Common Verbs and Adjectives with Prepositions

agree withapologize forapply forapply toapprove ofargue forargue witharrive atarrive inbebe absent frombe accused ofbe accustomed tobe acquainted withbe addicted tobe afraid ofbe angry atbe angry withbe annoyed atbe annoyed withbe associated withbe aware ofbe capable ofbe cluttered withbe committed tobe composed ofbe concerned aboutbe connected tobe content withbe convinced ofbe coordinated withbe covered withbe crowded withbe devoted tobe disappointed inbe disappointed withbe discriminated againstbe divorced frombe done withbe dressed inbe engaged tobe envious ofbe equipped with

be made frombe made ofbe married tobe opposed tobe pleased withbe polite withbe prepared forbe prepared tobe proud ofbe qualified forbe related tobe relevant tobe responsible forbe satisfied withbe terrified ofbe tired ofbe upset withbe used tobe worried aboutbelieve inblame (someone) forcompare tocompare withcomplain aboutcomplain ofconsist ofcontribute tocount oncount upondecide ondecide upondepend ondistinguish fromdream aboutdream ofescape fromexcel atexcel inexcuse forfeel forfight forforgive (someone) forhave a reason for

be excited aboutbe exhausted frombe exposed tobe faithful tobe familiar withbe filled withbe finished withbe fond ofbe frightened ofbe friendly tobe friendly withbe frightened bybe furnished withbe gone frombe grateful forbe grateful tobe guilty ofbe innocent ofbe interested inbe involved withbe jealous ofbe known forbe limited tobe located inbe located to

have an excuse forhide fromhope forinsist onintroduce tokeep (someone) from (doing something)look forward toobject toparticipate inpray forprevent (someone) from (doing something)prohibit (someone) from (doing something)recover fromrescue fromrespond tostop (someone) from (doing something)succeed intake advantage oftake care oftalk abouttalk ofthank someone forthink aboutthink of

PREPOSITION-DEPENDENT VERBS

Aabide byabstain fromaccuse someone ofadd something to somethingadhere toadvise someone toagree on/withaim at/forallow forapologize forapply to/forapprove ofargue with/aboutarise fromarrest someone forarrive in/at

Ddeal withdecide about/on/upondepend on/upondisagree on/withdiscriminate againstdistinguish fromdo research on/into/aboutdo something for someonedream of/about

Eescape fromexcel inexchange something for

Oobject tooffer something to someone

Pparticipate in somethingpay for somethingpay something to someonepersist inpraise someone forpray forprepare forpresent someone withprevent someone/something fromprohibit someone fromprotect someone/something

ask forattend to

Bbeg forbelieve inbelong tobeware ofblame someone forboast aboutborrow something from someonebrag aboutbuy something for someone

Ccall forcare about/forchoose betweencomment oncompare to/withcomplain about/ofcomply withconceal something fromconcentrate oncondemn someone forconform tocongratulate someone on/for somethingconsent toconsist ofcontribute tocook something for someonecount on/uponcure someone of a disease

excuse someone forexpect someone to

Fface up tofind something for someonefine someone forforget aboutforgive someone for

Gget something for someonegive something to someone

Hhide fromhope for

Iinsist on/uponinterfere with/inintroduce toinvite someone to

Jjoke about

Llaugh atleave for some placeleave something for someonelend something to someonelisten tolong for

Mmake something for someone mistake someone for

fromprotest aboutprovide someone/something withpunish someone for

Rrecover fromrefer torely on/uponrescue fromrespond to

Ssave someone fromsell something to someonesend something to someonesentence someone toshow something to someonesmile atstare atstop fromsubscribe tosubstitute forsucceed insuffer from

Ttake advantage/care oftalk with/to someone about somethingthank someone forthink of/about

Vvolunteer tovote for

Wwait forwarn someone aboutworry about

  PREPOSITION-DEPENDENT ADJECTIVES

abreast ofabsent fromaccused of/byaccustomed toacquainted withaddicted toadjacent toafraid of / to (infinitive)angry atannoyed with/byassociated withaware of

blessed withbored with/by

capable ofclose tocluttered withcommitted tocompatible withcomposed ofconcerned aboutconfronted withconnected toconscious ofconsistent withcontent withcontrary toconvinced ofcoordinated withcovered withcrowded with

dedicated todevoted todisappointed withdiscriminated againstdivorced fromdone withdressed in

engaged in/toenvious ofequipped withequivalent toexcited aboutexhausted fromexposed to

faithful tofamiliar withfilled withfinished withfond offriendly to/withfrightened of/byfull offurnished with

gone fromgrateful to/forguilty of

innocent ofinterested ininvited toinvolved in

jealous of

known for

limited tolocated in

made of/frommarried to

opposed to

patient withpleased withpolite toprepared forprotected fromproud of

qualified for

related torelevant toremembered forresponsible for

satisfied withscared of/bysuitable for

terrified of/bytired of/from

upset withused touseful to

worried about