Exposition nouns

1. NOUNS + PREPOSITION
STUDENTS’ NAMES:
MIRIAN QUIGLA
DIANA CHAVEZ
LIZETT VISTIN
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE
CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION HUMANAS Y
TECNOLOGIAS
LANGUAGE MAJOR

2. Some nouns, particularly abstract nouns, have to be followed by a
prepositional phrase in order to demonstrate what they relate to.
They cannot just stand by themselves.
There is usually only one possibility of preposition which must be
used after a particular noun.
Occasionally alternatives are possible. But in either event it is a
matter of learning which prepositions can be used with which nouns.

3. NOUNS FOLLOWED BY 'TO'
access to
addiction to
allusion to
response to
contribution to
damage to
devotion to
reference to
relevance to
resistance to
solution to
threat to
Note that the verbs and adjectives that these nouns are related to are
often followed by the same preposition:
• He contributed to the occasion by accompanying the flautist on the
piano.

4. NOUNS FOLLOWED BY 'FOR'
admiration for
bid for
cure for
demand for
recipe for
respect for
responsibility for
room for
search for
thirst for
• The children in this deprived area show a real thirst for learning.

5. NOUNS FOLLOWED BY 'WITH'
connection with
date with
dealings with
meeting with
involvement with
link with
quarrel with
sympathy with
Note that all of these nouns imply so short of relationship with people or
things and they all have the linking preposition with.
• I've got a dinner date with Tommy on Saturday.

6. OTHER NOUNS - OTHER
PREPOSITIONS
Grudge against
anger at
bond between
excerpt from
awareness of
grasp of
control over
authority over
hold on
Note that although related adjectives and verbs are often followed by the same
preposition (awareness of / aware of - reference to / refer to), this is not always the
case:
• I have no intention of resigning.

7. CERTAIN NOUNS
agreement about / on
debate about / on
decision about / on
difficulty with / in
love of / for
need of / for
transition from / to
reason for / to
arguments for / against
case for / against
• I'm having difficulty with the steering. It just won't go where I want it to go.

8. ACTIVITIES
It was his contribution ……….. molecular biology that won him the Nobel
prize.
Addiction ………. alcohol is perhaps as serious as addiction ……… drugs in
this country.
Her devotion …….. her husband was unqualified.
There is no solution …….. this problem.
Although there are thousands of squirrels in the wood, they are no threat
……. the environment.
I have nothing but admiration …….. the way he handled a very difficult
situation.
There is no known cure ……… this type of snake bite.
The demand ……. this new generation of mobile phone cannot be satisfied.

9. I have a wonderful recipe ……. a simple pasta dish that I must give you.
She is a thoroughly spoilt child and has no respect ……. her parents.
The search …….. the missing teenager was called off as darkness fell.
The children in this deprived area show a real thirst …….. learning.
I've got a dinner date ……… Tommy on Saturday.
I've got a meeting …….. the architects this afternoon, so I shall be home
late.
I have no quarrel ……… his teachers. I think they did all they could to deter
him.
I have every sympathy …….. his family. They must be so upset that he is
now in prison.
They bore a grudge ……………… their neighbors and hadn't spoken to
them for two years.