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Communication Skills-II

notes Prepositions with nouns, adjectives and verbs

Prepositions are sometimes so firmly wedded to other words that they have practically become
one word. (In fact, in other languages, such as German, they would have become one word.) This
occurs in three categories: nouns, adjectives, and verbs.

table 10.3: nouns and Prepositions

approval of fondness for need for
awareness of grasp of participation in
belief in hatred of reason for
concern for hope for respect for
confusion about interest in success in
desire for love of understanding of

table 10.4: adjectives and Prepositions

afraid of fond of proud of
angry at happy about similar to
aware of interested in sorry for
capable of jealous of sure of
careless about made of tired of
familiar with married to worried about

table 10.5: verbs and Prepositions

apologize for give up prepare for
ask about grow up study for
ask for look for talk about
belong to look forward to think about
bring up look up trust in
care for make up work for
find out pay for worry about

A combination of verb and preposition is called a phrasal verb. The word that is joined to the
verb is then called a particle. Please refer to the brief section we have prepared on phrasal verbs
for an explanation.

Task Prepare a list of complex prepositions.

10.1.8 conjunction

A conjunction joins components of a sentence or phrase. A conjunction is a word that links words,
phrases, or clauses.

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