verb with fixed preposition and Phrasal

Verb
Preposition
account
for
accuse (someone)
of
adapt
to
add 
to
adjust
to
agree
on (something)
agree
to (something)
agree
with (someone)
apologize 
for (something) 
apologize 
to (someone)
apply
for
approve
of
argue
with (someone)
argue
about (something)
arrive
at
ask
for
become
of
believe
in
belong
to
blame (someone)
for (something) 
blame (something)
on (something) 
borrow
from
care
about
care
for
catch
up with (?)
come
from
comment
on
communicate
with
compare
with
complain 
about
compliment (someone)
on
congratulate
on
concentrate
on
consent 
to
consist
of
convince (someone)
of (something) 
deal 
with
decide
between
decide
on
depend
on
(dis)approve
of
dream
about, of
excuse (someone)
for
explain (something)
to
feel 
like
forget
about
forgive (someone)
for
get
along with
get
back from
get rid
of
get
through with
get used
to
happen
to
have confidence
in
have influence
over
have an opportunity
for
have patience 
with
have a reason
for
hear
about
hear
from
hear 
of
insist
on
introduce
to
invite (someone) 
to
keep
for, from
keep
on
laugh
about
laugh
at
learn 
about
listen
for
listen
to
look
at
look
for
look forward
to
object
to
participate 
in
pay
for
plan
on
prefer
to
prepare
for
prevent
from
provide
for
provide (someone)
with
recover
from
refer
to
relate
to
rely
on
remind (someone)
of
search
for
see
about
send
for
separate 
from
show
up at
speak
about
spend (money)
on
stop
from
substitute
for
subtract
from
succeed
in
suspect (someone)
of
take advantage
of
take care
of
talk
about
talk
over
talk
to
thank (someone)
for
think
about
think
of
throw
away
vote
for
wait
for
warn
about
waste (money)
on
wish
for
work
for
worry
about









            Verb+Particle Combinations (Phrasal Verbs)

This compilation of phrasal verbs is based on:
Azar, B.S.(1985). Fundamentals of English Grammar. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: 
Prentice-Hall. 338-339.

Verb
Preposition
Synonym
ask
out
ask someone to go on a date 
call 
back
return a telephone call 
call 
off
cancel 
call
on
ask to speak in class 
call
up
make a telephone call 
cross 
out
draw a line through 
do
over
do again 
figure 
out
find the solution to a problem 
fill
in
complete a sentence by writing in a blank 
fill 
out
write information in a form (e.g. an application form) 
fill
up
fill completely with gas, water, coffee, etc. 
find
out
discover information 
get 
in
enter a car, a taxi 
get
off
leave a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle 
get 
on
enter a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle 
get
over
recover from an illness 
give
back
return something to someone 
give
up
quit doing something or quit trying 
hand 
in
give homework, tests, papers, etc., to a teacher 
hand 
out
give something to this person, then that person, then another person, etc. 
hang
up
  1. hang on a hanger or a hook; 
  2. end a telephone call 
keep 
on
continue 
leave
out
omit 
look
up
look for information in a reference book 
make 
up
invent 
pay
back
return money to someone 
pick
up
lift 
put
away 
put something in its usual or proper place 
put
back
return something to its original place 
put
down
stop holding or carrying 
put 
off
postpone 
put
on
put clothes on one's body 
put 
out
extinguish (stop) a fire, a cigarette, a cigar 
run
into
meet by chance 
shut
off
stop a machine or light, turn off 
start
over
start again 
take
off
remove clothes from one's body 
tear
down
destroy a building 
tear
off
detach, tear along a dotted or perforated line 
tear 
up
tear into small pieces 
throw
away/out
put in the trash 
try
on
put on clothing to see if it fits 
turn 
down
decrease the volume 
turn 
off
stop a machine or a light, shut off 
turn
on
begin a machine or a light 
turn
up
increase the volume 
wake
up
stop sleeping 
write
down
write a note on a piece of paper 
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