adjectives with prepositions
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Adjectives with Prepositions
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Adjectives with PrepositionsWhen you use an adjective after a link verb you can often use the adjective on its own or followed by a prepositional phrase.
He was afraid.
He was afraid of his enemies.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
Some adjectives cannot be used alone after a link verb. If they are followed by a prepositional phrase, it must have a particular preposition.
aware of unaware of
accustomed to unaccustomed to
fond of used to
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Adjectives with Prepositions
I’ve always been terribly fond of you.
He is unaccustomed to the heat.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
Use with OF to specify the cause of a feeling
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Adjectives with Prepositions
They may be jealous of your success.
I was terrified of her.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
Used with OF to specify the person who has a quality
brave good polite
thoughtfulcareless intelligent
sensible unkind clever
kind silly unreasonable
generous nice stupid
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Adjectives with Prepositions
I turned the job down, which was stupid of me.
That was clever of you.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
• Used with TO usually referring to:
SIMILARITY: close, equal, identical, related, similar
MARRIAGE: married, engaged
LOYALTY: dedicated, devoted, loyal
RANK: junior, senior9
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Adjectives with Prepositions
My problems are similar to yours.
He was dedicated to his job.
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Adjectives with PrepositionsUse WITH to specify the cause of a feeling
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Adjectives with Prepositions
He was pleased with her.
I could never be bored with football.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
• Use AT, usually referring to:
STRONG REACTIONS:
amazed, astonished, shocked, surprised
ABILITY:
bad, excellent, good, hopeless, useless
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Adjectives with Prepositions
She was always good at languages.
He was shocked at the hatred they had shown.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
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• Use FOR to specify the person or the thing that quality relates to
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Adjectives with Prepositions
It was unusual for them to go away at the weekend.
It’s difficult for young people on their own.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
Some adjectives take different prepositions.
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Adjectives with PrepositionsUse an impersonal subject and OF and the subject of the action, or with a personal subject and TO and the object of an action.
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Adjectives with Prepositions
It was rude of him to leave so suddenly.
She was rude to him for no reason.
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• Use ABOUT to specify a thing
• WITH to specify a person
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Adjectives with Prepositions
They’re getting pretty fed up with him.
He was still angry about the result.
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