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

Adjective + Prepositions List

AdjectivePreposition
afraidof
aliketo
angryat, with
ashamedof
awareof
capableof
carefulwith
compatiblewith
concernedwith
confidentin
consciousof
crazyabout
curiousabout
differentfrom
eagerfor
emptyof
fullof
fondof
guiltyof
happyabout
hopefulfor
similarto
terrifiedof
tiredof
proudof
jealousof
readyfor
responsiblefor
satisfiedwith
scaredof, about
involvedwith, in
goodat
interestedin
familiarwith

 

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.

Prepositions with Adjectives

You can download the full detailed lesson about prepositions with adjectives down below as a pdf file.

Prepositions with Adjectives PDF

  Prepositions with Adjectives List PDF – download

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