Transcript of Adjectives followed by prepositions
- 1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE
LA EDUCACIN HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGAS ENGLISH MAJOR GRAMMAR V THEME:
Adjectives followed by Preposition to GROUP MEMBER: Erika Arguello
Mario Salazar Shirley Vsquez
- 2. ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS Specific prepositions
are used after certain adjectives. There is no definite rule to
ascertain which preposition should be used with which adjective.
Adjectives are used in simple sentences to describe people and
objects. Example: she is an interesting speaker. More complex
sentences use adjectives + prepositions to make statements about a
person's attitude towards something. Example: she is excited about
the concert tonight. .
- 3. PREPOSITION RULES There are 2 major rules when it comes to
the use of prepositions. The first major rule deals with
preposition choice. Certain prepositions must follow certain words,
and the correct preposition must be used to make relationships
between words in the sentences clear. The second major rule deals
with the prepositions place in the sentence. Prepositions must be
followed by nouns, and prepositions can only go on the end of the
sentence in certain situations.
- 4. The adjective usually goes before the preposition EXAMPLE:
due, similar to This picture is similar to the one in our living
room. Adjectives and prepositions are commonly used in
phrases.
- 5. THE USE OF PREPOSITION TO ON ADJECTIVES Use with to usually
referring to: SIMILARITY: close, equal, identical, related, similar
Example: His painting is similar to Van Gough. MARRIAGE: married,
engaged Example: Jack is engaged to Jill LOYALTY: dedicated,
devoted, loyal Example: He was dedicated to his job. RANK: junior,
senior Example: John requested some help to his senior.
- 6. COMMON ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS A Accustomedto
Addicted to Allergic to Attached to Able to B Beneficial to E
Exposed to Engaged to F Faithful to G Grateful to I Identical to
Immune to Inferior to Indifferent to K Kind to L Limited to O
Opposed to P Polite to R Related to Relevant to M Married to S
sensitive to Similar to superior to T Thankful to U Used to
- 7. SOME ADJECTIVES TAKE DIFFERENT PREPOSITIONS. Use an
impersonal subject and OF and the subject of the action, or with a
personal subject and TO and the object of an action. Cruel nasty
Friendly Nice generous polite Good rude kind unfriendly mean
unkind
- 8. SOME EXAMPLES: She was very generous to me when I was
staying with her. It was rude of him to leave so suddenly. She was
rude to him for no reason. How can you be so unfriendly to your
neighbors?
- 9. ACTIVITY 1.- Choose the correct adjective + preposition
combination. 1.- My cousin is going to get a millonarie next
spring. a) married with b) married of c) married to d) married in
married to
- 10. 2) Joshua is so his friends and family. He is a great
person. a) generous to b) generous with c) generous of d) generous
for generous to
- 11. 3.- I've been married my husband for 10 years. for to Of
4.- A ball gown is similar an evening dress. To For Of TO TO
- 12. 5.- Who is James married ? With To For 6.- I came near ____
hitting them. --- to 7.- She was very good ____ us. a)to b)at TO TO
to
- 13. 2.- CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCE: 1.- The Export Manager is
responsible to the Sales Director. 2.- He is responsible to
preparing handouts. Correct Incorrect Notice that you can be
responsible for something but responsible to someone.
- 14. 10.- I was amazed to see Nuria after so many years. I was
amazed toseeing Nuria after so many years. correct incorrect