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Unit 112 · Prepositions

afraid of ..., good at ... etc. of/at/for etc. (prepositions) + -ing

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A

afraid of ... / good at ... etc. (adjective + preposition)

afraid of ... / scared of ...

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Are you afraid of dogs?

angry with somebody angry about something

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Why are you angry with me? What have I done?

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Are you angry about last night? (= something that happened last night)

different from ... or different to ...

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Lisa is very different from (or to) her sister.

fed up with ...

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I'm fed up with my job. I want to do something different. (= I've had enough of my job)

full of ...

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The room was full of people.

good at ...

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Are you good at maths?

interested in ...

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I'm not interested in sport.

married to ...

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Sue is married to a dentist. (= her husband is a dentist)

nice/kind of somebody to ... be nice/kind to somebody

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It was kind of you to help us. Thank you very much.

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David is very friendly. He's always very nice to me.

sorry about a situation sorry for/about doing something be/feel sorry for somebody

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I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm sorry about that.

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I'm sorry for/about not phoning you yesterday. (or I'm sorry I didn't phone you)

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I feel sorry for them. They are in a very difficult situation.

B

of/at/for (etc.) + -ing

After a preposition (of/at/for etc.), a verb ends in -ing:

I'm not very good at telling stories.
Are you fed up with doing the same thing every day?
I'm sorry for not phoning you yesterday.
Thank you for helping me.
Mark is thinking of buying a new car.
Tom left without saying goodbye. (= he didn't say goodbye)
After doing the shopping, they went home.

Exercises (5)

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112.1

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with of/with/in etc.

  1. 1Man afraid of a barking dog
    He's afraid dogs.example
  2. 2Woman interested in science in a lab
    She's interested science.
  3. 3Woman married to a footballer
    She's married a footballer.
  4. 4Woman good at many languages
    She's very good languages.
  5. 5Man fed up with the rainy weather
    He's fed up the weather.
  6. 6Person kindly offering to help
    a: Can I help you? b: Thanks, that's very kind you.
112.2

Complete the sentences with in/of/with etc.

  1. 1
    I'm not interested sport.example
  2. 2
    I'm not very good sport.
  3. 3
    I like Sarah. She's always very kind me.
  4. 4
    I'm sorry your broken window. It was an accident.
  5. 5
    He's very brave. He isn't scared anything.
  6. 6
    It was very nice Jane to let us stay in her apartment.
  7. 7
    Life today is very different life 50 years ago.
  8. 8
    Are you interested politics?
  9. 9
    I feel sorry her, but I can't help her.
  10. 10
    Chris was angry what happened.
  11. 11
    These boxes are very heavy. They are full books.
  12. 12
    I'm sorry getting angry you yesterday.
112.3

Complete the sentences.

  1. 1
    I'm not very stories. (good/tell)example
  2. 2
    I wanted to go to the cinema, but Paula wasn't (interested/go)
  3. 3
    Sue isn't very up in the morning. (good/get)
  4. 4
    Let's go! I'm (fed up / wait)
  5. 5
    I'm you up in the middle of the night. (sorry/wake)
  6. 6
    Sorry I'm late! (thank you / wait)
112.4

Complete the sentences. Use without -ing.

  1. 1
    (Tom left / he didn't say goodbye)
    Tom left .example
  2. 2
    (Sue walked past me / she didn't speak)
    Sue walked .
  3. 3
    (Don't do anything / ask me first)
    Don't .
  4. 4
    (I went out / I didn't lock the door)
    I .
112.5

Write sentences about yourself.

  1. 1
    (interested)
    I'm interested in sport. example
  2. 2
    (scared)
    I'm .
  3. 3
    (not very good)
    I'm not .
  4. 4
    (not interested)
    I'm not .
  5. 5
    (fed up)
    I'm .