Ex: My English class begins at 7.30 every Monday morning and the professor always comes to class on time (always at 7.30) Like is used to talk about similarity. Like can be used t[r]
(1)Preposition
I Adjective + preposition1 angry/annoyed/nervous/worried + about something 2 good/bad + At st
3 amaze/shocked/surprised + At/By st 4 Famous/well-known/responsible + For st 5 Interested in sth
6 afraid/ashame/aware/capable/fond/jealous/proud/tired + Of st 7 nice/kind/polite/rude/stupid + Of sb
8 Keen on st
9 engaged/ married to sb 10 Nice/kind/polite/rude to sb 11 Similar to st
12 Pleased/Bored/dispointed/happy + With st/sb 13 crazy about st /sb
14 anxious about st / for sb 15 hungry/thirsty/eager + For st 16 glad about st / of st
17 be hard on st = be strict with 18 work hard at st
19 different from st 20 indifferent to sb II Noun + preposition
1 Difference between A & B 2 Demand/need + For st 3 Reason + For st
4 Increase/rise/decrease/fall + in St 5 Difficulty in doing st
6 Difficulty with St
7 example/cause/picture/photograph + Of st 8 Answer/reply/ solution/reaction to st 9 Attitude to/ Towards st
III President + Noun
1 By Accident, chance , mistake ,the way,day.night 2 To pay + by cheque , by credit card / in Cash 3 A book,play ,film,painting … By sb
4 To go + for a drink , meal , dinner , walk , swim…. 5 To have something + For breakfast/.dinner/lunch 6 For example
7 in somebody’s opinion 8 To go + on business/holiday 9 On television/ radio
(2)12 out of sight >< in sight 13 out of reach >< within reach 14 out of the question = impossible 15 out of the blue = suddenly 16 out of door>< in door 17 out of service>< in service 18 out of control >< under control 19 out of date >< up to date
20 not at all = by no means >< by all means = certainly 21 to be in pain
IV Verb + preposition
1 apply + to sb + for st 2 believe in sb /st 3 beong to sb 4 care about st
5 care for/look after/take care of sb 6 complain to someone about something 7 concerntrate / focus on st
8 crash into st 9 depend on st 10 independ of st 11 laugh at sb/st 12 listen to sb/st 13 rely on/upon st/sb 14 search for sb/st 15 shout at sb
16 speak/talk+ to /with + sb about st/sb 17 wait for sb/st
18 choose between st 19 choose st+ for/from+st 20 thankful to sb for st 21 apologize to sb for st
V Special Notes on Prepositions
1 In + clothes/hat/shoes
(3)3 Comparasion
1 In the end = finally or after
sometime
Ex: In the end she came back to LonDon with the first prize in the beauty contest
At the end = at the point where something
stops
Ex: They are going to Korea at the end of this month
2 In time = early enough
Ex: He arrived at the station in time to catch the 7.00 train (he arrived there before 7.00)
On time = at exactly the right time
Ex: My English class begins at 7.30 every Monday morning and the professor always comes to class on time (always at 7.30) Like is used to talk about similarity
Like can be used to give examples Ex: he can play some sports like football, tennis
Like + Noun
It’s silly to give up a good job like yours
As is used to talk about someone’s job Ex: She worked as a secretary for a big company
As+ S V
Ex: I bought that car as I had told you
4 Since (preposition)+ Noun/noun phrase = Since(conjunction) + advernial clause of time
Ex: I haven’t met my classmates since 1988