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Verb Preposition

account for
accuse (someone) of
adapt to
add to
adjust to
agree on (something)
agree to (something)
agree with (someone)
apologize for (something)
apologize to (someone)
apply for
approve of
argue with (someone)
argue about (something)
arrive at
ask for
become of
believe in
belong to
blame (someone) for (something)
blame (something) on (something)
borrow from
care about
care for
catch up with (?)
come from
comment on
communicate with
compare with
complain about
compliment on
(someone)
congratulate on
concentrate on
consent to
consist of
convince (someone) of (something)
deal with
decide between
decide on
depend on
(dis)approve of
dream about, of
excuse (someone) for
explain (something) to
feel like
forget about
forgive (someone) for
get along with
get back from
get rid of
get through with
get used to
happen to
have confidence in
have influence over
have an opportunity for
have patience with
have a reason for
hear about
hear from
hear of
insist on
introduce to
invite (someone) to
keep for, from
keep on
laugh about
laugh at
learn about
listen for
listen to
look at
look for
look forward to
object to
participate in
pay for
plan on
prefer to
prepare for
prevent from
provide for
provide (someone) with
recover from
refer to
relate to
rely on
remind (someone) of
search for
see about
send for
separate from
show up at
speak about
spend (money) on
stop from
substitute for
subtract from
succeed in
suspect (someone) of
take advantage of
take care of
talk about
talk over
talk to
thank (someone) for
think about
think of
throw away
vote for
wait for
warn about
waste (money) on
wish for
work for
worry about
Verb Particle Preposition Synonym
break up with separate from
catch on to understand
catch up on discover the latest information
catch up with overtake
check in on visit briefly
check up on examine
check out of leave
close in on approach
come down with catch a disease
come up with find
cut down on reduce
drop in on visit unannounced
drop out of stop attending school
end up with finish
fool around with have fun while wasting time
get along with be congenial
get away from leave
get away with avoid punishment
get back from return from a trip
get back to return
get down to concentrate
get through with finish
give in to yield
give up on quit
go in for try
grow up in become an adult
maintain the same pace as
keep up with
someone
look down on consider oneself superior to
look in on visit
look up to admire
look out for be careful
make away with steal
pick up on realize
put up with endure
run out of finish the supply of something
stand up for support
remove a piece of paper from a
tear out of
book or notebook
watch out for be careful

Irregular Plural Formation


The plurals of some count nouns are formed in irregular ways. Here are the rules for
forming irregular plurals: (Foreign nouns refer to nouns adopted from Latin or Greek.)

Some nouns that end in -o: take -es

Example: tomato=tomatoes

Nouns that end in a consonant + -y: change the -y to -i and add -es
Example: daisy=daisies

Nouns that end in -f or -fe: change the -f to -v and add -es

Example: calf=calves

Nouns that change the vowel but add no ending

Example: tooth=teeth, mouse=mice

Nouns that show no difference between singular and plural

Example: deer=deer, fish=fish

Foreign nouns that end in -us: change to -i

Example: alumnus=alumni, focus=foci

Foreign nouns that end in -a: change to -ae

Example: formula=formulae, vertebra=vertebrae

Foreign nouns that end in -um: change to -a

Example: curriculum=curricula, stratum=strata

Foreign nouns that end in -ex or -ix: change to -ices

Example: index=indices, appendix=appendices

Foreign nouns that end in -is: change to -es

Example: neurosis=neuroses, thesis=theses

Foreign nouns that end in -on: change to -a


Example: phenomenon=phenomena, criterion=criteria

Some Italian nouns referring to music that end in -o: change to -i

Example: concerto=concerti, virtuoso=virtuosi

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