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6. After the holidays, students ________________________________
their vacation trips.
A. talk about B. confusion about C. worry about
7. Animals ____________________ their surroundings.
A. adopt to B. adapt to C. adapt for
8. Students must have ______________________ their teachers.
A. respect for B. respect to C. disregard

E. With the help of your dictionary, find the meaning of the given
phrasal prepositions and make sentences of your own.

belief in afraid of amazed at angry about
concentrate on search for equip with deal with
belong to exclude from guard against ignorance of
a need for sympathy for emphasis on divorce from

Specific prepositions are usually used with specific words. This occurs in
three categories: nouns, adjectives and verbs. Such words are called phrasal
prepositions. Study these lists of phrasal prepositions.

I am confident of scoring an A in the exam. [adjective + preposition]
My opinions differ from that of Hilary Clinton. [verb + preposition]
I have a strong liking for pasta. [noun + preposition]

The following are the nouns followed by prepositions.

a graduate in an expert in improvement in faith in
relative of the envy of an example of collection of
dislike for candidate for witness for warrant for
attitude to access to attention to heir to

Suren is a graduate from Kathmandu University School of Education.
Mr Joshi is an expert in Mathematics.
I have strong faith in the existence of God.
Don’t show your negative attitude to us.
Pratima is an heir to the large forune.
Who is the candidate for upcoming presidential election?

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