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Level: advanced
Category: grammar
Topic: prepositions with verbs

Verb-Preposition Combinations (1)

Use the correct verb-preposition combinations in the sentences.

borrowed   congratulated   depends   forgave  fill  accused  questioned  referred

for  to  about  in  from  on  on  of

Example: 

  1. My boss _______ me _____ taking too many days off
  2. The captain of the losing team ________ us _____ our win.
  3. The police _________ the thief ______ the missing jewels.
  4. A small baby ________ _____ its mother for everything.
  5. My girlfriend finally ________ me _____ my rude comments.
  6. My family doctor ________ me _____ a specialist.
  7. John, please _______ me ______ on the details of the trip.
  8. Tony _______ 300 dollars _____ me but he hasn't paid it back yet.

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Created:  2007-03-08
Updated:  2007-03-08

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