Prepositions · CEFR B2 · Confident
Words that own a preposition — English prepositions
Some words always take one preposition. It is part of the word.
The shape
depend ON · good AT · reason FOR
Understand why some prepositions cannot be reasoned out.
In Hindi
कुछ शब्दों के साथ हमेशा एक ही preposition आता है — वह शब्द का हिस्सा है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
It depends of the weather. | It depends on the weather. It is always "depend on". |
Easy to confuse with
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
- Verb + prepositionB1Stop dropping the preposition after common verbs
- Adjective + prepositionB1Describe how you feel about something correctly
- Noun + prepositionB2Write a sentence about a problem without a wrong preposition in it
Questions people ask
- What is the words that own a preposition used for?
- Some words always take one preposition. It is part of the word. In practice: understand why some prepositions cannot be reasoned out.
- How do you form the words that own a preposition?
- depend ON · good AT · reason FOR.
- What is the most common mistake with the words that own a preposition?
- Saying “It depends of the weather.” instead of “It depends on the weather.”. It is always "depend on".
Where words that own a preposition fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Words that own a preposition is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to prepositions. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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