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hello this is jack from tofluency.com
now today we are going to talk about
adjectives and preposition combinations
now before I give you an example these
are important because when we use an
adjective we often want to use a
preposition as well and there are
certain prepositions that go with
certain objectives and you can think
about these in terms of collocations and
I've talked about the importance of
collocations before and this is just
going to show you why it's so important
that you learn English through sentences
now to learn more about that go to the
description because I have a video on
that but enough about that let's talk
about an example now listen to this I'm
afraid I'm afraid now that's just an
adjective to be afraid and you obviously
know what this means to be scared but if
you want to talk about what you are
afraid of then you're going to need a
preposition and I've already given you
the preposition I'm afraid of the dark
I'm afraid of the dark okay so when we
use afraid we use the preposition of now
we can often use a verb after this - are
you ready for this I'm afraid of going
outside when it's dark I'm afraid of
going outside when it's dark in this
example we're using afraid plus the
preposition of then the gerund the
gerund the ing going being seen etc a
good news is in English after you use a
preposition you always use a gerund this
is a rule without any exceptions which
is very rare in the English language so
today we're going to learn all about
this things like interested in ok
succeed in we're going to learn
adjectives and preposition pairs now if
you really want to internalize this then
it's important that you learn sentences
because it's all about getting to the
stage where you can use adjectives and
preposition combinations without
thinking about rules because there are
rules about which preposition you use
after which adjectives so it's important
that you just learn them from heart and
you can do this
by learning sentences now I'm going to
include these sentences in the to
fluency program so that you can download
the audio phrases and the memory cards
if you want to learn more about that
there is a link in the description and
if you don't want to join the program
for whatever reason do this instead and
get a notebook and write down the
sentences from this lesson and then
think about ways that you can repeat
these sentences over the next few weeks
so that you can just internalize them
the first one is interested in to be
interested in something now here's an
example I'm really interested in
photography at the moment so I'm really
interested in photography at the moment
this is a topic that interests me I'm
interested in photography at the moment
and I've got a new camera for this
lesson here's an example using the
gerund I'm not really interested in
watching anymore of that show I'm not
really interested in watching anymore of
that show so we're talking about a TV
show here I'm saying that TV show
doesn't interest me I'm not interested
in watching anymore of that show and a
business example he didn't seem that
interested in what we proposed he didn't
seem very interested in what we proposed
number two is angry about to be angry
about something now again you can just
say I'm angry to describe your emotion
that you're not feeling very good at the
moment
that you're upset I'm angry I'm angry
and then someone might ask you what are
you angry about what are you angry about
so we're using the preposition about
with the objective angry here are some
more examples I'm angry about what you
did I'm angry about what you did and
he's angry about not being able to see
his friends he's angry about not being
able to see his friends now what we're
doing here is we're using the word can
and using then to be able okay now we're
using the gerund again he's angry about
not being able to see his friends not
being able to see his friends that one
is more of an advanced sentence the next
one is ashamed of I'm ashamed of what I
did I'm ashamed of what I did or I'm
ashamed of what the company is doing at
the moment I'm ashamed of what the
company is doing at the moment the next
one is aware of to be aware of something
now here's a good example if somebody
asks you a question like are there any
shows going on this weekend you can say
not that I'm aware of
not that I'm aware of so this not that
I'm aware of is like an expression that
we use a lot not that I'm aware of can
also use this one we're talking about
danger so if you go downtown at night be
aware of your surroundings when you go
downtown at night be aware of your
surroundings so be aware of what is
happening around you because it might be
dangerous or a doctor might say are you
aware of the side-effects if you take
this medication
are you aware of the side-effects if you
take this medication next one is good or
bad ah or fantastic at or terrible or
amazing at something here's a sentence
that I think is a great one to know try
and get good at speaking to strangers to
help you improve your English try and
get good at speaking to strangers to
help you improve your English so try and
get this is another type of collocation
that we use in English all the time try
and get try and get good at so try to
become good at speaking to strangers
here's a quick question do you feel
comfortable when you speak to strangers
in English is this something you're
comfortable with leave your comment
below
another example is I'm bad at keeping in
touch with people at the moment so again
we use in the gerund I'm bad at keeping
in touch with people at the moment and
to keep in touch with somebody means to
stay in contact with them so I'm bad at
keeping in touch with people at the
moment
another example is he's really good at
listening to people when they speak he's
really good at listening to people when
they speak which is a good skill to have
and if you come across a good teacher
you can say she's amazing at explaining
things in a simple way she's amazing at
explaining things in a simple way the
next one is certain about certain about
when you're completely sure about
something for example I've never been so
certain about something in my entire
life this is when you're really
confident about your position I've never
been so certain about something in my
entire life but somebody might ask you
are you certain about that are you
certain about that are you sure this is
true are you certain about that and you
could say I'm not completely certain
about it but let's just do it anyway I'm
not completely certain about it but
let's just do it anyway the next one is
content with for example
I'm not content with the state of our
house at the moment I'm not content with
the state of our house at the moment
it's too messy
for my liking another example is it's
Friday night you're a little bit tired
and you say to your housemate or your
wife or your husband I'm content with
staying in tonight I'm content with
staying in tonight we don't need to go
out the next one is busy with and I find
these days a lot of people say I'm so
busy at the moment I'm so busy at the
moment
but if you want to be more specific
about what you are busy with the news
with for example I'm so busy with work
right now I'm so busy with work right
now well they seem really busy with
their new restaurant at the moment they
seem really busy with their new
restaurant at the moment this is a good
one smart or stupid off smart or stupid
off for example that's not very smart of
you that's not very smart of you now
often in British English we'll say not
very we use the negative to say
that's stupid of you that is so stupid
of you but we often say that's not very
smart of you instead another example it
was stupid of him to say that it was
stupid of him to say that and how stupid
of you what were you thinking how stupid
of you what were you thinking the next
one is addicted to now listen to this I
think I am addicted to coffee I think
I'm addicted to coffee because I need
two cups of coffee just to get go in in
the morning so I think I'm addicted to
coffee
another example is kids are addicted to
screens these days they're always on
iPads and phones kids are addicted to
screens these days excited about this is
one of my favorites and I've been using
this as an example to show the
importance of learning English through
sentences so I often say things like
she's so excited about going to the
party later and that sentence can give
you so much information about English
grammar again learn English through
sentences she's so excited about going
to the party later another example is
he's not that excited about it he's not
that excited about it or he doesn't seem
that excited about it he doesn't seem
that excited about it
and to use this in the past imagine that
we had plans to go to the pool but
there's a thunderstorm I can say I was
really excited about going to the pool I
was really excited about going to the
pool the next one is sad or happy about
something
for example I'm so happy about reaching
300,000 subscribers here on YouTube I'm
so happy about reaching 300 subscribers
here on YouTube and on the other end of
the emotional spectrum I can say was so
sad about what happened we're so sad
about what happened and if you're asking
someone a question you can ask them are
you happy about your new job are you
happy about your new job the next one
teachers and parents often use with
their children disappointed with or
pleased with for example I'm really
disappointed with how you are acting at
the moment I'm really disappointed with
how you are acting at the moment now
acting in this case means something like
your behavior how you are behaving at
the moment on the other hand you might
say I'm so pleased with you I'm so
pleased with you and I often ask English
learners like yourself are you pleased
with your progress are you pleased with
your progress this year and the last one
is overwhelmed with or by so you can use
both here for example I'm overwhelmed
with all the work I have to do
right now I'm overwhelmed with all the
work I have to do right now and using
this in the past I was overwhelmed by
all the cleaning I had to do but I did
it so those are all the examples I have
for you on adjectives plus prepositions
plus Germans okay and this type of
structure is important to learn because
it's going to allow you to talk freely
when speaking with others
now speaking with is actually a verb
plus prepositional phrase we might have
a lesson on that soon but for now
definitely go to the description if you
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check out the phrases from this lesson
I'll leave some of them in the YouTube
description and go to my website to see
all the phrases if you want to get the
audio and the memory cards then join the
to fluency program and either way I just
recommend that you write down these
sentences and learn them so take some
time to repeat these sentences so that
you commit them to your memory and then
you're going to find that you can use
them in a flexible way so when you learn
things like I was excited about seeing
her then you'll be able to say I'm
excited about seeing her or I'm excited
about going there once you see these
patterns over and over again you'll be
able to use them flexibly which is where
you want to be okay if you've enjoyed
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