Verbs with Prepositions

Introduction

Hi!

My name is Rafael.

You have entered my WebQuest "Verbs with Prepositions", which, as indicated by its title, aims to explore the concept of Verbs with Prepositions, a very important grammatical topic when learning English.

Please make yourself comfortable and enjoy it.

Task

By completing this lesson, you will learn and understand what "Verbs with Prepositions" are, what a "Dependent Preposition" is and what are some of the verbs that are used with the prepositions "for", "from", "in", "of", "on", "to" and "with".

Process

To start, let's look at the grammatical theory on Verbs with Prepositions. To do so please click on the following link which will take you to an article on Verbs with Prepositions from the British Council: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/quick-grammar/verbs-prepositions

You will notice that there is a practice chart at the end of the article, please use it to practice the theory.

Now that you have reviewed the theory and practiced a bit, it's time for some additional practice. Please click on the following link, read the sentences that are presented and put in the right preposition for each case: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/verbs-and-prepositions-exercise-1.html



As a final step of this lesson, please continue with the evaluation activity which is described as follows:

Write a personal narrative essay using at least 7 verbs with prepositions. The eassy will need to have at least three paragraphs. On the "Evaluation" tab of this WebQuest you will find a rubric that describes the evaluation standards for this activity.



 

Evaluation

Please click on the following link to access the rubric that describes the standards that will be considered in the evaluation of the final activity of this lesson: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6d/5c/ec/6d5ceca7575eeeeec12c3ed572ba586a.jpg

Conclusion

Now that you have completed this lesson, you should have a better understanding of what Verbs with Prepositions are and when to use them. 

What was your favorite verb with preposition combination? Did you find any combination to be particurarly difficult?

Do you think you could explain Verbs with Prepositions to someone else?

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