Prepositions & LinkingBIntermediate

Prepositions

Verb + Preposition Collocations

Many verbs have fixed prepositions that cannot be predicted from translation. Common ones: depend on, insist on, listen to, look at, look for, wait for, apologise for, believe in, complain about, think about, worry about, dream of, consist of, succeed in, specialise in, congratulate on, apply for, invest in, benefit from.

Verb + Preposition Collocations

Many verbs have fixed prepositions that cannot be predicted from translation. Common ones: depend on, insist on, listen to, look at, look for, wait for, apologise for, believe in, complain about, think about, worry about, dream of, consist of, succeed in, specialise in, congratulate on, apply for, invest in, benefit from.

Practice

She applied ___ a scholarship at three different universities.

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Put the words in the correct order:

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