Appropriate prepositions
There are a large number of appropriate prepositions. The expression of the concerned previous verb/noun/adjective remains incomplete without the appropriate preposition. But learning it appears to be a difficult task for those who try to learn it as grammar. So we better learn it as vocabulary item on the basis of frequency in use. We may take an enterprise for doing the task through the list below. 1.accused of – The man was accused of theft. 2. accustomed to 3. acquainted with 4. add to 5. addicted to 6. afraid of 7. agree with (person) 8. agree to (proposal) 9. agree on (point) 10. aim at 11. angry with (person) 12. angry at/about (a thing) 13. answer to 14. anxious about/for 15. apologize to (person) 16. apologize for (something) 17. appetite for 18. apply to (a person) 19. apply for (a post) 20. ashamed of (a thing) of (a person) 21. ask (a person) for (a thing) 22. ask (person) of 23. astonished at 24. attach to 25. attend to 26. aware of 27. bar to 28. based on 29. beg ...