Adjectives + prepositions
of
kind, nice, polite, good, generous, stupid, silly (OF SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING)
It was nice of you to help me
It was generous of him to give so much money to charity
scared, frightened, afraid, terrified (OF SOMEONE/SOMETHING)
Hannah is terrified of spiders
Anna is afraid of the dark
fond, proud, tolerant (OF SOMEONE/SOMETHING)
Jane is fond of painting
Martin is very proud of his son
Jealous, envious, critical, suspicious
Georgina is jealous of her colleague
Peter is suspicious of his neighbour
conscious/ aware
She is conscious of being an introvert
Anna is aware of her mistakes
capable/ incapable
He is capable of doing better
Mike is incapable of getting up early!
tired/sick
George is tired of his job
They are sick of living near the motorway
typical
It was typical of him to arrive 2 hours late!
short/ full
Kelly is short of cash
The box is full of macaroons
bored/fed up (also bored/fed up of)
He was bored of commuting to work
She is fed up of doing nothing
about
Angry, annoyed, furious ABOUT SOMETHING
Greg is angry about the road closures
Diana is annoyed about all the extra work she has to do
Excited, happy ABOUT SOMETHING
Jo is getting so excited about her holiday
The little boy was so happy about winning the game
Worried, upset, nervous ABOUT SOMETHING
He is worried about his driving test
Pauline is nervous about her interview
WITH
Angry, annoyed, furious WITH SOMETHING
Paul got angry with his son for making a mess
She was furious with her mum
happy, delighted, satisfied, pleased, disappointed WITH SOMETHING (the result of something or something that you receive)
She was so happy with the present her parents gave her
They were delighted with the election result.
At
amazed, astonished, surprised, shocked AT (you can also use BY)
Charles was amazed at how much his son ate
Jennifer was surprised at how much her son had grown
good, bad, brilliant, terrible AT something
Georgina is very good at skiing
Richard is bad at lying
with
Impressed WITH somebody/ something (you can also use BY)
He was so impressed with the way that she gave her presentation
crowded with
The station was crowded with people
TO
married, engaged to
John is married to Kate
similar to
Henry is so similar to his brother
IN
interested in
What are you interested in?
ON
dependent on
They are dependent on Government aid
keen on
Tim is keen on running
