Last week, at our English for Lunch Casino, our students had to bet their (imaginary) pounds on which prepositions collocate with certain nouns.
This was our third series on preposition collocations! We had already seen prepositions that follow adjectives (if you are interested in that, check our previous blog posts) and verbs. This time we took a look at prepositions that commonly follow nouns.
Have a look at the prepositions below, follow your intuition and place your bets on which prepositions you think collocate with the following sentences.
FOR ABOUT BETWEEN OVER TO IN FROM WITH INTO ON
1. They decided to conduct their own investigation ______ the issue.
2. They had no control _______ their children.
3. He helped people with difficulty ____ learning languages.
4. The relationship _________ the countries was severely damaged.
5. They had a heated debate ________ global warming.
6. There is a high demand _____ better customer service.
7. His habit _____ biting his nails was driving me crazy!
8. They had to think of the best approach ____ solving the problem.
Check the answers below and join us this Thursday for one more round of collocations in our English for Lunch!
Answers: 1. into; 2. over; 3. in; 4. between; 5. about; 6. for; 7. of; 8. to.
This was our third series on preposition collocations! We had already seen prepositions that follow adjectives (if you are interested in that, check our previous blog posts) and verbs. This time we took a look at prepositions that commonly follow nouns.
Have a look at the prepositions below, follow your intuition and place your bets on which prepositions you think collocate with the following sentences.
FOR ABOUT BETWEEN OVER TO IN FROM WITH INTO ON
1. They decided to conduct their own investigation ______ the issue.
2. They had no control _______ their children.
3. He helped people with difficulty ____ learning languages.
4. The relationship _________ the countries was severely damaged.
5. They had a heated debate ________ global warming.
6. There is a high demand _____ better customer service.
7. His habit _____ biting his nails was driving me crazy!
8. They had to think of the best approach ____ solving the problem.
Check the answers below and join us this Thursday for one more round of collocations in our English for Lunch!
Answers: 1. into; 2. over; 3. in; 4. between; 5. about; 6. for; 7. of; 8. to.
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