Adjective and Preposition Use
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Adjective + Preposition:
Accustomed to
Accused of
Addicted to
Afraid of
Angry about/with
Allergic to
Amazed at/by
Anxious about/to
Ashamed of
Associated with
Attached to
Aware of
Bad at
Based on
Beneficial to
Bore with
Boastful for
Busy with
Capable of
Careful with/about/of
Certain about
Clever at/about
Comfortable with/in
Committed to
Connected with/to
Conscious of
Contend with
Crazy about
Cruel to
Crowded with
Confronted with
Curious about
Doubtful about
Delighted at/about
Derived from
Different from
Disappointed with
Eager for
Eligible for
Enthusiastic about
Excellent in
Excited about
Experienced in
Exposed to
Envious of
Faithful to
Familiar with
Famous for
Fascinated by
Fed up with
Free of/from
Frightened of
Fond of
Furious about
Furnished with
Full of
Generous with
Guilty of/about
Gentle with
Good at
Grateful to
Happy about
Hopeful of/about
Identical to
Immune to
Impressed with
Inferior to
Indifferent to
Jealous of
Kind to
Keen to
Late for/to
Limited to
Lucky at/with
Mad at/about
Married to
Nervous of/about
Notorious for
Opposed to
Optimistic about
Patient with
Pessimist about
Please with
Polite to
Popular with
Presented with
Proud of
Punished for
Qualified for
Ready for
Related to
Responsible for
Rid of
Sad about
Safe from
Satisfied with
Scared of
Sensitive to/about
Serious about
Sick of
Similar to
Shocked by
Skilful at
Slow at
Sorry for/about
Successful in/at
Suitable for
Sure of/about
Superior to
Surprised at/by
Suspicious of
Sympathetic with
Talented at
Terrible at
Terrified at
Tired of
Thankful to/for
Typical of
Unaware of
Upset about
Used to
Wrong about/with
Worried about
Now the Adjective + Preposition are given in groups so that you can remember them easily.
To:
Polite to, Kind to, Cruel to, Rude to, Faithful to, Unfaithful to, Grateful to.
Inferior to, Superior to, Indifferent to.
Addicted to, Accustomed to, Allergic to.
Related to, Opposed to, Similar to, Identical to.
Married to, Engaged to, Attached to.
Exposed to, Immune to, Limited to.
Beneficial to.
Used to.
Dedicated to, devoted to.
Of:
Accused of.
Afraid of, Frightened of, Scared of, Terrified of.
Ashamed of, Tired of, Sick of.
Aware of, Conscious of, Capable of, Proud of.
Envious of, Jealous of, Suspicious of.
Fond of.
Full of.
Typical of.
For:
Appreciated for.
Eager for.
Eligible for, Qualified for, Suitable for.
Famous for, known for, remembered for.
Punished for.
Ready for.
Responsible for.
At:
Bad at, Good at, Excellent at, Brilliant at, skilful at, talented at, slow at, fast at.
On:
Based on.
Keen on.
From:
Derived from.
Different from, indifferent from.
Safe from.
With:
Content with, satisfied with, please with, impressed with,
Generous with.
Patient with, sympathetic with.
Crowded with, confronted with.
Furnished with.
Bored with, disappointed with, Fade up with.
Busy with.
Familair with, popular with.
Friendly with, unfriendly with.
About:
Certain about.
Happy about, sad about, crazy about, upset about, worried about, serious about, excited about, curious about, doubtful about, furious about.
Optimistic about, pessimistic about, concerned about.
In:
Experinced in.
Interested in.
Involved in.
By:
Fascinated by, shocked by.
Discouraged by.
About/with:
Angry about/with
About/with/at:
Annoyed about/with/at
At/by:
Amazed at/by, Astonished at/by.
About/to:
Anxious about/to
With/about/of:
Careful with/about/of
At/about:
Clever at/ about
Delighted at/about
Mad at/about
With/in:
Comfortable with/in
With/to:
Connected with/ to
Of/from:
Free of/from
Of/about:
Guilty of/about
Nervous of/about
Helpful of/about
For/to:
Late for/to
At/with:
Lucky at/with
By/about:
Puzzled by/about
To/about:
Sensitive to/about
For/about:
Sorry for/about
At/in:
Successful at/in
Of/about:
Sure of/about
At/by:
Surprised at/by
About/with:
Wrong about/with
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