Prepositions · CEFR B2 · Confident

Words that own a preposition — English prepositions

Some words always take one preposition. It is part of the word.

The shape

depend ON · good AT · reason FOR

Understand why some prepositions cannot be reasoned out.

In Hindi

कुछ शब्दों के साथ हमेशा एक ही preposition आता है — वह शब्द का हिस्सा है।

CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.

The mistake to fix first

The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.

Commonly said	Correct English
It depends of the weather.	It depends on the weather. It is always "depend on".

Commonly said

Correct English

It depends of the weather.

It depends on the weather.

It is always "depend on".

Easy to confuse with

Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.

Questions people ask

What is the words that own a preposition used for?: Some words always take one preposition. It is part of the word. In practice: understand why some prepositions cannot be reasoned out.
How do you form the words that own a preposition?: depend ON · good AT · reason FOR.
What is the most common mistake with the words that own a preposition?: Saying “It depends of the weather.” instead of “It depends on the weather.”. It is always "depend on".

Where words that own a preposition fits

Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.

Words that own a preposition is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to prepositions. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.

Reading it is not the same as saying it.

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