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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Hot Links
Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Prepositional Verbs
Prepositional verbs are a group of multi-word verbs made from a
verb plus another word or words. Many people refer to all multi-word verbs as
phrasal verbs. On these pages we make a distinction between three types of
multi-word verbs: prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs and phrasal-prepositional
verbs. On this page we look at prepositional verbs.
Prepositional verbs are made of:
verb + preposition
Because a preposition always has an object, all prepositional
verbs have direct objects. Here are some examples of prepositional verbs:
| prepositional verbs |
meaning |
examples |
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direct object |
| believe in |
have faith in the existence of |
I believe in |
God. |
| look after |
take care of |
He is looking after |
the dog. |
| talk about |
discuss |
Did you talk about |
me? |
| wait for |
await |
John is waiting for |
Mary. |
Prepositional verbs cannot be separated. That means that we cannot
put the direct object between the two parts. For example, we must say "look
after the baby". We cannot say "look the baby after":
| prepositional verbs are
inseparable |
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Who is looking after the baby? |
This is possible. |
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Who is looking the baby
after? |
This is not possible. |
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| It is a good idea to write
"something/somebody" in your vocabulary book when you learn a new prepositional
verb, like this: |
- believe in
something/somebody
- look after
sthg/sby
This reminds you that this verb
needs a direct object (and where to put it). |
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Phrasal-prepositional Verbs
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