University:
Montgomery College
Course:
ENGL 110: Principles of English Grammar
Academic year:

2021
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46

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2
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Uszewskadndr

GRAMMAR Prepositional Phrase Time in year, name of month in 2001, in August on day of the week, date on Wednesday, on August 1 in time of day in the morning, in the afternoon at specific time at 11:00 am, at noon continuous time during the afternoon in city, country in Doha, in Egypt on street on Fifth Avenue at address with number at 555 Forbes Avenue in inside a building or area in the library, in a house at a specific place at school, at home defined space inside the room, in the building beside, next to people, places, and things next to me, beside City Hall on, on top of people, places, and things on the chair, on top of Brian places toward City Center, to the mall against people and things against the wall, against me above people, places, and things above the door, above New York across places and things across the road, across town below people, places, and things below the staircase, below you among people and things among my colleagues, among my books around people, places, and things around my house, around town during Place Position/Direction in, inside to, toward The best way to learn prepositions is to memorize them in combination with other words. Adjective + Preposition Combinations AT angry at mad at good at bad at ABOUT worried about curious about excited about happy about FOR ready for responsible for sorry for known for BY bored by shocked by surprised by discouraged by OF afraid of ashamed of aware of jealous of FROM different from safe from protected from tired from WITH satisfied with upset with familiar with popular with TO limited to similar to opposed to answerable to Verb + Preposition Combinations ABOUT care about worry about think about talk about hear about AT look at stare at arrive at gaze at laugh at FOR fight for hope for search/look for pay for apologize for OF consist of approve of take care of think of dream of FROM come from escape from graduate from hide from learn from TO listen to belong to admit to adapt to apply to WITH agree with argue with cooperate with deal with interfere with ON rely on count on insist on plan on agree on Noun + Preposition Combinations OF use of cost of price of lack of TO solution to addiction to dedication to devotion to IN increase in belief in interest in rise in FOR reason for credit for fondness for preference for ON influence on advice on tax on book on WITH difficulty with trouble with the matter with relationship with ABOUT anxiety about story about concern about poem about BETWEEN difference between connection between contact between relationship between