Предлог

В английском языке очень много сочетаний с предлогами, их нужно знать как можно

больше. Вот некоторые из них:

at: at the age of, at the airport, at the beginning, at breakfast/lunch etc, at the bottom of, at the

bus stop, at church, at the crossroads, at Christmas, at dawn, at the desk, at the end, at first, at hand, at home, at last, at least, at a loss, at midnight, at the moment, at night at noon, at once,

at present, at the same time, at school, at sea, at the seaside, at the station, at sunset, at the table,

at the time, at the top of, at university, at the weekend, at work, at 23 Oxford street etc.

by: by accident, by birth, by bus/train/plane etc, by chance, by day, by force, by heart, by law,

by means of, by mistake, by nature, by post, by the time, by the way, by yourself etc.

for: for ages, for breakfast/lunch etc, for a change, for ever, for fear of, for fun, for good, for

instance, for life, for nothing, for the rest of, for one’s sake, for sale, for short, for a walk, for

a while etc.

in: in addition to, in advance of, in agreement with, in all (all in all) in bed, in blossom, in brief,

in any case, in cash, in the centre, in charge of, in common, in comparison with, in conclusion,

in the country, in danger, in the dark, in debt, in detail, in the end (=finally), in exchange for,

in existence, in fact, in fashion, in favour of, in one’s free time, in future, in general, in haste,

in honour of, in a hurry, in the middle of, in a mirror, in a moment, in a good/bad mood, in the

morning, in need of, in particular, in the past, in place of, in politics, in progress, in practice,

in reality, in secret, in short, in the sun, in the shade, in tears, in theory, in time, in no time (very

fast), in touch, in town, in use, in vain, in view of, in a loud/low voice, in writing, in a word etc.

on: on account of, on arrival, on average, on the beach, on board (a ship), on the coast, on con-

dition, on the contrary, on credit, on an excursion, on a trip/tour, on a diet, on duty, on a farm,

on fire, on the floor, on the one hand/on the other hand, on holiday, on horseback, on the left/

on the right, on one’s mind, on that morning, on New Year’s Day, on the news, on the outskirts,

on the phone, on a platform, on purpose, on the radio, on sale, on schedule, on the way to, on the

whole etc.

out of: out of breath, out of control, out of danger, out of date, out of doors (=outdoors), out of

fashion, out of order, out of practice, out of the question, out of reach, out of sight, out of work etc.

off: off duty, off limits, off the road, off school, off work etc.

under: under age, under control, under the impression, under pressure, under repair, under the

weather etc.

Кроме сочетаний предлогов с существительными, есть множество других (с глаголами,

прилагательными). Все перечислить невозможно, приведем некоторые из них в алфавит-

ном порядке:

Absent from, accompanied by, according to, accustomed to, afraid of, agree to, ahead of, aim at,

angry with, approve of, ashamed of, attached to, attack on, aware of, benefit from, bet on, bor-

row from, bump into, busy with, capable of, close to, coincide with, comment on, communicate with, concentrate on, consist of, contribute to, cope with, crazy about, curious about, deal with,

decrease in, demand for, depend on/upon, differ from, different from, disapprove of, dream of

(=imagine), dream about, eager for, envious of, equal to, example of, exception to, excuse for,

face up to, fail in an attempt, fall in, familiar to (known), familiar with (have knowledge of),

famous for, fed up with, fond of, full of, good at, grateful to, guilty of, happen to, harmful to,

idea of, incapable of, increase of, independent of, indifferent to, informed about, insist on, in-

terested in, involve in, jealous of, joke About, knock on/about, keen on sth, keen to do, lack in,

laugh at, leave for, listen to, married to, name after, necessary for, need for, object to, occur to,

operate on, pleased with, polite to, popular with, prevent from, proud of, punish for, quick at,

ready for, recover from, refer to, related to, reply to, report on, respect for, responsible for,

rhyme with, rich in, rid of, rude to, run into, scared of, search for, in search of, separate from,

shoot at, shout at, similar to, skilful at, smile at, stare at, succeed in, suffer from, sufficient to,

suspicious of, thank for, thankful for, translate from … into, typical of, wait for, waste (time,

money) on, worry about.

Также не нужно забывать о фразовых глаголах, которых существует огромное количество

в английском языке, но в тестах ЕНТ их не так много, и они приведены в разделе лексики.

В качестве примера напомним: look at, look up, look for, look through, etc.