specify the cause of a feeling
afraid critical jealous suspicious
ashamed envious proud terrified
convinced frightened scared tired
They may feel jealous of your success.
I was terrified of her.
used alone, or with 'of' to specify the person who has a quality
brave good polite thoughtful
careless intelligent sensible unkind
clever kind silly unreasonable
generous nice stupid wrong
That was clever of you!
I turned the job down, which was stupid of me.
used alone or with 'to', usually referring to:
similarity: close equal identical
related similar
marriage: married engaged
loyalty: dedicated devoted loya
rank: junior senior
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egMy problems are very similar to yours.
He was dedicated to his job.
used alone, or followed by 'with' to specify the cause of a feeling
bored displeased impatient pleased
content dissatisfied impressed satisfied
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e.g. I could never be bored with football. p> He was pleased with her. p> used alone or with 'at', usually referring to:
strong reactions: amazed astonished shocked surprised
ability: bad excellent good hopeless useless
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e.g. He was shocked at the hatred they had shown. p> She had always been good at languages. p> used alone, or with 'for' to specify the person or thing that quality
relates to
common essential possible unusual
difficult important unnecessary usual
easy necessary
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e.g. It's difficult for young people on their own. p> It was unusual for them to go away at the weekend. p> 4. Some adjectives can be used alone, or used with different prepositions. p> 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
cruel good nasty rude
friendly kind nice unfriendly
generous mean polite unkind
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e.g. It was rude of him to leave so suddenly. p> She was rude to him for no reason. p> o used alone, with 'about' to specify a thing or 'with' to specify a
person
angry delighted fed up happy
annoyed disappointed furious upset
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e.g. She was still angry about the result. p> They're getting pretty fed up with him. p> Adjectives with 'to'-infinitive or' that'-clauses
1. After link verbs, we often use adjectives that describe how someone
feels about an action or situation. With some adjectives, we can add a
'to'-infinitive clause or a' that'-clause to say what the action or situation is. table>
afraid disappointed happy sad
anxious frightened pleased surprised
ashamed glad proud unhappy
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If the subject is the same in both clauses, we usually use a 'to'-
infinitive clause. If the subject is different, we must use a 'that'-
clause. p> eg I was happy to see them again. p> He was happy that they were coming to the party. p> We often use a 'to'-infinitive clause when talking about future time in
relation to the main clause.
eg I am afraid to go home. p> He was anxious to leave before it got dark. p> We often use a 'that'-clause when talking about present or past time in
relation to the main clause. e.g. He was anxious that the passport was missing. They were afraid that I might have talked to the police. p> 2. We often use 'sorry' with a 'that'-clause. Note that 'that' is often
omitted. p> eg I'm very sorry that I can't join you. p> I'm sorry I'm so late. p> 3. Some adjectives are not usually used alone, but have a 'to'-infinitive
clause after them to say what action or situation the adjective relates to. table>
able due likely unlikely
apt inclined prepared unwilling
bound liable ready willing
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e.g. They were unable to help her. p> They were not likely to forget it. p> I am willing to try. p> I'm prepared to say I was wrong.
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