Posts : 509 Join date : 2014-07-23 Age : 38 Location : Agadir
Subject: ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:32 am
ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION:
nice / kind / good / stupid / silly / intelligent / clever / sensible (1) / (im)polite / rude (2) / unreasonable (3) OF someone (to do something): - Thank you it was very nice / kind of you to help me. It's stupid of her to go out without a coat.
nice / kind / good / (im)polite / rude / (un)pleasant (4) / (un)friendly / cruel TO someone: - She has always been very nice / kind to me. Why are you so rude / unfriendly to Ann?
angry / furious (5) ABOUT something // WITH someone FOR something: - Why are you so angry about it? They were furious with me for not inviting them to my party.
pleased (6) / disappointed (7) / satisfied ( WITH something: - I was pleased with the present you gave me. Were you disappointed with your examination results?
bored / fed up (9) WITH something: - You get bored / fed up with doing the same thing every day.
surprised (10) / shocked / amazed (11) / astonished (12) AT / BY something: - Everyone was surprised by /at the news.
exited / worried / upset (13) ABOUT something: - Are you exited about going on holiday next week?
afraid / scared (14) / frightened / terrified OF someone / something - Are you afraid of dogs?
proud / ashamed (15) OF someone / something: - I'm not ashamed of what I did.
good / bad / excellent / brilliant / hopeless (16) AT (doing) something: - I'm not very good at repairing things.
married TO someone - Linda is married to an American.
sorry ABOUT something: - I'm sorry about the noise last night.
sorry FOR doing something - I'm sorry for shouting at you yesterday.
be / feel sorry FOR someone - I feel sorry for George.
famous FOR something: - Florence is famous for its art treasures.
responsible (17) FOR something: - Who was responsible for this noise last night?
interested IN something: Are you interested in art?
fond (18) OF something / someone: - Mary is fond of animals.
full OF something: - The letter was full of mistakes.
short OF (19) something: - I'm a bit short of money.
keen ON (20) something: - We stayed at home because Mary wasn't very keen on going out in the rain.
similar TO (21) something: - Your writing is similar to mine.
crowded WITH (22) (people,...) - The city was crowded with tourists
Subject: ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION 
Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:32 am
WITH something: - I was pleased with the present you gave me.
