Prepositions of Time: for and since

We use XXXX when we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years).

We use XXXX with a specific date or time.

Prepositions of Time: for and since

We use for when we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years).
[image]He held his breath for seven minutes.
[image]She's lived there for seven years.
[image]The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries.

We use since with a specific date or time.
[image]He's worked here since 1970.
[image]She's been sitting in the waiting room since two-thirty.

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

awareness XXXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

belief XXXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

confusion XXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

desire XXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

grasp XXXX

grasp of

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

hatred XXXX

Noun:Intense dislike or ill will.

hatred of

Noun:Intense dislike or ill will.

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

hope XXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

love XXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

participation XXXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

reason XXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

respect XXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

success XXXX

NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS

understanding XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

afraid XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

angry XXXX

*angry at/about sth 

with sb

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

aware XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

familiar XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

fond XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

interested XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

jealous XXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

made XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

married XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

proud XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

similar XXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

sure XXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

tired XXXX

ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS

worried XXXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

ask XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

ask XXX smthng

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

belong XXXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

bring XXX

bring up

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

bring XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

find XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

give XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

look forward XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

look XXX

look up

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

make XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

prepare XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

study XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

talk XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

trust XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

work XXX

VERBS and PREPOSITIONS

worry XXX

Idiomatic Expressions with Prepositions

• agree XXX a proposal, XXX a person, XXX a price, XXX principle
• argue XXX a matter, XXX a person, XXX or XXX  a proposition
• compare XXX to show likenesses, XXX to show differences (sometimes similarities)
• correspond XXX a thing, XXX a person
• differ XXX an unlike thing, XXX a person
• live XXX an address, XXX a house or city, XXX a street, XXX other people

• agree to a proposal, with a person, on a price, in principle
• argue about a matter, with a person, for or against a proposition
• compare to to show likenesses, with to show differences (sometimes similarities)
• correspond to a thing, with a person
• differ from an unlike thing, with a person
• live at an address, in a house or city, on a street, with other people

Adjective + Preposition

shocked

 Adjective + Preposition

responsible XXX

responsible for

Adjective + Preposition

addicted XXX

Adjective + Preposition

engaged XXX

Adjective + Preposition

bored XXX

Adjective + Preposition

disappointed XXX

 Adjective + Preposition

different XXX

different from/to

 Adjective + Preposition

involved XXX

Adjective + Preposition

disqualified XXX

Noun + Preposition

cause XXX

Noun + Preposition

request XXX

Noun + Preposition

increase/decrease XXX

Noun + Preposition

rise/fall XXX

Verb + Preposition

account XXX

Verb + Preposition

apply XXX

 Verb + Preposition

benefit XXX

Verb + Preposition

comply XXX

Verb + Preposition

cope XXX

Verb + Preposition

depend XXX

 Verb + Preposition

die XXX

Verb + Preposition

laugh XXX / smile XXXX

laugh at / smile at

 Verb + Preposition

talk XXX/XXX (sb)

XXX/XXX (sb/sth)