Verbs followed by a preposition or particle A4
a) Verbs with prepositions + an object
The preposition normally follows straight after the verb:
- They got off the boat.
- I ran up the road.
- Look at those children!
- She fell in the lake.
- He sat on the table.
b) Verbs with prepositions + a pronoun object.
The preposition precedes the pronoun object, the same way as when it is an object!
- They got off it.
- I ran up it.
- Look at them!
- She fell in it.
- He sat on it.
Exercise: Can you replace the objects with a pronoun?
1 I promised I’d look after her mother.
2 She talked about her plans.
3 He’s going to climb up this mountain.
4 They’re looking for someone to look after their plants.
5 We had climbed over the fence.