* UNACH

LANGUAGE CAREER
STUDENTS:
DIANA MENDOZA
ELVIS GUARANGA

*NOUNS +

PREPOSITIONS

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particularlyabstract nouns,
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prepositional phrase in order
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Here are some of the most common noun plus

preposition

Nouns followed by 'to'

access to

addiction to allusion to

contribution
damage to
to

devotion to

relevance to resistance to solution to

answer/reply
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response to
reference to
threat to

*Examples:
The court ordered thataccess tohis
children would be restricted to alternate
Sundays.
It was hiscontribution tomolecular biology
that won him the Nobel prize.
Addiction toalcohol is perhaps as serious
as addiction to drugs in this country.

Nouns followed by 'for'

admiration bid for

for

cure for demand recipe

for
for

respect for responsib room for search

ility for
for

thirst
for

 I have nothing butadmiration forthe way

he handled a very difficult situation.
There is no knowncure forthis type of snake
bite.
Thedemand forthis new generation of
mobile phone cannot be satisfied.

Nouns followed by 'with/ between

connectio
dealings
date with
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with
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link with
nt with
with

meeting
with
sympathy
with

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 I've
got
adinner
date
withTommy on Saturday. ~
That's nice. How romantic!
I've gota meeting withthe
architects this afternoon, so I
shall be home late.

Nouns followed by in

Difficulty/in
Decrease/in
Increase/in
/with
Experience Pleasure/in
fall/in
/in

 There has been an increase in the

number of road accidents recently.
Last year was a bad one for the
compny. There was a big fall in
sales.

Nouns followed by of

Advantage
/of
Charasteri
stic/of

Disadvanta Lack/of
ge/of
Intention/ Notice/of
of

We all know therisks ofgetting a

virus if we dont protect our computer.
Theproblem offinding a good
babysitter is one that many parents
have faced.

COMMON
MISTAKES

place

Id love to show you some of the niceplaces

inmy hometown.
Not: the nice places of my hometown.

possibility

Thepossibility ofmaking contact with other

intelligent beings in the universe is very small.
Not:The possibility to make contact

visit

Thevisit tothe temple was the high point

of the holiday.
Not:The visit in the temple

I need somelessons inhow to set up a website.

lesson
Not:I need some lessons of how to
Can anyone become amember ofyour book club?
member
Not: a member in your book club?

course

Id like to do acourse incomputer

programming if I could find a good one.
Not: a course of computer programming

reason

Ive never understood thereason forall these

different forms we have to fill in.
Not: the reason of all

*EXERCISES

Chose the
sentences

best

option

to

complete

the

1.- Her skin has a really bad REACTION __ the sun.

at

with

to

2.- I have huge RESPECT ___ my teachers at school, now I

know how hard it can be!

with

for

in

3.- I went on a date on Tuesday and I felt a real

CONNECTION ___ him.

with

about

at

4.- She caused huge DAMAGE ___ his car when she
crashed into it.

about

to

for

5.- There was a huge SEARCH ___ my missing camera,

but nobody found it.

with

for

at

Decide if the following questions are correct or not

If the answer is incorrect, correct it.
Do you have any previousexperience in working with children?
Do you have any previousexperience ofworking with
children?
There has been anincrease of200,000inthe citys
population in the last ten years.
He seems to have less interest to everything these days.
He seems to have lessinterest ineverything these days

For this job you need someknowledge ofPortuguese.

We understand theneed forchange but we should
move slowly.
The possibility to make contactwith other intelligent
beings in the universe is very small.
Thepossibility ofmaking contact with other intelligent
beings in the universe is very small.
We all know therisks ofgetting a virus if we dont
protect our computer.
The visit in the temple was the high point of the holiday.

Thevisit tothe temple was the high point of the

holiday.
The director of studies must be informed of any
changes in the timetable
The director of studies must be informed of any
changestothe timetable.
There is a growingawareness ofthe impact of climate
change among the young.
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