Verbes prep gerund

Question 1

accuse

Answer 1

accuse of

He was accused of lying.

Question 2

adjust

Answer 2

adjust to

I adjusted to living in the U.S.

Question 3

agree

Answer 3

agree about
We agreed about ending the matter.
agree on  
We agreed on renting the condominium.
agree to   
They agreed to leaving earlier.
agree with  
He agrees with exercising daily.

Question 4

apologize

Answer 4

apologize for

I apologized for being late.

Question 5

approve

Answer 5

approve of

They approved of doing that.

Question 6

argue

Answer 6

argue about

We argued about spending money.

Question 7

believe

Answer 7

believe in

She believes in being well-educated.

Question 8

blame

Answer 8

blame for

I was blamed for losing the game.

Question 9

care

Answer 9

care about
We care about recycling things.
care for
I don’t care for wearing shorts.

Question 10

complain

Answer 10

complain about

He complains about getting old.

Question 11

concentrate

Answer 11

concentrate on

I concentrate on getting experience.

Question 12

congratulate

Answer 12

congratulate on

We congratulated them on getting married.

Question 13

continue

Answer 13

continue on

He continued on sleeping all day.

Question 14

cope

Answer 14

cope with

She copes with working long hours.

Question 15

decide

Answer 15

decide against

We decided against buying a car.

Question 16

depend

Answer 16

depend on

We depend on getting help.

Question 17

dream

Answer 17

dream about
He dreams about playing ball.
dream of
He dreams of playing ball.

Question 18

feel

Answer 18

feel like

Do you feel like going out?

Question 19

foget

Answer 19

forget about

She forgets about calling us.

Question 20

get used

Answer 20

get used to

We are used to hearing traffic.

Question 21

give

Answer 21

give in/into

I won’t give into his complaining.

Question 22

go

Answer 22

go on

Will you go on working?

Question 23

insist

Answer 23

insist on

He insists on coming too.

Question 24

interest

Answer 24

interest in

He is interested in being a scientist.

Question 25

keep

Answer 25

keep on | We keep on working.

Question 26

look

Answer 26

look forward to I look forward to seeing you. look after I will look after buying the tickets.

Question 27

object

Answer 27

object to | I object to doing all the work.

Question 28

plan

Answer 28

plan on | She plans on taking a course.

Question 29

put

Answer 29

put off | He put off going to business school.

Question 30

refrain

Answer 30

refrain from | I refrained from saying anything.

Question 31

rely

Answer 31

rely on | We rely on their assisting us.

Question 32

specialize

Answer 32

specialize in | He will specialize in making wine.

Question 33

stop

Answer 33

stop from | He was stopping from going in.

Question 34

take care

Answer 34

take care of | I took care of making reservations.

Question 35

talk

Answer 35

talk about He talks about getting married. talk over We talked over buying a new home.

Question 36

think

Answer 36

``` think about We are thinking about joining them think of We thought of a new way to fix that. think over He is thinking over moving away. ```

Question 37

to be in charge

Answer 37

in charge of | He is in charge of collecting tickets.

Question 38

warn

Answer 38

warn against | They warn against giving out info.

Question 39

worry

Answer 39

worry about | She worried about getting lost.