Verbs follow by preposition

I. Answer the questions using the correct prepositions :
1. What is Mrs Benson doing? talk / her husband ........................................
2. What is Harry doing? think / his girlfriend .....................................
3. What is the baby doing? look / the sky .............................................
4. What is Alice doing? smile / Peter .............................................
5. What is Eddie doing? wait / his parents ......................................
II. Complete the sentences using the correct verb with missing preposition :
believe depend invite listen look
1. I’ve been .................... my umbrella the whole day but I haven’t found it yet.
2. I don’t work yet, so I .................... my parents whenever I need money.
3. The Whartons will be our honourable guests. I’ve just .................... them .................... our
reception.
4. It’s not true what you’re saying. I don’t .................... any of your stories.
5. What was the music that you were .................... when I entered your room?
III. Complete the sentences using the correct prepositions:
1. I wonder how George is doing in Glasgow. I’m thinking about writing a letter.......... him.
2. It’s not nice to laugh .......... other people so rudely.
3. Although my chances aren’t too big, I do hope .......... the best.
4. The boy says he is being wrongly accused .......... stealing the money.
5. Listen! Someone is knocking .......... the front door.
6. Does the coat belong .......... you or somebody else?
7. We must thank Mr Palmer .......... his assistance during the removal.
8. Don’t ever shout .......... me again. I’m not a child any more.
9. We often quarrel .......... each other but never get truly offended.
10. This time, I’m going to concentrate .......... winning the first prize in the game.
11. You’d better apologise .......... Ms Humpton or she’ll never forgive you.
12. If you refer .......... the dictionary, it will provide you ......... an exact definition.
13. I was for paying the whole price, but Sue insisted .......... paying by installment.
14. Only professor Tandy knows how to deal .......... such complex matters.
15. We’ve got no food and no money. We’d better prepare .......... the worst.
16. You can’t speak .......... Janet. She left .......... Paris yesterday.

17. Honestly, I prefer the cinema .......... the opera.
18. As a child, I never got punished .......... anything.
19. Keep quiet! I don’t approve .......... noisy children.
20. From time to time, Joseph suffers .......... heavy headaches.