Now rewrite the sentences using prone / liable / subject + to.
1. Zak is a child who often has accidents.
2. She frequently gets headaches.
3. The loan requires a check on your financial situation.
4. Joe is a person who often arrives late.
5. She may well break the rules in order to get what she wants.
1. Zac is a child who is prone to have accidents. (They are not his fault, he just seems accident-prone.)
2. She is prone to headaches. (She has to see a doctor to see if there is a medical reason, but we don’t know the cause yet.)
3. The loan is subject to a check on your financial situation. (This is a legal requirement or a company regulation.)
4. Joe is liable to arrive late. (That’s joe for you; you know him-never even tries to arrive on time!)
5. She is liable to break the rules in order to get what she wants. (She doesn’t care about rules and she is rather selfish and ambitious.)
Through doing these exercise, have you got the key language points? Let’s make a summary.