Lesson 40: Unit 97 - Verbs+Prepositions. Words+Prepositions.
The lesson looks at verbs and words that must be combined with particular prepositions in English, and teaches how to ask questions that end with a preposition.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to correctly use the prepositions that combine with different verbs and words in English. You will master phrases such as "wait for", "depend on", "interested in", "afraid of" and many other useful combinations. You will also see how questions are asked when the question word is at the beginning and the preposition stays at the end. Through practical exercises you will improve your ability to express ideas accurately and naturally.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Remember which prepositions go with verbs such as listen, wait, belong, depend and others.
- Use adjectives with prepositions correctly: afraid of, good at, interested in, fed up with and others.
- Form questions that begin with a question word and end with a preposition.
- Recognise when a verb does not require a preposition (phone, meet, call).
- Recognise verbs and words with similar meanings that go with the same preposition.
Lesson vocabulary
- listen to Listen to this song! Isn't it lovely?
- talk to Talk to me about your problems!
- write to Write a letter to me as soon as possible.
- belong to Does that dictionary belong to you?
- happen to What has happened to you?
- wait for Don't go yet. Wait for me!
- thank for Thank you very much for your help.
- ask for He asked me for money.
- think about / think of She never thinks about other people. I'm thinking of going on holiday to Italy.
- depend on It depends on the weather!
- afraid of Are you afraid of snakes?
- good at / bad at I'm really good at tennis, but I'm bad at chess.
- interested in Peter isn't interested in sport.
- different from Sam is very different from his brother.
- fed up with I am fed up with this bad weather.
In other languages: Български