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Prepositions Used with Adjectives and Participles

Intermediate English - Intermediate Grammar

Remember the following prepositions that are used with adjectives and past participle:

absorbed in	involved in
according to	keen on
accostomed to	liable for/to
afraid of	nervous of
anxious for/about	owing to
ashamed of	pleased with
aware of	prepared for
bad at/for	proud of
capable of	ready for
confident of	responsible for/to
due to/for	scared of
exposed to	sorry for/about
fit for	successful in
fond of	suspicious of
frightened of/at	terrified of
good at/for	tired of
interested in	used to

Examples:

He was absorbed in his project.

She is scared of big dogs.

According to Jane it is very cold outside.

He is very bad at chess.

Mike is very keen on computers.

I am sorry for losing your book.

Swimming is very good for you.

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Intermediate: Prepositions and Adverbs - Exercise 1

Intermediate: Prepositions and Adverbs - Exercise 2

Advanced: Prepositions and Adverbs - Exercise 1

Advanced: Prepositions and Adverbs - Exercise 2

Intermediate: Prepositions at, to, or in - Exercise 1

Intermediate: Prepositions at, to, or in - Exercise 2

Intermediate: Preposition of Place - Exercise 1

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Prepositions of Time (in, on, at) (Basic)

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