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Language Practice

Upper-intermediate

Vocabulary    Intermediate 07 Social media


Verbs + prepositions
Some verbs are usually followed by a particular preposition.
consist + of
result + in
contribute + to
These are followed by a noun, pronoun, or verb + -ing.

Verb + preposition + object


Have you heard of her new website?

Verb + preposition + verb + -ing


He disapproved of reading the controversial blog.
Sometimes, there is an object that can separate the verb from its preposition.

Verb + object + preposition + object


The moderator had to ban her from the Facebook group.

Verb + object + preposition + verb + -ing


The firewall prevented him from visiting that website.

Preposition Verb
of consist, disapprove, hear, remind
on bring, comment, decide, depend, insist
to contribute, lead, occur
with confuse
from ban, prevent
in result
into convert

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