abstain from He now has to abstain from drinking alcohol.

apologize for I apologized for being late.

adjust to You will have to adjust to eating English meals when you go there.
approve/disapprove of Do you approve of her staying out so late?
argue about Last night, we argued about her staving out so late.
believe in I really believe In working hard for World peace.
care about Do you care about being well-dressed?
comment on I don't want to comment on his solving the problem.
complain about He always complains about having too much work.
concentrate on You have to concentrate on improving your grammar.
consist of Being a good student consists of studying regularly.
deal with I want to deal with redecorating the house.
decide against Seeing the cold weather, we decided against going on a day out.
depend on (upon) Passing the exam depends on your studying hard .
dream of He has always dreamed of being a famous actor.
feel like I fee/ like having a short trip.
forget about She is trying to forget about being deceived by him.
insist on Do you still Insist on wearing that funny tie?
look forward to What are you looking forward to doing most?
object to Why do you always object to my wearing jeans?
participate in I want to participate in formulating the budget.
plan on What do you plan on doing this weekend?
refer to In his speech, the chairman referred to expanding the firm into the Middle East.
take advantage of We should take advantage of living in a big city.
talk about Last night, we talked about economizing to keep up with the increasing prices.
think about/of She is thinking about spending a year in England to improve her English.
succeed in Are you sure you'll succeed In persuading your father?
worry about Don't worry about my working so hard

accuse someone of They accused the man of robbing the bank.

apologize to someone for She apologized to me for being late.
arrest someone for They arrested the guard for helping the robbers.
blame someone for I blamed her for making me late.
charge someone with They will charge him with falsifying the accounts.
complain to someone about I complained to the owner about hassling us for the rent.
congratulate someone on I congratulated him on being the top student.
deter someone from The storm deterred the climbers from going on their climb.
devote oneself to She devoted herself to bringing up her children.
discourage someone from Someone discouraged her from entering the beauty contest.
forgive someone for I can't forgive him for lying to me.
involve someone in They didn't Involve their father In fighting their rivals.
keep someone from By speaking too loudly, they kept me from studying.
prevent someone from What prevented him from leaving on holiday?
punish someone for You shouldn't punish him for stealing Vns candy.
stop someone from Her attitude stopped me from making friends with her.
suspect someone of They suspected him of betraying his partners.
thank someone for I want to thank them for helping me to find some accommodation.
warn someone about/against
We warned the children about playing loo near the lake.

ADJECTIVE +PREPOSITION
accustomed to
afraid of
angry at
appropriate for
ashamed of
aware of
bored with
capable of
concerned about
content with
delighted at
different from/to/than
essential to/for
excellent at
excited about
exposed to
famous for
fed up with
fond of
generous about/in
good at
grateful to sb. for
feel guilty for/about
be guilty of
incapable of
interested in
jealous of
keen on
lazy about
opposed to
proud of
responsible for
similar to
sorry about
successful in
suitable for
sure of (about)
surprised at
terrified of
tired of (from)
used to (accustomed to)
worried about
happy about

ADJECTIVES
content
disgusted
determined
reluctant
delighted
disturbed
motivated
certain
glad
sad
prepared
likely
happy
sorry
ready

amazed
pleased
upset
willing
astonished
relieved
proud
afraid
surprised
lucky
ashamed
careful
shocked
fortunate
anxious
hesitant
stunned
disappointed
eager
She is hesitant to accept their job offer.
I'm reluctant to go with them.
I was surprised to see Jane at the party.
She was determined to have a university education
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Verb Present Participle Past Participle

admire admiring admired

amaze amazin amazed
amuse amusing amused
annoy annoying annoyed
astonish astonishing astonished
bewilder bewildering bewildered
bore boring bored
charm charming charmed
confuse confusing confused
depress depressing depressed
disappoint disappoin ting disappointed
discourage discouraging discouraged
disgust disgusting disgusted
embarrass embarrassing embarrassed
encourage encouraging encouraged
excite exciting excited
exhaust exhausting exhausted
fascinate fascinating fascinated
frighten frightening frightened
frustrate frustrating frustrated
horrify horrifying horrified
interest interesting interested
irritate irritating irritated
please pleasing pleased
satisfy satisfying satisfied
shock shocking shocked
startle startling startled
stimulate stimulating stimulated
surprise surprising surprised
terrify tire terrifying terrified
(out) thrill tiring tired
İrry thrilling thrilled
worrying worried