In this lesson, you’ll learn natural adjective + preposition combinations such as afraid of, interested in, angry about, excited about, addicted to, and more. These structures are essential for fluent and natural English, but most learners struggle with them because you simply have to learn them through examples and patterns, not rules.
Below, you’ll find all the key phrases and example sentences from the lesson so you can review them, repeat them, and add them to your sentence-learning routine.
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Phrases and examples from the lesson:
Afraid of
• I’m afraid of the dark.• I’m afraid of going outside when it’s dark.
Interested in
• I’m really interested in photography at the moment.• I’m not really interested in watching any more of that show.• He didn’t seem very interested in what we proposed.
Angry about
• I’m angry about what you did.• He’s angry about not being able to see his friends.
Ashamed of
• I’m ashamed of what I did.• I’m ashamed of what the company is doing at the moment.
Aware of
• Not that I’m aware of.• Be aware of your surroundings when you go downtown at night.
Good at / bad at / fantastic at / terrible at / amazing at
• Try and get good at speaking to strangers to help you improve your English.• I’m bad at keeping in touch with people at the moment.• He’s really good at listening to people when they speak.• She’s amazing at explaining things in a simple way.
Certain about
• I’ve never been so certain about something in my entire life.• Are you certain about that?• I’m not completely certain about it, but let’s just do it anyway.
Content with
• I’m not content with the state of our house at the moment.• I’m content with staying in tonight.
Busy with
• I’m so busy with work right now.• They seem really busy with their new restaurant at the moment.
Smart of / stupid of
• That’s not very smart of you.• It was stupid of him to say that.• How stupid of you. What were you thinking?
Addicted to
• I think I’m addicted to coffee.• Kids are addicted to screens these days.
Excited about
• She’s so excited about going to the party later.• He doesn’t seem that excited about it.• I was really excited about going to the pool.
Sad about / happy about
• We’re so sad about what happened.• Are you happy about your new job?
Disappointed with / pleased with
• I’m really disappointed with how you are acting at the moment.• I’m so pleased with you.• Are you pleased with your progress this year?
Overwhelmed with / overwhelmed by
• I’m overwhelmed with all the work I have to do right now.• I was overwhelmed by all the cleaning I had to do.
Use the phrases in the description to review, repeat, and build your own personalized sentence list.
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