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Prepositions After Adjectives: Adjective Preposition

The document provides a list of commonly used adjectives and the prepositions that typically follow them in English. It notes that while there are no definite rules, certain prepositions are regularly used with specific adjectives. The list contains over 80 adjectives paired with their commonly associated prepositions to help learners get started in properly using prepositions after adjectives.

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Prepositions After Adjectives: Adjective Preposition

The document provides a list of commonly used adjectives and the prepositions that typically follow them in English. It notes that while there are no definite rules, certain prepositions are regularly used with specific adjectives. The list contains over 80 adjectives paired with their commonly associated prepositions to help learners get started in properly using prepositions after adjectives.

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Prepositions after Adjectives

Specific prepositions are used after certain adjectives. There is no definite rule to ascertain
which preposition should be used with which adjective. We simply need to learn them. But
there’s no need to fret on the thought of learning without knowing the rule as people do
manage to memorise them through constant usage and with a little time.

Here is a list of some commonly used adjectives and the prepositions that are normally
used with them to help you get started:

ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION

accustomed to

afraid of

accused of

acquainted with

addicted to

annoyed about/with/at

allergic to

amazed at/by

anxious about

appreciated for

ashamed of

associated with

astonished at/by

aware of

angry with

afraid of
attached to

bad at

based on

beneficial to

boastful for

bored with

brilliant at

busy with

capable of

careful with/about/of

certain about

characteristic of

clever at

connected with

conscious of

content with

crazy about

crowded with

curious about

dissatisfied with

doubtful about
delighted at/about

derived from

different from

disappointed with

eager for

eligible for

enthusiastic about

excellent in/at

excited about

experienced in

exposed to

envious of

faithful to

familiar with

famous for

fed up with

free of/from

frightened of

friendly with

fond of

furious about
furnished with

full of

generous with/about

guilty of/about

gentle with

good at

grateful to

happy about

hopeful of/about

identical with/to

immune to

impressed with

inferior to

indifferent to

innocent of

interested in

involved with

incapable of

jealous of

kind to

keen on
late for

limited to

lucky at

nervous of/about

notorious for

opposed to

patient with

pessimistic about

pleased with

polite to

popular with

presented with

proud of

punished for

puzzled by/about

qualified for

ready for

related to

relevant to

respectful for

responsible for
rid of

sad about

safe from

satisfied with

scared of

sensitive to

serious about

sick of

similar to

shocked by

skilful at

slow at

sorry for/about

successful in

suitable for

sure of/about

superior to

surprised at

suspicious of

sympathetic with

terrible at
terrified of

tired of

thankful to/for

trilled with

troubled with

typical of

unaware of

upset about

used to

wrong with/about

worried about

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