Prepositions
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About
care about
worry about
complain about
forget about
think about
lie about (tell a lie)
reminisce about
wonder about
talk about
Against
discriminate against
turn against
protest against
react against
rebel against
At
aim at
wave at
bark at
connive at
wink at
frown at
gaze at
stare at
glare at
growl at
sneer at
hint at
look at
snap at
point at
shoot at
smile at
For
apply for
wish for
apologize for
beg for
wait for
blame for
budget for
vouch for
hope for
long for
substitute for
look for
mourn for
shop for
pay for
plead for
search for
pose for
pray for
register for
press for
prepare for
From
abstain from
suffer from
benefit from
deduct from
stem from
derive from
desist from
shrink from
deter from
detract from
refrain from
deviate from
differ from
recover from
divert from
escape from
recoil from
extricate from
flee from
radiate from
infer from
profit from
quote from
protect from
In
believe in
persist in
engage in
indulge in
succeed in
intervene in
invest in
participate in
Into
change into
transform into
convert into
delve into
pry into
dip into
develop into
plunge into
divide into
fall into
sink into
merge into
Of
approve of
disapprove of
beware of
conceive of
smell of
consist of
deprive of
die of
On
blame on
subsist on
concentrate on
depend on
thrive on
impinge on
impose on
spy on
insist on
intrude on
report on
pounce on
reflect on
rely on
Over
preside over
trip over
To
adapt to
yield to
adhere to
adjust to
surrender to
amount to
belong to
subscribe to
conform to
contribute to
succumb to
correspond to
listen to
submit to
object to
pertain to
revert to
prefer to
refer to
resort to
respond to
relate to
With
agree with
sympathize with
associate with
collaborate with
share with
combine with
communicate with
flirt with
comply with
concur with
mingle with
consort with
contend with
correspond with
cope with
cooperate with
Conditionals
Muitos alunos acham o uso de "conditionals" complicado, mas é mais fácil do que parece. Confira estas dicas e fique craque no assunto.
Conditional sentences consist of two clauses: an if clause and a result clause. The if clause is dependent and states a condition that must be met in order for a result to occur. The result clause is independent and, as the name says, states the result that is expected.
Real Conditional
If Clause - Present
Result Clause - will
Example – If he studies, he will pass the exam.
Unreal conditional in the present
If Clause – Past
Result Clause - Would/could/might + base form of verb
Example - If she studied, she would pass the exam.
Real Situation - She doesn't study, so she won't pass the exam.
Unreal conditional in the past
If Clause: Past Perfect
Result Clause - Would/could/might + present perfect
Example – If she had studied, she would have passed the exam.
Real situation - She didn’t study, so she didn’t pass the exam.
Other Ways to Express Unreality (If only, As if, and As though)
If only
If only is similar to wish in that it also expresses a desire over a present or future situation. Although it is grammatically correct to use a result clause with if only, it is most always used alone. The verb tenses used with if only clauses are the same as those used with real and unreal conditionals.
If only + simple past
Example:
If only he called me.
Real Situation:
He doesn't call me. (Unreal at present)
If only + would/could + base form of verb
Example:
If only he would call me.
Real Situation:
He won't call me. (Unreal at present / future)
If only + past perfect
Example:
If only he had called me.
Real situation:
He didn't call me. (Unreal at past)
As If and As Though
As if and as though are used to express situations that are unreal, probably unreal, or that may become real in the future. When talking about situations that are not real, or are contrary to fact, use were for all persons of the verb be.)
As if or As though + simple past
Example:
He is acting as though he owned the world.
Real situation:
He doesn't own the world. (Unreal at present)
As if or As though + past perfect
Example:
He is acting as though he had seen a ghost.
Real situation:
He probably didn't see a ghost. (Probably unreal in the past)
As if or As though + will + base form
Example:
He is acting as if he will run away.
Real situation:
He may run away. (Possibly real in the future)
Hope x Wish
Hope
Hope is used to express a desire or an expectation about something that may be real or possible. The phrase that follows hope is a noun clause functioning as a direct object.
Hope + Simple Present
Example:
I hope he passes the exam.
Explanation:
I hope now that he passes the exam in the future.
Hope + Simple Past
Example:
I hope he passed the exam.
Explanation:
I hope now that he passed (past action) the exam (that has already finished).
Wish
Unlike hope, wish is used to express a desire about a present or future situation that is unlikely to happen, or a regret about something that has already taken place. Wish can never be used with the present simple tense of any verb.
Wish + past simple
Example:
I wished he called me.
Real Situation:
He doesn't call me.
Wish + would/could + base form of verb
Example:
I wish he would call me.
Real Situation:
He won't call me.
Wish + past perfect
Example:
I wish he had called me.
Real Situation:
He didn't call me.