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Please observe below Naming pattern:

Noun + Prepositional phrase (= Meaning completer)

Certain abstract nouns are often followed by prepositional phrases. The list below shows the most common ones.

Group 1:

access to:

addiction to:

admiration for:

agreement about:

agreement on:

allergy to:

alternative to:

anger at:

answer to:

antidote to:

appetite for:

approach to:

aptitude for:

argument against:

argument for:

assault on:

attachment to:

attack on:

authority over:

aversion to:

awareness of:

ban on:

battle against:

battle for:

Group 2:

bond between:

case against:

case for:

claim on:

collision with:

comment on:

complex about:

concentration on:

connection with:

constraint on:

contrast with:

contribution to:

control over:

crackdown on:

craving for:

credit for:

crime against: 

curb on:

cure for:

damage to:

date with:

dealings with:

debate about:

debate on:

decision about:

decision on:

Group 3:

demand for:

departure from:

desire for:

devotion to:

dislike for:

disregard for:

disrespect for:

dissatisfaction with:

effect on:

embargo on:

encounter with:

escape from:

exception to:

excerpt from:

familiarity with:

freedom from:

grudge against:

hold on:

hunger for:

immune to:

insurance against:

intimacy with:

introduction to:

link with:

Group 4:

love for:

need for:

preface to:

provision for:

quarrel with:

quotation from:

reaction against:

recipe for:

reference to:

reflection on:

regard for:

relapse into:

relationship with:

relevance to:

remedy for:

reply to:

resistance to:

respect for:

responsibility for:

restriction on:

return to:

room for:

safeguard against:

search for:

sequel to:

solution to:

Group 5:

stance on:

substitute for:

sympathy for:

sympathy with:

synonym for:

taste for:

tax on:

thirst for:

threat to:

transition from:

transition to:

witness to:

E.g.:

1.      Civilians have no access to that area.

2.      He’ll have to overcome his addiction to gambling.

3.      I have great admiration for him.

4.      We’re in agreement about/on these issues.

5.      She’s got an allergy to him.

6.      There doesn’t seem to be any alternative to this plan.

7.      She couldn’t restrain her anger at the way he treated her.

8.      He had no answer to her question.

9.      Work is the best antidote to depression.

👉 Your task: Using the word list above, compose the one word group/sentence 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

sentence.yourdictionary.com

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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