Collocations verbe + preposition

Pourquoi apprendre les collocations ?

Les verbes anglais se combinent avec des prepositions fixes qu'il est impossible de deviner. Les memoriser par blocs est bien plus efficace que de les traduire depuis le francais. Voici les 40 collocations les plus utiles en contexte professionnel et quotidien.

Top 15 des collocations essentielles

Collocation	Sens	Exemple
depend on	dependre de	It depends on the weather.
listen to	ecouter	Please listen to me.
look at	regarder	Look at this picture.
look for	chercher	I'm looking for my keys.
look forward to	attendre avec impatience	I look forward to your reply.
wait for	attendre	We waited for the bus.
think about	penser a	I think about you.
talk to / about	parler a / de	Talk to him about it.
apply for	postuler pour	Apply for a visa.
agree with / on	etre d'accord	I agree with you on this.
rely on	compter sur	We rely on our team.
belong to	appartenir a	This book belongs to me.
consist of	etre compose de	The team consists of 8.
succeed in	reussir a	He succeeded in his exam.
insist on	insister sur	She insisted on paying.

Collocation

Sens

Exemple

depend on

dependre de

It depends on the weather.

listen to

ecouter

Please listen to me.

look at

regarder

Look at this picture.

look for

chercher

I'm looking for my keys.

look forward to

attendre avec impatience

I look forward to your reply.

wait for

attendre

We waited for the bus.

think about

penser a

I think about you.

talk to / about

parler a / de

Talk to him about it.

apply for

postuler pour

Apply for a visa.

agree with / on

etre d'accord

I agree with you on this.

rely on

compter sur

We rely on our team.

belong to

appartenir a

This book belongs to me.

consist of

etre compose de

The team consists of 8.

succeed in

reussir a

He succeeded in his exam.

insist on

insister sur

She insisted on paying.

Adjectifs + prepositions frequents

Collocation	Exemple
good at	She is good at maths.
bad at	He is bad at cooking.
interested in	I'm interested in history.
afraid of	She is afraid of dogs.
proud of	I'm proud of you.
married to	She is married to Paul.
similar to	It's similar to yours.
different from	This is different from that.
famous for	Paris is famous for its food.
responsible for	She's responsible for sales.

Collocation

Exemple

good at

She is good at maths.

bad at

He is bad at cooking.

interested in

I'm interested in history.

afraid of

She is afraid of dogs.

proud of

I'm proud of you.

married to

She is married to Paul.

similar to

It's similar to yours.

different from

This is different from that.

famous for

Paris is famous for its food.

responsible for

She's responsible for sales.

Verbes sans preposition (pieges)

Attention : ces verbes anglais NE prennent PAS de preposition, contrairement au francais.

Correct	Incorrect (franglais)
discuss the plan	discuss about
enter the room	enter in
attend a meeting	attend to (sauf = soccuper)
answer a question	answer to
mention a fact	mention about
approach someone	approach to

Correct

Incorrect (franglais)

discuss the plan

discuss about

enter the room

enter in

attend a meeting

attend to (sauf = soccuper)

answer a question

answer to

mention a fact

mention about

approach someone

approach to

Conseil final : creez des flashcards pour chaque collocation et revisez-les 5 minutes par jour pendant 3 semaines. C'est la methode la plus efficace pour ancrer ces automatismes dans votre memoire.

Mini-exercice

It depends ____ you. (on)

I'm looking ____ a job. (for)

She is married ____ Paul. (to)

He is interested ____ science. (in)

We agreed ____ the price. (on)

I'm proud ____ my daughter. (of)