Common English Verbs and Adjectives with Prepositions

Verbs and Adjectives with FROM

  • Abstain from
  • Absent from
  • Borrow from
  • Different from
  • Escape from
  • Free from
  • Graduate from
  • Hide from
  • Infer from
  • Made from
  • Prevent from
  • Prohibit from
  • Protect from
  • Recover from
  • Rescue from
  • Resign from
  • Retire from
  • Safe from
  • Save from
  • Separate from
  • Stem from
  • Suffer from

Verbs and Adjectives with TO

  • Accustomed to
  • Adapt to
  • Add to
  • Addicted to
  • Agree to
  • Allergic to
  • Apologize to
  • Attracted to
  • Belong to
  • Beneficial to
  • Consent to
  • Devote to
  • Happen to
  • Indifferent to
  • Kind to
  • Lead to
  • Listen to
  • Married to
  • Object to
  • React to
  • Receptive to
  • Refer to
  • Related to
  • Reply to
  • Similar to
  • Speak to
  • Superior to
  • Talk to
  • Turn to
  • Unfriendly to

Verbs and Adjectives with FOR

  • Admire for
  • Apologize for
  • Apply for
  • Appreciated for
  • Ask for
  • Blame for
  • Care for
  • Eager for
  • Eligible for
  • Excuse for
  • Famous for
  • Grateful for
  • Head for
  • Long for
  • Notorious for
  • Pay for
  • Pray for
  • Prepare for
  • Prepared for
  • Ready for
  • Renowned for
  • Responsible for
  • Respected for
  • Scold for
  • Search for
  • Suitable for
  • Thankful for
  • Vote for
  • Wait for
  • Wish for
  • Work for

Verbs and Adjectives with AT

  • Aim at
  • Amazed at
  • Angry at
  • Annoyed at
  • Arrive at
  • Astonished at
  • Awful at
  • Bad at
  • Brilliant at
  • Clever at
  • Delighted at
  • Disappointed at
  • Excellent at
  • Excited at
  • Glance at
  • Good at
  • Guess at
  • Hint at
  • Hopeless at
  • Laugh at
  • Look at
  • Mad at
  • Marvel at
  • Peek at
  • Point at
  • Present at
  • Smile at
  • Stare at
  • Terrible at
  • Wink at

Verbs and Adjectives with UP

  • Bring up
  • Grow up

Verbs and Adjectives with ON

  • Agree on
  • Base on
  • Based on
  • Be on
  • Blame on
  • Comment on
  • Concentrate on
  • Congratulate on
  • Count on
  • Depend on
  • Elaborate on
  • Impose on
  • Insist on
  • Keen on
  • Play on
  • Pride on
  • Rely on
  • Work on

Verbs and Adjectives with ABOUT

  • Angry about
  • Anxious about
  • Argue about
  • Ask about
  • Be about
  • Boast about
  • Care about
  • Concern about
  • Curious about
  • Decide about
  • Doubtful about
  • Dream about
  • Enthusiastic about
  • Excited about
  • Forget about
  • Furious about
  • Guilty about
  • Happy about
  • Hopeful about
  • Know about
  • Laugh about
  • Nervous about
  • Pessimistic about
  • Protest about
  • Sad about
  • Serious about
  • Think about
  • Upset about
  • Worried about

Verbs and Adjectives with WITH

  • Acquaint with
  • Agree with
  • Angry with
  • Annoyed with
  • Associate with
  • Associated with
  • Blessed with
  • Bored with
  • Busy with
  • Careful with
  • Charge with
  • Clutter with
  • Coincide with
  • Collide with
  • Compare with
  • Comply with
  • Confront with
  • Confronted with
  • Confuse with
  • Content with
  • Cover with
  • Cram with
  • Crazy with
  • Crowded with
  • Cruel with
  • Deal with
  • Delighted with
  • Disappointed with
  • Discuss with
  • Familiar with
  • Fascinated with
  • Fed up with
  • Friendly with
  • Furnished with
  • Generous with
  • Gentle with
  • Help with
  • Pleased with
  • Popular with
  • Satisfied with
  • Tamper with
  • Trust with

Verbs and Adjectives with IN

  • Absorb in
  • Arrive in
  • Be engrossed in
  • Believe in
  • Comfortable in
  • Confide in
  • Connected in
  • Disappointed in
  • Experienced in
  • Implicate in
  • Interested in
  • Involve in
  • Participate in
  • Polite/Impolite in
  • Present in
  • Result in
  • Skilled in
  • Slow in
  • Specialize in
  • Succeed in
  • Successful in
  • Talented in
  • Trust in

Adjectives with OF

  • Accused of
  • Afraid of
  • Ashamed of
  • Aware of
  • Capable of
  • Certain of
  • Conscious of
  • Envious of
  • Free of
  • Frightened of
  • Full of
  • Guilty of
  • Hopeful of
  • Independent of
  • Jealous of
  • Proud of
  • Silly of
  • Typical of

Adjectives with BY

  • Amazed by
  • Astonished by
  • Delighted by
  • Disturbed by
  • Excited by
  • Fascinated by
  • Impressed by
  • Inspired by
  • Shocked by
  • Surprised by