ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS

 Study and then complete.

A) FOR: responsible, crazy (or about), sorry (or about), famous, anxious (or about).

• The drought has made farmers anxious the harvest.
• They’re crazy old motorbikes.
• Marie Curie is famous her contribution to science.
• Who is responsible  this terrible mess?
• He sounded very sorry himself on the telephone.

B) WITH: annoy (ed), angry (with someone; at something), patient, busy (or at).

• I was annoyed him for not coming to the meeting
• I got really angry her.
• They were angry the way they had been treated.
• The kids are busy their homework.
• He’s a good teacher but he doesn’t have much patience the slower pupils.

C) OF: afraid, certain, conscious, jealous, sure, north / south / east / west.

• I’ve always been afraid heights.
• Can we be certain the truth of what she said?
• He gradually became conscious the fact.
• George is jealous his younger sister.
• Is there anything you’re not sure .
• The best beaches are in the south the island.

     D) TO: close, cruel, harmful, obedient, new.

• I don’t know about her relationship with her father but she’s very close  her mother.
• Children can be very cruel one another.
• This group of chemicals is known to be harmful  people with asthma.
• The army is quite unlikely to be obedient the new president.
• Our next – door neighbors are new the area.

      E) AT: expert (or in), good, sad (or about), clever.

• Gwen is expert finding bargains.
• William is an expert early Christian art.

• He’s good running.
• She’s very sad me, because I couldn’t make it.
• Fiona is very clever physics.

F) FROM: different, far, safe, away.

• We live 5 Km away each order.
• Emily is very different her sister.
• She doesn’t live far here.
• We’re safe attack now – the enemy planes have gone.

G) IN: deficient, fortunate, weak.

• The team was deficient several important areas.
• He was fortunate his choice of assistant.
• He was always weak languages but strong at science.

H) ON: dependent, easy.

• It’s very easy to become dependent sleeping pills.
• The teacher is much too easy the boys.

I) ABOUT: worry (ied), curious, sorry, excited.

• Babies are curious  everything around them.
• They very excited  the new film producer.
• Don’t say you’re sorry what happened if you don’t mean it.
• It’s silly worrying  things which are outside your control.