{"id":7064,"date":"2019-07-31T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=7064"},"modified":"2019-07-31T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:13:12","slug":"some-verbs-and-their-prepositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/some-verbs-and-their-prepositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Some verbs and their prepositions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello, dear readers!<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Listen to me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, I know that prepositions in English can sometimes be a little confusing, but if you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">insist on<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> practicing regularly, it will be a lot easier to learn. For that reason, today&#8217;s post will <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">provide<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">some useful English verbs and the prepositions that usually follow them. Remember that, for some languages, these verbs do not require a preposition, so it is important to be aware of that and not forget to use them in English when necessary. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s kick it off!<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8310\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/07\/prep-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"169\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8314 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/07\/prep-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>listen<em> to <\/em>(something\/someone)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good politicians always <\/span><b>listen to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> what the people have to say\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He never <\/span><b>listens to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> me when he is watching soccer on TV\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The FBI was <\/span><b>listening to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Senator\u2019s phone calls as part of the investigation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You should have <\/span><b>listened to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">your teacher and paid more attention to class\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>speak <em>to <\/em>(someone)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why are you <\/span><b>speaking to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> me like that? Please, be more respectful<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I ran into Claire last month, but I haven\u2019t <\/span><b>spoken to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> her since\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good morning, may I <\/span><b>speak to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mr. Scott?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is polite to try to <\/span><b>speak to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> locals in their native language when you are abroad\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>approve<em> of (something\/someone)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My parents don\u2019t <\/span><b>approve of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> my friends because are unemployed\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The school does not <\/span><b>approve of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> smoking and drinking alcohol in its premises\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is hard to <\/span><b>approve<\/b> <b>of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> what the government has been doing in terms of immigration policies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The father never <\/span><b>approved of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> his daughter\u2019s marriage to another woman\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>provide (someone) with (something)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This app <\/span><b>provides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> its users <\/span><b>with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> free language lessons\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jane has three children, so she has to work hard to <\/span><b>provide <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">them<\/span><b> with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> food, clothing and education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hotel <\/span><b>provides <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">its guests <\/span><b>with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> free breakfast, wi-fi and 24-hour room service\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>compare to (something\/ someone)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Compared to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the previous hotel in Barcelona, this one is definitely more upscale\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poland is a very safe country if <\/span><b>compared to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> other nations in Eastern Europe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cristiano Ronaldo is such a great player that sports experts have been<\/span><b> comparing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">him <\/span><b>to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> soccer legends like Pel\u00e9 or Garrincha\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>insist on (something)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although my grandmother is 80, she still <\/span><b>insists on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> doing everything on her own\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a doctor, Jim<\/span><b> insists on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> leading a very healthy lifestyle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I felt like going to the movies alone, but Todd<\/span><b> insisted on <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">keeping me company<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All the reports were done in time, but the manager<\/span><b> insisted on <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">checking them all once more\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Note: as you can see, if a verb follows insist on, it should be on the -ing form)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Have a good one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"278\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/07\/prep-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Hello, dear readers!\u00a0Listen to me, I know that prepositions in English can sometimes be a little confusing, but if you insist on practicing regularly, it will be a lot easier to learn. For that reason, today&#8217;s post will provide you with some useful English verbs and the prepositions that usually follow them. 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