Catenative verbs

                                                Catenative verbs

أي فعل يأتي بعدها يجب أن يأخذ to-infinitive           Verb +to-infinitive

expect      forget     hope    manage     mean     plan    seem     try    want  would like      would prefer.

   أي فعل يأتي بعدها يجب أن يأخذ ing                                    Verb + ing

Avoid       consider      dislike      enjoy      feel like      imagine      mind   remember       suggest.

Complete the conversation

*Basim: So when do you expect…to graduate..( graduate)from college, Khalil?

*Khalil: I hope ……to finish………..(finish) next summer, if all goes well.

B: Do you still  enjoy  ………doing…….(do) computer studies?                      I can't imagine ……taking……………(take) a course like that myself!

Kh: Well, we're cousins, but I suppose  we're very  different. I've never   

considered ........trying............(try) anything else!

B: Yes, you're right that we're  very  different. I tried .....to get............(get) interested in computer, but I never managed .......to enjoy..............( enjoy) them as much as things like art and especially music. 

Prepositions after verbs

preposition	verb	verb	verb
about	worry	think	ask
at	smell	shout	look
for	search	pay	look
From	escape	differ	borrow
in	succeed	specialise	believe
of	taste	remind	Consist
on	decide	rely	agree

Prepositions after nouns

preposition	noun	noun	noun
about	story	opinion	idea
for	wish	request	need
in	rise	fall	Decrease
of	result	explanation	amount
on	report	opinion	Information
to	introduction	attention	access
with	trouble	problem	difficulty

Prepositions after adjectives

preposition	adjective	adjective	Adjective
about	worried	sorry	Anxious
at	terrible	good	Amazed
for	responsible	ready	late
of	tired	proud	Afraid

Nouns with different prepositions for different purposes

Argument about something with somebody.

Discussion about/of something with somebody.

Effect of something on somebody.

Verbs with different prepositions for different purposes

Apply to somebody for something

Talk to somebody about something

Write to somebody about something

After/before/when/while)+ ing participles)

Time clauses can be change to participle clauses like the following example.

Before she went home, Nadia did some shopping.

Before going home, Nadia did some shopping.

إذا كان الفعل مع time clause  ماضيا يمكن تحويله إلى المضارع مع إضافة ing