Level B1

Dependent Prepositions

Some words come with their own preposition, and we learn them as a pair: listen to, wait for, depend on, interested in, good at, afraid of. You don't listen to me. It depends on the weather.

I will wait for you.

Look: I will wait for you. After wait, we say for.

Forms

• It depends on the weather. — after depend we say on
• He is interested in music. — after interested we say in
• She is good at tennis. — after good we say at

A common mistake

Wrong: You don't listen me.

Right: You don't listen to me.

A common mistake is to lose the preposition. We say: You don't listen to me.

More examples

Are you afraid of dogs?

After afraid, we say of: Are you afraid of dogs?

This bag belongs to me.

After belong, we say to: This bag belongs to me.