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Unit 21. Adjectives with prepositions
(прилагательные с предлогами)
Main points
- Some adjectives used after link verbs can be used alone or followed by a prepositional phrase.
- Some adjectives must be followed by particular prepositions.
- Some adjectives can be followed by different prepositions to introduce different types of information.
1. When you use an adjective after a I ink verb, you can often use the adjective on its own or followed by a prepositional phrase. See Unit 22 for other patterns.
He was afraid.
He was afraid of his enemies.
2. Some adjectives cannot be used alone after a link verb. If they a re followed by a prepositional phrase, it must have a particular preposition:
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I've always been terribly fond of you.
He is unaccustomed to the heat.
3. Some adjectives can be used alone, or followed by a particular preposition.
- used alone, or with ‘of ’ to specify the cause of a feeling
- used alone, or with ‘of ’ to specify the person who has a quality
- used alone or with ‘to’, usually referring to:
- used alone, or followed by 'with' to specify the cause of a feeling
- used alone or with ‘at’, usually referring to:
- used alone, or with ‘for’ to specify the person or thing that quality relates to
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They may feel jealous of your success.
I was terrified of her.
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That was clever of you!
I turned the job down, which was stupid of me.
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My problems are very similar to yours.
He was dedicated to his job.
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I could never be bored with football.
He was pleased with her.
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He was shocked at the hatred they had shown.
She had always been good at languages.
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It's difficult for young people on their own.
It was unusual for them to go away at the weekend.
4. Some adjectives can be used alone, or used with different prepositions.
- used alone, with an impersonal subject and ‘of ’ and the subject of the action, or with a personal subject and ‘to’ and the object of the action
- used alone, with ‘about’ to specify a thing or ‘with’ to specify a person
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It was rude of him to leave so suddenly.
She was rude to him for no reason.
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She was still angry about the result.
They're getting pretty fed up with him.
