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Please observe below Clause Pattern:

SVOdOd: ‘Prepositional Verb’ + Object + Object

Below verbs can be used to form above pattern: 

accuse of, address to, advance to, advise on, ask of, associate  with, award to, base on/upon, blame for, blame on, book for, bring to/for, build for, buy for, cash for, charge with, communicate to, compare to, compare with, condemn to, confine to, confront with, congratulate on, consign to, convict of, convince of, cook for, cut for, deal to, dedicate to, deny to, deprive of, design for, divide by/into, do for, engrave with, entitle to, entrust to/with, envy for, equate to/with, excuse for, explain to, feed to, fetch for, find for, fix for, forgive for, forward to, find for, get for, give to, grant to, guarantee for, hand to, incorporate in/into, inform of, interest in, introduce to, lavish on/upon, lease to, leave to/for, lend to, liken to, loan to, mail to, make for, mix for, offer to, order for, owe to, paint for, pass to, pay to, pay with, persuade of, pick for, play to/for, post to, pour for, prepare for, present to/with, prevent from, promise to, protect from, provide for, provide with, punish for, quote to, read to, refer to, relieve of, remind of, rent to, repay to, reserve for, return to, rid of, rob of, save for, say to, sell to, send to, sentence to, serve to, serve with, set for, show to, sing to/for, spare for, subordinate to, subject to, supply for/to, supply to/with, suspect of, take to/for, teach to, tell about, thank for, throw to, treat to, trust with, warn of, win for, write to/for.

E.g.:

1.      hey accused [him] of [dishonesty].

2.      He addressed [the remarks] to [those people].

3.      Her employer advanced [a month’s salary] to [her].

4.      He advises [them] on [marketing tactics].

5.      I wanted to ask [a favour] of [you].

6.      We generally associate [people like them] with [antisocial activities].

7.      Let’s not blame [them] for all this.

8.      He’s booked [a ticket] for [me].

👉 Your task: Using the word list below, compose the one word group of your own.

  • Follow the same pattern as given in the heading.
  • Use the examples as your guide.
  • Use dictionary to form multiple examples. To access the dictionary, click the link below:

Cambridge Dictionary

  • Explore the sentence dictionaries below to find ready-made examples:

sentencedict.com

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1.      accuse of:

2.      address to:

3.      advance to:

4.      advise on:

5.      ask of:

6.      associate with:

7.      award to:

8.      base on/upon:

9.      blame for:

10.   blame on:

11.   book for:

12.   bring to/for:

13.   build for:

14.   buy for:

15.   cash for:

16.   charge with:

17.   communicate to:

18.   compare to:

19.   compare with:

20.   condemn to:

21.   confine to:

22.   confront with:

23.   congratulate on:

24.   consign to:

25.   convict of:

26.   convince of:

27.   cook for:

28.   cut for:

29.   deal to:

30.   dedicate to:

31.   deny to:

32.   deprive of:

33.   design for:

34.   divide by/into:

35.   do for:

36.   engrave with:

37.   entitle to:

38.   entrust to/with:

39.   envy for:

40.   equate to/with:

41.   excuse for:

42.   explain to:

43.   feed to:

44.   fetch for:

45.   find for:

46.   fix for:

47.   forgive for:

48.   forward to:

49.   find for:

50.   get for:

51.   give to:

52.   grant to:

53.   guarantee for:

54.   hand to:

55.   incorporate in/into:

56.   inform of:

57.   interest in:

58.   introduce to:

59.   lavish on/upon:

60.   lease to:

61.   leave to/for:

62.   lend to:

63.   liken to:

64.   loan to:

65.   mail to:

66.   make for:

67.   mix for:

68.   offer to:

69.   order for:

70.   owe to:

71.   paint for:

72.   pass to:

73.   pay to:

74.   pay with:

75.   persuade of:

76.   pick for:

77.   play to/for:

78.   post to:

79.   pour for:

80.   prepare for:

81.   present to/with:

82.   prevent from:

83.   promise to:

84.   protect from:

85.   provide for:

86.   provide with:

87.   punish for:

88.   quote to:

89.   read to:

90.   refer to:

91.   relieve of:

92.   remind of:

93.   rent to:

94.   repay to:

95.   reserve for:

96.   return to:

97.   rid of:

98.   rob of:

99.   save for:

100.                   say to:

101.                   sell to:

102.                   send to:

103.                   sentence to:

104.                   serve to:

105.                   serve with:

106.                   set for:

107.                   show to:

108.                   sing to/for:

109.                   spare for:

110.                   subordinate to:

111.                   subject to:

112.                   supply for/to:

113.                   supply to/with:

114.                   suspect of:

115.                   take to/for:

116.                   teach to:

117.                   tell about:

118.                   thank for:

119.                   throw to:

120.                   treat to:

121.                   trust with:

122.                   warn of:

123.                   win for:

124.                   write to/for:

Additional exercise: To reinforce pattern into your brain you can practice saying word groups you formed 4-5 times aloud. Use correct pronunciation, use word linking technique, apply stressed timed rhythm.
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