Collocations

Which collocation means to be content with something?

• tired of

• similar to

• satisfied with

• jealous of

Which collocation means to be envious of someone?

• hope for

• jealous of

• congratulate on

• belong to

Which collocation means to be in charge of something?

• responsible for

• rely on

• consist of

• remind someone of

Which collocation means to stop going to work?

• keep an eye on

• pay attention to

• retire from

• put a stop to

Which collocation means to stop someone from doing something?

• suffer from

• forgive someone of

• prevent someone from

• pay attention to

Match the following adjectives or verbs with the right preposition

• to

• take care

• from

• Listen

• in

• differ

• for

• blame

• of

• Believe

which adjectives take these prepositions?

Groups:

(a) OF

,

(b) TO

,

(c) FROM

,

(d) AT

• suspicious

• typical

• opposed

• better

• harmful

• terrible

• good

• proud

• absent

1. You must concentrate __ the road when you’re driving!

It will take her weeks to recover ____ such trauma.

1. I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her ___ making me look such a fool in front of all those people.