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Prepositions with Adjectives List (PDF)

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Ready to learn prepositions with adjectives? Let’s understand what is a preposition first. Prepositions as a class of words, are used to show how things are related in space or in time, they may express abstract relation and serve to connect the words in a sentence. There are many “small words” in English such as up, down, by, away, etc. They can be used as prepositions or adverbs. A preposition must have an object (a noun or a pronoun).

Some prepositions in English come after adjectives, creating a new structure. We call them prepositions with adjectives. Afraid of, aware of, addicted to etc… Some English adjectives requires a preposition and unfortunately there is no logical explanation or rule for their usage. We just need to memorize them.

☛Adjective + preposition – bad (adjective) + at (preposition). Example: I am bad at swimming. We can’t say “I am bad with swimming”.

Adjective + Prepositions List

Adjective	Preposition
afraid	of
alike	to
angry	at, with
ashamed	of
aware	of
capable	of
careful	with
compatible	with
concerned	with
confident	in
conscious	of
crazy	about
curious	about
different	from
eager	for
empty	of
full	of
fond	of
guilty	of
happy	about
hopeful	for
similar	to
terrified	of
tired	of
proud	of
jealous	of
ready	for
responsible	for
satisfied	with
scared	of, about
involved	with, in
good	at
interested	in
familiar	with

Check Also:
Complete List of English Prepositions A-Z (Free PDF?)
Prepositions of Time and Place: At, In, On, and To
Prepositions Tests for English Learners (PDF)

Here you can find most common adjectives + prepositions collocations in a chart.