会話で動詞はとても大事で話の意味を左右するモノです。
動詞を使う時に良く対になって使われる前置詞があります。
動詞を覚える時には終になって使われる前置詞も一緒にして
かたまりで覚えるようにすると英語力の基礎体力が増強されます。
ひとつひとつ覚えるよりもかたまりで覚えるのが効率的です。
前置詞別にどのようなかたまりがあるのか確認しておきましょう。
１．動詞＋toの組み合わせ
- talk to I am talking to you.
- listen to Listen to his speech carefully.
- speak to You should speak to him first.
- belong to This car belongs to my father.
- happen to What happened to you?
- used to He used to go to the store there.
２．動詞＋forの組み合わせ
- wait for We waited for her for a long time.
- look for I am looking for a new instructor.
- ask for If you want to get it, ask for it.
- apply for He decided to apply for a new position.
- care for She is caring for her baby.
- long for He longs for her return.
- head for I am heading for the station.
３．動詞＋atの組み合わせ
- smile at She is smiling at me.
- stare at The man was staring at him.
- aim at He aims at the target to shoot.
- look at Look at that car.
- point at Don’t point at a person.
４．動詞＋fromの組み合わせ
- recover from He finally recovered from the injury.
- borrow from I borrowed money from him.
- escape from He escaped from a prison.
- graduate from She graduated from university this year.
英単語を覚える時にも決まった組み合わせのフレーズ等のかたまりに
気をつけて覚えるようにすると効率的で忘れ難くなります。
動詞と前置詞の組み合わせも対にして覚えると忘れることもないでしょう。