Verb + preposition Adjective + preposition Noun + preposition

account for afraid of attention to

accuse sb of angry with/about belief in
accustom sb to anxious about capacity for
agree with (sb/sth) about available to/for confidence in
amount to capable of criticism of
apologise (to sb) for confident of difficulty in/with
appeal to delighted with discussion about
apply to dependent on experience of
approve of different from/to information on/about
attach sth to disappointed with problem of/with
attribute sth to reputation for
good/bad/clever at
case sth on trust in
independent of
believe in interested in
blame sb/sth for involved in
charge sb for kind to
comment on pleased with
compare sb/sth to/with prejudiced against
compete with proud of
concentrate on relevant to
connect sb/sth with responsible to/for
consider sb/sth as shocked at/by
consist of sorry about/for
contrast sb/sth with suitable for
cope with suited to
dedicate sth to surprised at/by
depend on tired of
devote sth to upset about
differ from
disapprove of
discourage sb from
distinguish sb/sth from
distract sb from
divide sth into/between
dream of
exclude sb/sth from
experiment on
focus on
help (sb) with
hope for
impress sb with
include sb/sth in
insure (sth) against
interfere with
invest (sth) in
involve sb in
link sb/sth to/with
listen to
object to
operate on
participate in
persist in
prepare (sb/sth) for
prevent sb/sth from
prohibit sb/sth from
 protest against
provide sb with
react to/against
recognise sb/sth as
recover from
refer sb/sth to
regard sb/sth as
relate sb/sth to
rely on
remind sb of
resort to
result in
search for
separate sb/sth from
spend sth on
suffer from
think about/of
warn sb about/against

Task: !!!!!!!
Make up a sentence of your own for each structure in the above table. Use a dictionary in
case of unknown words/ phrases.

While doing the task, learn by heart the unknown associations.