Some English words like adjectives come in pair with a particular preposition, and this pairing often used as one chunk in a sentence. Adjective + preposition collocation is very important in writing particularly when paraphrasing sentences. Here are common adjective + preposition collocations.
Acquaint yourself with the collocations below and use them in a sentence. Write your answers in a piece of paper.
| adjective + with | angry with associated with bored with blessed with confronted with content with crowded with delighted with disappointed with fed up with familiar with furious with ok with pleased with popular with satisfied with | My sister is angry with her dog for destroying her favorite slippers. Company X is associated with the disgraced politician. The students are bored with the training. |
| adjective + to | accustomed to addicted to allergic to committed to dedicated to indifferent to kind to married to opposed to receptive to related to similar to superior to unfriendly to | They are accustomed to the hot weather in the country. That man is addicted to drugs. I am allergic to dusts. |
| adjective + for | eager for eligible for famous for grateful for notorious for prepared for ready for renowned for responsible for respected for sorry for suitable for thankful for | The freshmen are eager to learn. My dad is eligible for the government pension. Tom Cruise is famous for the movie “Mission Impossible”. |
| adjective + by | amazed by delighted by disturbed by excited by fascinated by impressed by inspired by astonished by shocked by surprised by | The audience is amazed by her soulful voice. The child is delighted by his new toy. The community is disturbed by a loud, terrifying noise. |
| adjective + in | disappointed in experienced in interested in involved in polite/impolite in present in skilled in slow in successful in talented in | The people is disappointed in the government. She was experienced in social marketing. The people are interested in the politicians new program. |
| adjective + from | absent from different from free from made from protected from safe from | He was absent from the conference. These products are different from what they offered yesterday. |
| adjective + at | amazed at angry at annoyed at awful at bad at brilliant at clever at delighted at disappointed at excellent at excited at good at hopeless at mad at present at shocked at skilled at successful at surprised at terrible at slow at lucky at | The movie goers were amazed at the CGI effects of the movie. The president is angry at the situation. The class leader is annoyed at the boisterous boys. |
| adjective + about | angry about anxious about enthusiastic about excited about furious about happy about mad about nervous about pessimistic about sad about serious about upset about worried about | He is angry about the social media post. The man is anxious about his upcoming presentation. The association is enthusiastic about their collaboration with company X. |
| adjective + of | afraid of ashamed of aware of capable of certain of conscious of envious of independent of jealous of kind of nice of proud of scared of silly of sweet of typical of | He is afraid of the dark. The celebrity is ashamed of the scandal. The manager is aware of the decreasing sales. |
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