Adjectives followed by a preposition TEACHER'S RESOURCE

Adjectives followed by a preposition:

Example sentences Adjectives followed by a preposition

AT :

amazed at amused at astonished at shocked at surprised at bad at brilliant at clever at expert at good at hopeless at quick at weak at AT

FOR :

answerable for bad for bound for convenient for eager for fit for good for grateful for late for prepared for qualified for ready for sorry for suitable for useful for responsible for eligible for due for (=ready for) FOR

TO:

accustomed to allergic to answerable to attentive to averse to blind to close to contrary to due to fait h ful to harmful to inferior to married to new to peculiar to sensitive to similar to superior to thankful to used to (=accustomed to) TO

ABOUT:

angry about annoyed about anxious about certain about clear about concerned about crazy about curious about doubtful about excited about glad about happy about hesitant about honest about mad about mistaken about positive about puzzled about sad about selfish about sensitive about serious about sincere about sorry about sure about suspicious about thrilled about uneasy about worried about wrong about ABOUT

OF:

afraid of ahead of ashamed of aware of capable of certain of confident of conscious of critical of envious of fond of full of guilty of independent of jealous of proud of sick of sure of suspicious of tired of OF

WITH:

angry with someone annoyed with someone busy with concerned with contented with delighted with disappointed with disgusted with familiar with level with patient with pleased with satisfied with WITH

FROM:

absent from different from safe from separate from FROM

ON:

dependent on intent on keen on ON

IN:

(in)experienced in interested in IN

ABOUT :

- angry / annoyed / furious about something Example : I'm really angry about our losses on the stock market! -excited about something Example : He's excited about his birthday party next week. ABOUT

ABOUT:

-worried / upset about something Example: He's worried about his upcoming examinations. -sorry about something Example: I'm very sorry about losing your book. ABOUT

AT :

-good / excellent / brill i ant at something OR at doing something Example : They are excellent at planning fun parties. -bad / hopeless at something OR at doing something Example: Unfortunately, I'm hopeless at being on time AT

AT / BY :

- amazed / astonished / shocked / surprised at OR by something Example: I was amazed at his success . AT / BY

FOR :

-angry with someone for something Example: I'm really angry with John for his total lack of responsibility. -famous for something Example: She's famous for her watercolor paintings. -responsible for something Example: You'll have to speak to John, he's responsible for customer complaints. FOR

FOR:

-sorry for doing something Example: He says he's sorry for shouting at you. -(to feel or be) sorry for someone Example: I really feel sorry for Pam. FOR

FROM :

- different from somone / something Example: His photographs are very different from his paintings. FROM

OF:

nice / kind / good / generous of someone (to do something) Example : It was very nice of him to buy me a present. mean of someone (to do something) Example: It was very mean of Susan to say that to Tom. stupid / silly of someone (to do something) Example: I'm afraid it was stupid of me to come. OF

OF:

OF polite of someone (to do something) Example: It was very polite of Peter to invite my sister to the party. impolite / rude of someone (to do something) Example: I can't believe how rude it was of Jack to shout at his daughter in front of all those people. unreasonable of someone (to do something) Example: Don't be so hard on yourself! It's unreasonable of you to expect to understand everything immediately.

OF:

OF proud of something or someone Example: I'm very proud of my daughter's wonderful progress in school. ashamed of someone or something Example: She's ashamed of her bad grades. jealous / envious of someone or something Example: She's really envious of her sister's wealth.

OF:

capable / incapable of something Example: Peter is quite capable of conducting the meeting on his own. fond of someone or something Example: She is so fond of her niece. intelligent / clever / sensible of someone (to dosomething ) Example: That was quite sensible of Tom. OF

OF:

aware / conscious of something Example: Teens are often overly conscious of skin blemishes. short of something Example: I'm afraid I'm short of cash tonight. tired of something Example: I'm tired of your complaining! OF

ON :

to be keen on something Example: She is very keen on horses. ON

TO :

married / engaged to someone Example: Jack is engaged to Jill. nice / kind / good / generous to someone Example: She was very generous to me when I was staying with her. mean / impolite / rude / unpleasant / unfriendly / cruel to someone Example: How can you be so unfriendly to your neighbors? similar to something Example: His painting is similar to Van Gough. TO

WITH :

angry / annoyed / furious with someone for something Example: I'm furious with my brother for having lied to me! delighted / pleased / satisfied with something Example: He is quite satisfied with his results. disappointed with something Example: She's really disappointed with her new car. WITH

WITH:

bored / fed up with something Example: Let's go. I'm fed up with this party. crowded with (people, tourists, etc.) Example: Disneyland is crowded with tourists in July. WITH