Common Preposition Combinations
In English, many nouns, verbs, and
adjectives are commonly followed by
prepositions. If you are not sure
whether to use a preposition with a particular
word or if you are not sure which
preposition to use, look up the word in the
dictionary.
Often different prepositions used with
the same word indicate
different senses of the word, e.g.
concerned about (worried) vs. concerned in
(involved in or affected by), or
different relations of the word to the noun phrase
after the preposition, e.g. angry at (a
person) or angry about (something).
Words that don’t take prepositions:
consider, discuss, influence (active
verb form), comprise (active verb form),
parallel (active verb form), emphasize
(active verb form)
A
access to
accompanied by
accomplished by
according to
account for
accustomed to
accused of
acquainted with
adapt to
addicted to
adjust to
affected by
afraid of
agree with
annoyed about
(subject) /with/at (person)
amazed at/by
analogous to
angry at/with
(someone) about/over(something)
anxious about
appreciated for
approve of
ashamed of
assist in
associated with
astonished at/by
attached to
attempt to
attribute to
available for/to
aware of
B
bad at
(doing something)/for (person)
based on
because of
belong to
benefit from
beneficial to
bias toward
boastful for
bored with/by
brilliant at
busy with
on behalf of
C
capable of
capacity for
careful with/about/of
certain about
characteristic of
clever at
coherent with
coincide with
comment on
commitment to
communicate with
compared to/with
compatible with
compensate for
compiled by
composed of
concentrate on
conflict with
conform to
connected to
constrained by
content with
contribute to
convert to
cooperate with
(someone) on (something)
correspond to/with
crazy about
crowded with
curious about
in conjunction with
in contrast to
D
deduce from
delighted at/about
depend on/upon
(someone) for (something)
derived from
devoted to
differ from
different from
disagree with
(someone) about (something)
disappointed in/with
dissatisfied with
distinct from
divide into
due to
E
eager for
eligible for
emphasis on
enable (someone)
to
enthusiastic about
envious of
equal to
escape from
excellent in/at
excited about
exclude from
experienced in
exposed to
expressed by
F
faithful to
familiar with
famous for
fed up with
free of/from
friendly to/with
frightened of/by
focus on
fond of
full of
furious with
(someone) about (something)
furnished with
G
generous with/about
gentle with
good for/at
graduate from
grateful to
guilty of/about
H
happy about
hopeful of/about
I
identical with/to
illustrated by
incapable of
indicated by
inferior to
influenced by
immune to
impact on
implications for
implicit in
impose on
impressed with
inclined to
inherent in
innocent of
insist on
(-ing verb)
isolated from
interact with
interested in
introduce (someone)
to (someone)
invite (someone)
to (event)
involved in (something),
with (person)
J
jealous of
justified by
K
kind to
know about
L
late for
laugh at
lead to
limited to/by
link to
listen to/for
look at/for
lucky at
M
made of
married to
mediate to
(someone)
minister for
(purpose)
ministry between
N
nervous about
notorious for
O
obtained from
opposed to
owing to
P
Participate in
patient with
persist in
(--ing verb)
perspective on
pessimistic about
pleased with
polite to
popular with
potential for
prepared for
presented with
prior to
(event or date)
protect (something or someone) from
(something
or someone)
proud of
punished for
puzzled by/about
Q
qualified for
quote from
R
react to
ready for
recover from
related to
relevant to
rely on
removed from
respect for
respond to
responsible for
restricted to
rid of
role in
S
sad about
safe from
satisfied with
scared of
search for
selected from
sensitive to
separate from
serious about
sick of
similar to
shocked at/by
skillful at
slow at/to
sorry for/about
specified by
stem from
submit to
subsequent to
successful in
suitable for
sure of/about
superior to
surprised at
/by
suspicious of
sympathetic with
T
terrible at
terrified of/by
tired of
thankful to/for
thrilled with
trace (something)
to
transfer from
x to y
transformed by
troubled with
typical of
U
unaware of
understanding of
unique to
upset about
used to
V
valid for
vary from
x to y
vision of
W
wait for
wrong with/about
worried about
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