I’m grateful for the advice you gave me.. She was not content with his explanations.[r]
(1)Adjectives followed by prepositions: TO & AT He is quite blind _ her faults
2 He is extremely clever _mimicking others She is very efficient _ her work
4 He is an expert _ making handmade kites Contrary my expectations I enjoyed myself She stood too close _ the fire and got burnt I’m sorry! I’m very bad _ explaining myself Hat device is entirely new _ me
9 He’s the one who is very lucky _ cards 10 The delay proved fatal _ our plans 11 He was heart-broken _her indifference 12 This is much inferior _ the one I bought last 13 Naturally she was sad _ the death of her dog 14 She is an obedient _ her parent’s daughter 15 You shouldn’t be surprised _ thing like that 16 His activities are very harmful _ my interests 17 He’s terribly cruel _ his dog
18 I’ve got one similar _yours
19 This is irrelevant the matter we are discussing 20 They are sensitive _ people’s opinion of them
Adjectives followed by prepositions: WITH, FOR, OF Don’t be afraid _ the dog He won’t bite I can’t be angry _ him now
3 He’s ambitious and eager _ honors Are you aware _ the fact that it is 10.00? Don’t disturb him He’ busy _ his CV He was jealous _ his brother’s good luck I’m extremely sorry _ the delay
8 I’m tired of arguing you
9 You are responsible providing the drinks 10 He’s shy _approaching his teachers 11 I was conscious _ a feeling of uneasiness 12 We are all fond _going to the theatre 13 I’m grateful _the advice you gave me 14 She was not content his explanations 15 Are you familiar the works of Milton? 16 The manager is qualified _ this position 17 They gave him visa valid _ all countries 18 The student is ignorant the new rules 19 Let us be thankful _ the small mercies 20 We can’t bake a cake We are short eggs
Adjectives followed by prepositions: FROM, ABOUT Keep away the machine while it is running I am very dubious your chances of passing
the examination
3 This is quite different what I expected We are all very enthusiastic _ our next holiday It was far my intention to suggest that he is
stupid
6 He was perfectly honest his intentions to win the prize at all costs
7 Some people appear immune this disease I am very reluctant _ asking him to this Put the cake up there where it will be safe
the cat
10 He’s quite wrong the date of the invasion 11 His father was sad _ his son’s failure in his
exams
12 Entomologists are still curious _ the life cycle of that moth
Adjective followed by prepositions: ON, IN
1 He was singularly fortunate his choice of wallpaper
2 He is intent attending the football match on Saturday
3 They are proficient _the use of their fists The diet is deficient vitamins
5 Our plants must remain dependent the weather
6 I’m not interested the story of your life The young man is keen cycling
8 The enemy is weak artillery The secretary was not qualified _
(2)Adjectives followed by prepositions: TO & AT 21 He is quite blind to her faults
22 He is extremely clever at mimicking others 23 She is very efficient at her work
24 He is an expert at making handmade kites 25 Contrary to my expectations I enjoyed myself 26 She stood too close to the fire and got burnt 27 I’m sorry! I’m very bad at explaining myself 28 Hat device is entirely new to me
29 He’s the one who is very lucky at cards 30 The delay proved fatal to our plans 31 He was heart-broken at her indifference 32 This is much inferior to the one I bought last 33 Naturally she was sad at the death of her dog 34 She is an obedient to her parent’s daughter 35 You shouldn’t be surprised at thing like that 36 His activities are very harmful to my interests 37 He’s terribly cruel to his dog
38 I’ve got one similar to yours
39 This is irrelevant to the matter we are discussing 40 They are sensitive to people’s opinion of them
Adjectives followed by prepositions: WITH, FOR, OF 21 Don’t be afraid of the dog He won’t bite 22 I can’t be angry with him now
23 He’s ambitious and eager for honors 24 Are you aware of the fact that it is 10.00? 25 Don’t disturb him He’ busy with his CV 26 He was jealous of his brother’s good luck 27 I’m extremely sorry for the delay
28 I’m tired of arguing with you
29 You are responsible for providing the drinks 30 He’s shy of approaching his teachers 31 I was conscious of a feeling of uneasiness 32 We are all fond of going to the theatre 33 I’m grateful for the advice you gave me 34 She was not content with his explanations 35 Are you familiar with the works of Milton? 36 The manager is qualified for this position 37 They gave him visa valid for all countries 38 The student is ignorant with the new rules 39 Let us be thankful for the small mercies 40 We can’t bake a cake We are short of eggs
Adjectives followed by prepositions: FROM, ABOUT 13 Keep away from the machine while it is running 14 I am very dubious about your chances of passing
the examination
15 This is quite different from what I expected 16 We are all very enthusiastic about our next
holiday
17 It was far from my intention to suggest that he is stupid
18 He was perfectly honest about his intentions to win the prize at all costs
19 Some people appear immune from this disease 20 I am very reluctant about asking him to this 21 Put the cake up there where it will be safe from
the cat
22 He’s quite wrong about the date of the invasion 23 His father was sad about his son’s failure in his
exams
24 Entomologists are still curious about the life cycle of that moth
Adjective followed by prepositions: ON, IN
12 He was singularly fortunate in his choice of wallpaper
13 He is intent on attending the football match on Saturday
14 They are proficient in the use of their fists 15 The diet is deficient in vitamins
16 Our plants must remain dependent on the weather
17 I’m not interested in the story of your life 18 The young man is keen on cycling
19 The enemy is weak in artillery 20 The secretary was not qualified in