Words Followed By Appopriate Prepositions For Free Practice Class 8
- Abide by a promise, a decision – to stick to it: Once you have made ought to abide by it.
- Abstain from – to keep away from, to avoid, especially strong drinks: The doctor advised the patient to abstain from liquor
- Accompanied with something: Rain was accompanied with a hailstorm.
- Accompanied by a person: The Principal was accompanied by the entire staff.
- Acquit of – to free from: There was no evidence against him, so he was acquitted of the charge of theft.
- Add to – to increase: Giving up your job at this time will add to your problems.
- Addicted to – to be strongly inclined to something bad: Those who are addicted to hard drinks lose their health fast.
- Appoint a person to a post: Mr Verma was appointed to the post of the manager
- Approve of: Everybody approved of my plan to join an engineering college.
- Ask for: Go to the top floor and ask for Mr Chopra.
- Aspire to/after – to have an ambition for: Even as a child, Sachin aspired to/after becoming a cricketer.
- Avenge on/upon: The son vowed to avenge himself on the murderers of his father.
- Award to: A prize was awarded to him for having won the judo championship.
- Banish from – to expel: Those who had plotted against the king were banished from the kingdom
- Beware of – to be aware about: Beware of the flatterers and the backbiters.
- Capable of: If these sportswomen are guided properly, they are capable of giving a much better performance.
- Cling to – to stick to: As long as you do not get a better job, you should cling to the one you are holding now.
- Coincide with – to accord with: On this issue, his views do not coincide with mine.
- Commence on – to begin on: Our annual examination commences on 15th March.
- Compare with– (used with things belonging to the same class): Compare Swift with Spark in terms of fuel efficiency.
- Compare to– (used for dissimilar things): Life may be compared to a dream.
- Compete with– a person for something: Twenty candidates competed with one another for the first prize.
- Composed of– made up of: Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.
- Condemn– a person to imprisonment, death, etc., for a crime: He was condemned to two years’ imprisonment for selling fake degrees.
- Confident of– He was confident of his success in the annual examination.
- Conscious of – aware of: I am fully conscious of my weaknesses.
- Consist of — to be made up of This committee consists of six members besides the chairman
- Consist in – to lie in: Happiness consists not in money but in contentment
- Contented with – satisfied with: If you are contented with what you have, you will be peaceful at heart.
- Contrary to opposed to: Contrary to our expectations, ten students of our class got Al in all the subjects.
- Contribute to – to give something away to help a cause: My father often contributes to funds meant for the welfare of children.
- Control over: We should always have control over the words we speak.
- Convenient to – convenient’ means suitable and easy: You may come to see me at any time convenient to you.
- Convey to: When the news of the kidnapping was conveyed to the father, he fell down unconscious.
- Count on – to depend on: I don’t count on the help of my friends, I always try to do my work myself
- Deprive of – to prevent someone from having or doing something: We were deprived of our trip to the mountains because of bad weather.
- Desire for: A saint has no desire for worldly pleasures
- Desirous of – to have a desire for: I am desirous of getting an engineering degree from Japan
- Despair of – to have a feeling of hopelessness: He began to despair of ever finding a good job.
- Devote to – to give to: I devote all my spare time to learning computers. To be devoted to is to be faithful to: We should all be devoted to the idea of communal harmony.
- Differ from – to be unlike: Ice differs from snow. (things differ from each other)
- Differ with – to disagree with: I differ with my father on the value of television programmes.
- Differ on/over — to disagree on some point, issue: The Principal and the Vice-Principal differ on/over most of the issues.
- Distinguish between, from— to distinguish is to tell the difference: We distinguish between two things. We distinguish one thing from another: Very few people can distinguish between right and wrong. Can you distinguish a metal from a non-metal?
- Eligible for— fit to be selected for: Only science graduates are eligible for this post.
- Engaged to – to get engaged is to promise to marry: My sister has recently got engaged to a chartered accountant.
- Engaged in – taking part in; being busy in: Next week we shall be engaged in rehearsals.
- Envious of— feeling unhappy because one wants to get something somebody else has: Feeling envious of her cousin because of her brilliant result, she also started working very hard.
- Exempt from – free from: Those who were taking part in inter school tour name were exempt from end-term tests
- Favourable to: The court’s decision was favourable to us.
- Furnish with – to supply with: Please furnish me with all the details of the case.
- Get over – to overcome to recover from: She took pains to get over her shyness
- Gifted with – blessed with: If you are gifted with a good hard work will help you to show a good result memory, even a lite.
- Grieve at – to feel sad about: It is no use grieving at what we have lost.
- Grumble about – to complain about: The peon is always grumbling about poor salary he is paid.
- Heedless of without– caring for: Our soldiers stuck to their positions heedless the consequences
- Heir to– Sri Rama was declared heir to the throne.
- Ignorant of – having no knowledge of: If you are ignorant of law, you can be easily cheated
- Indebted to a person for a favour – obliged to a person for some kindness I am indebted to my teachers for my good performance
- Indifferent to – heedless of unconcerned with: We should try to be indifferent to both flattery and criticism
- Injurious to – harmful to: Smoking is considered to be very injurious to health
- Introduce a person to another: Let me introduce you to the members of my family
- Involved in – to be busy with Right now I am fully involved in my studies.
- Irrelevant to– having no concern with In your examination, you should not write anything irrelevant to the question.
- Keen on– eager for Many modern girls are keen on learning martial arts. 66. Marvel at – to wonder at: At Manali, I simply marvelled at the beauty of nature
- Meddle in – to interfere in: It is not a good habit to meddle in others affairs.
- Moved with pity: We were moved with pity on seeing so many hungry children begging for food
- Obliged to a person for some favour: The parents were obliged to the police for restoring their lost child to them
- Occupied with busy with (some people): Don’t disturb the doctor when he is occupied with his patients
- Occupied in busy in (some work): These days Mrs Mehra is occupied in preparing a team for an inter-school debate.
- Occur to – to come into one’s mind: Sometimes solutions to very ticklish problems occur to me when I am sleeping.
- Operate on: My fractured leg had to be operated on
- Overcome with -to be totally controlled by, to be made helpless by: The old lady was so overcome with emotion that she could not control her tears
- Painful to: It was painful to the commander to see his key posts being bombed
- Part from a person: Parting from school friends can be a painful experience,
- Part with a thing I can part with anything but my books
- Participate in – to take part in: It should be compulsory for every student to participate in games.
- Persist in something – not to stop doing something If the workers persist in their demand for higher wages, the management will have to agree.
- Prefer to – to like some person or thing more than another: These days people have started preferring herbal treatment to allopathic medicines.
- Preside over or at a meeting: The Education Minister of our state presided over the prize distribution function.
- (take) pride in: Mrs Suri takes pride in the beautiful roses she grows in her garden
- Pride oneself on Mrs Suri prides herself on beautiful roses she grows in her garden.
- Proud of Mrs Suri is proud of the beautiful roses she grows in her garden.
- Prohibit from – to prevent someone from: Children below ten years are prohibited from swimming in this pool.
- Recover from: The old lady hasn’t yet recovered from her illness.
- Refer to: If you want to know the exact meaning of a word, refer to a good dictionary
- Refrain from to avoid doing something to stop doing something: We should refrain from talking in a library
- Relevant to: The arguments of the previous speaker were not relevant to the subject of the debate
- Rely on – to depend on: We cannot rely on a person in the habit of telling lies
- Remind a person of something Shall I remind you of your promise or will you remember it yourself?
- Revolt against – to make a public protest against: Gandhiji decided to revolt against the unjust salt laws of the British government.
- Submit to– to give in to; to obey: The traders finally submitted to the new sales-tax rates.
- Succeed in– The scientists succeeded in developing a telephone with a video screen attached to it
- Succeed to: Akbar succeeded to the throne at a very young age
- Superior to: Imported goods are no longer superior to the goods manufactured in our own country.
- Supply to: I am sorry to point out that damaged goods have been supplied to us.
- Supply with: All students were supplied with new books at the beginning of the session
- Surprised at: We were surprised at Rosy’s brilliant result in the final examination for in the class she was thought to be an average student.
- Surrender to – to yield to: When the soldiers ran out of ammunition the had to surrender to the enemy.
- Vain of – proud of: A person who is vain of being wise cannot be called wise.
- Wait for a person or a thing: We kept waiting for the school bus for at least half an hour.
- Wait on – to attend: We need a sincere and qualified nurse to wait on my old father.
- Warn a person of something: The doctor warned him of the hazards of smoking.
- Weary of – tired of: The farmer was weary of the hard work he had to put in the fields.
- Withdraw from: When he realised that he did not stand much chance of success. he withdrew from the election.
- Worthy of – deserving: The new novel written by Vikram Seth is worthy of all praise.
- Yearn for – to long for; to want something very much: People living in big cities yearn for greenery.
- Yield to – to surrender to, to give in to: After a long battle, the army yielded to the invaders.