Learn the Correct Usage of Prepositions with Verbs and Adjectives
Verbs + prepositions, adjectives + prepositions
24.7.2012
Gymnázium a Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky Zlín
Fill in the gaps with the correct
prepositions
We should care ………. and help people in need
even though we don´t know them.
I cared ……… my baby brother when mother was
sick.
I am tired ……. listening to your criticisms.
Yesterday my mum was unkind …… me since I
hadn´t tidied my room.
There was no difficulty ……. getting a copy of the
lecture.
My boss is not very tolerant …… lazy people.
The waitress soon got ……… difficulty with debts.
This behaviour is typical ……. my sister. She is
always complaining.
Nowadays even young children are familiar
………. new technologies.
Answer key
We should care
about
and help people in need
even though we don´t know them.
I cared
for
my baby brother when mother was
sick.
I am tired
of
listening to your criticisms.
Yesterday my mum was unkind
to
me since I
didn´t tidy my room.
There was no difficulty
in
getting a copy of the
lecture.
My boss is not very tolerant
of
lazy people.
The waitress soon got
into
difficulty with debts.
This behaviour is typical
of
my sister. She is
always complaining.
Nowadays even young children are familiar
with
new technologies.
Look out!
Care for
means
1)
like, love:
I´m fond of her but I don ´t care for
her husband.
2)
treat, be responsible of, take care of:
Our neighbours are going to care for our dog
when we are on holiday
.
Care about
means
be interested, be concerned, mostly in negative
sentences:
I don ´care (about) what will happen
with him.
Typical of
sb/st
=
having the usual qualities or
features of a particular person, thing or group.
But
:
The weather at the moment is not typical for
July.
Work in pairs or groups. Ask and answer the
questions:
What don´t you care about?
What are your parents tired of?
Who has been unkind to you recently?
What is typical of Czech culture?
Zdroje
www.thefreedictionary.org
HORNBY, A.S.:Oxford Advanced Learner´s Dictionary. Oxford
University Press 2000.ISBN 0194315851
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Verbs + prepositions, adjectives + prepositions Tematick oblast Slovn z soba a gramatika Datum vytvo en 5. 8. 2013 Ro n k 2.-4. ro n k, sexta-okt va Stru n obsah Materi l je zam en na opakov n sloves a p davn ch jmen s p edlo kami, v nich doch z k chyb m, a jejich procvi en Zp sob vyu it Materi l je mo no pou t k testov n v raz s p edlo kami, k v kladu a stn mu procvi en Autor Mgr. Dana Myn ov K d VY_32_INOVACE_04_AMYN11 24.7.2012 Gymn zium a Jazykov kola s pr vem st tn jazykov zkou ky Zl n
Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions We should care . and help people in need even though we don t know them. I cared my baby brother when mother was sick. I am tired . listening to your criticisms. Yesterday my mum was unkind me since I hadn t tidied my room.
There was no difficulty . getting a copy of the lecture. My boss is not very tolerant lazy people. The waitress soon got difficulty with debts. This behaviour is typical . my sister. She is always complaining. Nowadays even young children are familiar . new technologies.
Answer key We should care about and help people in need even though we don t know them. I cared for my baby brother when mother was sick. I am tired of listening to your criticisms. Yesterday my mum was unkind to me since I didn t tidy my room.
There was no difficulty in getting a copy of the lecture. My boss is not very tolerant of lazy people. The waitress soon got into difficulty with debts. This behaviour is typical of my sister. She is always complaining. Nowadays even young children are familiar with new technologies.
Look out! Care for means 1) like, love: I m fond of her but I don t care for her husband. 2) treat, be responsible of, take care of: Our neighbours are going to care for our dog when we are on holiday.
Care about means be interested, be concerned, mostly in negative sentences: I don care (about) what will happen with him. Typical of sb/st = having the usual qualities or features of a particular person, thing or group. But: The weather at the moment is not typical for July.
Work in pairs or groups. Ask and answer the questions: What don t you care about? What are your parents tired of? Who has been unkind to you recently? What is typical of Czech culture?
Zdroje www.thefreedictionary.org HORNBY, A.S.:Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary. Oxford University Press 2000.ISBN 0194315851
