Welcome to your Verb + “About” / “For” / “Of” / “After” lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Verb + “About”
• Care About, Care For, Take Care Of
• Verb + “For”
• Look + “For” / “After”
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Verb + “About”
Here are a few expressions that follow this structure:
- Talk / read / know “about”:
“They talked about the weather.”
- Tell somebody “about”:
“Don’t forget to tell her about the party.”
- Do something “about”:
“If . you don’t like your job, do something about it.”
- Have a discussion “about” something or Discuss something (no preposition):
“We had a discussion about the situation.”
“We discussed the situation.”
Care About, Care For, Take Care Of
Care “about” somebody / something means “think that somebody or something is important”:
“He’s so selfish, he doesn’t care about anybody but himself.”
- Care “what” / “where” / “how” (no preposition):
“Just fix the problem, I don’t care how.”
- Care “for” somebody / something (meaning “like something”. Usually used in questions and negative sentences):
“Would you care for a cup of tea?”
“I don’t care for cricket.”
- Care “for” somebody / something (meaning “look after somebody”)
“My grandmother lives alone, she needs somebody to care for her.”
- Take care “of” (meaning “look after”):
“Have a great weekend, take care of yourselves!”
Verb + “For”
Here are a few expressions that follow this structure:
- Ask somebody “for” something:
“I wrote Lucy a mail, and asked her for more information.”
- Ask can also be used without a preposition:
“I asked him his name.”
- Apply “for” a job:
“You should apply for a position at the shop.”
- You can also say Apply “to” somebody / a company:
“You should apply to the shop.”
- Wait “for” somebody / something:
“Let’s not wait for him if he takes too long.”
- Search “for” something:
“I’ve searched my office for the file, but I didn’t find it.”
- Leave “for” somewhere:
“She left for work at seven this morning.”
Look + “For” / “After”
- Look “for” something / somebody (try to find):
“Can you help me look for the cat?”
- Look “after” something / somebody (take care of):
“You can borrow my car, but please look after it.”
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