Terms of use of English verbs with examples

Using English verbs with prepositions, according to the situation, can change the meaning of the whole sentence. Prepositions are needed either to add an addendum in cases where direct docking is impossible, or to redefine the meaning of the verb itself.

As an addition to a simple or verbal predicate

To some verbs, by virtue of their peculiarities, the direct addition of the complement is uncommon. That is, they can not directly transfer their action to the object without indicating the nature of the connection. The rules for using English verbs with examples and pictures are given below. They explain in what cases verbs need one or another pretext.

Regulated preposition

The rules for the use of English verbs are reduced to a large extent to grouping them according to acceptable prepositions. There are verbs that require a certain preposition, for example, belong to, consist of, hint, hope for, insist on, lead to, listen to, pay for, qualify for, refer to, relate to, sympathize with.

The land belongs to a rich family.

Then she turned to the ministerial report.

There are verbs with which the choice of different prepositions can affect the meaning of the whole sentence: agree on / with, appeal for / to, appologize for / to, conform to / with, result from / in, suffer from / with.

/ They agreed with the plan of action.

You agreed with me that we should buy a car.

- His failure was due to lack of attention to detail.

The match ended in a draw.

With some verbs used without a supplement, the choice of a preposition can affect the meaning of the whole sentence.

The rules for the use of English verbs that are used without a direct object, imply different pretexts in order to open different types of information.

The preposition 'about' after, for example, the verbs care, complain, dream, explain, hear, know, speak, talk, think, write indicates the subject of the action.

We will always take care of freedom.

/ Tonight I'm going to talk about engines.

The phrase with 'at' after glance, glare, grin, laugh, look, shout, smile, stare contains the direction in which the action takes place, the end point.

I do not know why he laughed at this joke.

- 'Hey!' She shouted at him / "Hey!" She shouted at him.

'For' helps express the purpose or cause after the verbs apologize, apply, ask, look, wait.

He wanted to apologize for being late.

I'm going to wait for the next bus.

The pretext 'into' after such actions as bump, crash, drive, run, shows the object involved in the process.

His car crashed into the wall.

She drove into the back of the truck.

'Of' facilitates the transmission of facts and information when it comes after verbs to hear, know, speak, talk, think.

/ I heard about him, but I do not know who he is.

/ Do you know about the new plans for the sports center?

'On' shows the trust or degree of confidentiality to the character or object, for example, after count, depend, plan, rely.

You can count on me.

/ You can rely on him in terms of courtesy.

The preposition 'to' follows the verbs complain, explain, listen, say, speak, talk, write, to indicate the addressee - listener, reader or viewer.

/ They complained to me about the noise.

Mary turned her head to speak with him.

A character named after 'with' is a supporter or opponent in the case of the verbs agree, argue, disagry, side.

/ Do you agree with me about this?

- The daughters sided with their mothers / Daughters took the position of mothers.

Supplement and prepositional phrase

Some verbs can attach a direct complement to a prepositional phrase that begins with a specific preposition.

The police accused him of murder.

They borrowed some money from the bank.

Either the addition, or the sentence

Some verbs attach either a direct complement or an introductory phrase, but the meaning does not change.

He had to fight them, even if it was not right.

He fought against history.

Prepositions in Phrase Verbs

Perhaps a very diverse use of verbs in the English language due to the abundance of phrasal verbs. Phrase ch. Is a combination of a verb and an adverb or a preposition, which in this case are called simply particles. For example, 'down', 'in', 'off', 'out', or 'up'.

She turned off the radio.

- Mr. Mr. Knight gave orders to put him.

The standard meaning of the verb, which he had in a single variant, thus, as a rule, changes, and a new semantic unit is created. For example, 'break' means to break something, while 'break out of place' - to hide from the scene, disappear.

They escaped from prison on the night of Tuesday.

The pain gradually passed.

The four main types of phrasal verbs

The rules for the use of English verbs with prepositions as an integral structural particle are divided into four basic models of alternation of prepositions and additions. In the first, the verb is accompanied by a particle (an adverb or an excuse), there is no addition. Examples: break out, catch on, check up, come in, get out, get in, go away, grow up, look in, ring off, start out, stay up, stop off, wait up, watch out, wear off.

- War broke out in September / The war broke out in September.

You'll have to stay up late tonight.

In the second structure, the verb is accompanied by both. That is, behind the phrasal verbs fall for, feel for, grown on, look after, part with, pick on, set about, take after.

She looked after her disabled mother.

/ Peter went to his father, but John is more like me.

According to the third structure, in the combination, such as, for example, answer back, ask in, call back, catch out, count in, invite out, order about, tell apart, the addition is wedged between the verb and the particle.

I answered him and took advantage of my chances.

/ He liked to dispose of people.

The rules of using English verbs allow that some phrasal verbs can be used in both the second and third structure - that is, the sequence of addition and particle can alternate, for example, with add on, bring up, call up, fold up, hand over, Knock out, put out, put up, rub out, sort out, take up, tear up, throw away, try out. However, if the addition is expressed by a pronoun, it must go before the particle.

/ It took ages to clean up the mess.

It took forever to clean up.

- There was such a mess. There was such a mess. It took a lot of time to clear it.

By the principle of the fourth structure, the verb is first given a particle, expressed by an adverb or preposition, followed by another preposition with the addition. The use of English verbs can be as follows: break out of, catch up with, come on with, get on with, go on with, keep on, look Sticking out for, talking down for,.

- You go on ahead. / You will be the first to advance. I'll intercept you later.

/ Children should learn to stand up for themselves.

A small number of verbs, such as do out of, put down, put up, take out, talk out of, is accompanied by a complement, a particle and a sentence sentence.

Croup tried to talk her out of it.

I catch you at the word and accept this generous invitation.