes great pride (of, in, from) his son’s achievements.
6. Their opinion differs (with, from, to) ours.
7. The thief ran (of, along, down) the path and jumped (in, onto, into) some bushes.
8. What are you students waiting (on, of, for)?
9. Our supplies are stored (on, into, in) the warehouse.
10. During the meeting, he sat (on, by, beside) the chairman.
11. They were amused (in, of, by) the little monkey’s antics and rewarded it (by, with, to) bananas.
Ex 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.1. I am tired _____________ of her pranks.
2. Do not blame others _________ your problems.
3. Do you correspond _________ your friends regularly.
4. The officer was disgusted ___________ the filthy state of the restaurant.
5. My sister was suffering __________ influenza the last two days.
6. You can depend __________ him to complete the task.
7. She cannot join us for the trip because she has to look _________ her kid brother.
8. Sam lived ________ a coconut plantation which he owned.
9. You may go but ___________ one condition – that you return before midnight.
10. We ran as fast as we could till we caught ________ with the ice-cream vendor.
1. We should apologise (for, to, in) for our mistake.
2. These vitamin pills are good (for, to, upon) you.
3. The patient died (for, of, from) tuberculosis.
4. I agree (to, beside, with) you absolutely on this point.
5. He takes great pride (of, in, from) his son’s achievements.
6. Their opinion differs (with, from, to) ours.
7. The thief ran (of, along, down) the path and jumped (in, onto, into) some bushes.
8. What are you students waiting (on, of, for)?
9. Our supplies are stored (on, into, in) the warehouse.
10. During the meeting, he sat (on, by, beside) the chairman.
11. They were amused (in, of, by) the little monkey’s antics and rewarded it (by, with, to) bananas.
Ex 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.1. I am tired _____________ of her pranks.
2. Do not blame others _________ your problems.
3. Do you correspond _________ your friends regularly.
4. The officer was disgusted ___________ the filthy state of the restaurant.
5. My sister was suffering __________ influenza the last two days.
6. You can depend __________ him to complete the task.
7. She cannot join us for the trip because she has to look _________ her kid brother.
8. Sam lived ________ a coconut plantation which he owned.
9. You may go but ___________ one condition – that you return before midnight.
10. We ran as fast as we could till we caught ________ with the ice-cream vendor.
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