Danh từ đi với giới từ

• Noun + for…
A cheque for (a sum of money):
- They sent me a cheque for £75.
A demand for/a need for…..:
- The firm closed down because there wasn’t enough demand for its product
A reason for…:
- The train was late but nobody knew the reason for the delay.
• Noun + of…
An advantage/ a disadvantage of…:
- The advantage of living alone is that you can do what you like.
Nhưng chúng ta thường nói: “there is an advantage in doing something”
There are many advantages in living alone.
A cause of…:
- Nobody knows what the cause of the explosion was.
A photograph/ a picture/ a map/ a plan/ a drawing of…:
- She showed me some photographs of her family.
• Noun + in…
An increase/ a decrease/ a rise/ a fall in …:
- there has been an increase in the number of road accidents recently.
• Noun + to…
Damage to…:
- The accident was my fault, so I had to pay for the damage to the other car.
An invitation to…(a party, a wedding):
- Did you get an invitation to the party?
A solution to (a problem)/ a key to (a door)/ an answer to (a question)/ a reply to (a letter)/ a reaction to….:
- Do you think we’ll find the solution to the problem?
- I was surprised at her reaction to my suggestion.
An attitude to (towards) …:
- His attitude to his job is very negative.
• Noun + with…/between…
A relationship/a connection/contact with…:
- Do you have a good relationship with your parents?
- The police want to question a man in connection with the robbery.
Nhưng: a relationship/a connection/a difference between two things or people
- There are some differences between British and American English.

Bài tập 1: Hoàn thành câu thứ hai sao cho nó cùng nghĩa với câu thứ nhất.
1. What caused the explosion? What was the cause ……………..?
2. We’re trying to solve the problem. We’re trying to find a solution……………….
3. Sue gets on well with her brother. Sue has a good relationship……………….
4. Prices have gone up a lot. There has been a big increase ……………………
5. I don’t know how to answer the question. I can’t think of an answer ………………
6. I don’t think that a new road is necessary. I don’t think there is any need…………
7. The number of people without jobs fell last month. Last one there was a fall …………….
8. Nobody wants to buy shoes like these any more. There is no demand…………………
9. In what way is your job different frommine? What is the difference……………………….?

Bài tập 2: Hoàn thành câu sử dụng một trong các danh từ dưới đây và một giới từ thích hợp
Cause, connection, invitation, map, reason, damage, contact, key, pictures, reply
1. On the wall there were some pictures and a…………………the world.
2. Thank you for the…………………………..your party next week.
3. Since she left home two years ago, she has had little ………………….her family.
4. I can’t open this door. Have you got a……………the other door?
5. The ……………….the fire at the hotel last night is still unknown.
6. I wrote to Jim last week, but I still haven’t received a …………………….my letter.
7. The two companies are completely independent. There is no……………………….them.
8. Jane showed me some old………………..the city as it looked 100 years.
9. Carol has decided to give up her job. I don’t know her……………….doing this.
10. It wasn’t a bad accident. The…………………..the car wasn’t serious.