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 for (a thing) from (a person)

30. believe in

31. belong to

32. beneficial to

33. beset with

34. bestow on

35. blessed with

36. blind of/in (an eye)

37. blind to (fault)

38. boast of

39. born of (parent)

40. born in (family/ condition)

41. brood over

42. burst into (tears), out (laughter)

43. busy at (work place),in (gerund), with (some thing)

44. capable of

45.care for

46. careful/careless of/about

47. cautious of

48.charge against

49. cling to

50.close to

51. commit to

52.compare with(like things) to (unlike things)

53. competent for

54. compete with

55. condemn to

56. conducive to

57. confuse with

58. conscious of

59. consist of (element, member)

60. consult with

61.contact with

62. contented with

63. contrary to

64. contribute to

65. control of/over

66. cope with

67. crave for

68. credit to, with

69. deal in (trade) with (a person/subject)

70. delighted with/at

71. depend on/upon

72. dependent on

73. deprived of

74. deter from

75. detrimental to

76. devoid of

77. devote to

78. differ from

79. difference between

80. disappointed at

81. disagree with

82. dissimilar to

83. distinguish between

84. doubtful about/of

85. due to

86. dull of (hearing) at (work)

87. dwell in

88. eligible for

89. end in

90. engaged with (person) in (some work)

91. enter into

92. escape from

93. essential to

94. exclude from

95. expert at(noun) in (gerund)

96. expose to

97. faith in

98. familiar with

99. favourable to/for

100. fearful/fearless of

101. feel for 102.fight for

103. fit for fond of

104. forgetful of

105. free from (danger) of (tax, money)

106. full of

107. glad of

108. good for, at

109. grateful to

110. guard from/against

111. guilty of

112. hang to, on, from

113. hanker after

114. heedless of

115. hopeful for

116. hostile to

117. identical with

118.ignorant of

119.ill with/of

120.impart to

121. impatient of

122.impose on

123.inclined to

124.include in

125.indebted to

126.indifferent to

127.infected with

128.inherent in

129.iquire of

130.insist on

131.interested in

132.intimate with

133.involved in

134.jealous of

135.jump at

136.key to

137.lack of

138.lame in (one leg)

139.lament for/over

140.laugh at

141.lean against

142.liking for

143.limited to

144.long for

145.loyal to

146.mourn for

147.muse on

148.necessary for

149.oppose to

150.opposite to

151.owe to

152.passion for

153.permit of

154.pity for

155.pleased with

156. popular with/for

157. prefer to

158.prejudice against

159.prepare for

160.pretend to

161.prevent from

162.prey to

163.pride in

164.prior to

165.prohibit from

166.qualified for

167.quarrel with (a person) for, about, over (something)

168.ready for

169.reason for

170.rebel against

171.refer to

172.refrain from

173.regard for

174.related to

175.relevant to

176.relieve of/from

177.rely on

178.reply to

179.respect for

180. respectful to

181. respond to

182.result from

183. revenge on

184.satisfied with

185.search for

186.seek for

187.sentence to

188.shame at/for

189.short of

190.sick of

191.similar to

192.smile at

193.sorry for

194.stare at

195.start for        

196.startle at

197.stick to

198.submit to

199. suffer from

200.sure of

201. sympathy for

202.thankful to, for

203.think of

204.thirst for

205.tired of

206. true to

207.unequal to

208.useful to

209. vary from

210. victim of