Prepositions following adjectives
It is assumed that a wide range of prepositions and their general use to describe
time, place and position are already known.
This lesson focuses on a selection of expressions. Note that there may be other possible
meanings for verbs and
phrases given here, with different prepositions.
Of
afraid of, ashamed of, aware of, capable of, conscious of, fond of, full of, be
good
of (someone to do something),
indicative of, irrespective of, jealous of
About
annoyed about, anxious about, certain about, excited about, pleased about,
right about, serious about, sorry about, upset about, wrong about
With
angry with
(a person),
annoyed with
(a person),
bored with, commensurate
with, connected with, be good at dealing with, happy with, incompatible with,
obsessed with, pleased with, preoccupied with
At
angry at (a person), annoyed at
(a person),
be bad at, be good at, surprised at
On
keen on
To
addicted to, attentive to, grateful to, kind to, immune to, impervious to,
indifferent to, liable to
(likely to suffer from),
married to, prone to
By
baffled by, bored by, detained by, distressed by, plagued by, shocked by,
surprised by
On
an authority on
(expert),
ban on, comment on, effect on, influence on,
restriction on, tax on
To
access to, an alternative to, an attitude to, an exception to, a solution to,
a threat to, a witness to
Over
be in authority over, have control over, be in dispute over something
With
contrast with, be in dispute with someone, encounter with, link with,
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quarrel with, relationship with
For
admiration for, craving for, credit for, cure for, desire for, disregard for,
provision for, recipe for, respect for, responsibility for, room for, sympathy for
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