50 Points

go/ come/ return/ walk/ get TO

be/ stay/ live/ do something IN

France/ Russia/ the north of England/London/ Minsk/the city centre/bed

go/ come/ return/ walk/ get TO

be/ stay / do something AT

the door

the station/ the airport/ the bus stop

work/ school/ university

my sister’s (house)

the doctor(‘s)/ the hairdresser(’s)

a party/ a conference/ a concert/ a football match

ABOUT

AT

BETWEEN

FOR

FROM

do smth. about

dream about

protest about (at)

quarrel about

(but:quarrel with smb.)

warn smb. about (also:against/of)

wonder about

worry about

aim at

arrive at (a small town/place)

(but: arrive in a city/country; arrive home)

call at (on)

knock at (on)

laugh at

shoot at

shout at

smile at

throw at

divide between (among)

ask for

(but: ask smb. a question)

beg for

blame smb. for smth.

call for

campaign for (against)

care for smb./smth.

charge for

exchange smth. for smth.

excuse for

forgive smb. for

hope for

leave for

long for

name for (after)-

praise smb. for

pray for

search for

thank smb. for

vote for (against)

conceal smth. from

die from (of)

differ from

escape from/to

hear from/of/about

hinder from

prevent from

prevent smb. from smth.

prohibit smb. from smth.

protect against/from

recover from

refrain from

remove from

separate from

suffer from

IN

INTO

OF

ON

TO

believe in

include in

invest in

involve in

lack in

persist in

result in

specialize in

split in (into)

succeed in

take pride in

change into

divide into

accuse smb. of

approve of

beware of

boast of/about

complain of (health) /about

consist of

disapprove of

dream of / about

get rid of

remind smb. of / about

smell of smth.

suspect smb. of

take care of

take notice of

base on

blame smth. on smb.

comment on

compliment smb. on smth.

concentrate on

congratulate smb. on smth.

decide on/against

depend on/upon

economize on

insist on

lean on (against)

live on

make an impression on smb.

operate on

pride oneself on

put the blame on smb.

rely on

spend on

spy on

take pity on smb.

tread on

waste on

agree to / on / with

amount to

apologize to smb. for smth.

appeal to/ against

apply to smb. for smth.

belong to

compare with compare to

complain to smb. about smth.

contribute to

date back to

dedicate to

describe smb./smth. to smb. else

hint to smb. about smth.

invite smb. to

object to

occur to

prefer smth. to smth.

react to

reply to

respond to

sentence smb. to smth.

subscribe to

surrender to

throw to / at

WITH

Compare the following verb combinations with prepositions:

name for - about lifeless things E.g.: The street was named for a big park which used to be here.

name after - about living beings E.g.: The girl was named after a heroine of a film.

hear from – to receive news from smb. usually by letter E.g.: I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

hear of – 1. to know that smth. or smb. exists as you have been told about that E.g.: I’ve never heard of him!

– 2. to get news or information about smth. or smb. E.g.: He was last heard of in 1975!

hear about – to be told a piece of information E.g.: I heard a lot about that fellow of yours.

dream of – to hope for smth. and wait for it to happen E.g.: Jean is dreaming of becoming rich and famous.

dream about – to see smth. while you are sleeping E.g.: I dreamt about you last night.

remind smb. of smth. – to make one remember smth. or smb. in the past or • to seem similar to smb. or smth. E.g.: This music reminds me of last summer.

remind smb. about smth. - to make one remember smth. one should do E.g.: Can you remind me about our plans?

agree to - to accept smth. that wasn’t your idea and perhaps you don’t like E.g.: Finally they persuaded me and I agreed to their plan.

agree on – to decide to do smth. after discussing it E.g.: We finally agreed on a plan.

agree with – to have the same opinion as smb. else/ to approve of smb.’s ideas E.g.: I completely agree with Dr Jackson.

throw to – to throw smth. in order smb. could catch it E.g.: I threw the ball to Mike.

throw at – to throw smth. in order to hit E.g.: They threw snowballs at Aunt Gillian!

agree with smb.

argue with smb. about smth.

begin with

coincide with

collaborate with

collide with

communicate with/to

comply with

cope with

deal with

disagree with

finish with

happen to/with

interfere with/in

part with

present smb. with smth.

provide smb. with

replace smth. with smth. else

sympathize with