Master English ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS

0:00 This is a combined grammar and vocabulary lesson, okay?

0:05 In this lesson, we're going to focus on ten

0:08 adjectives and the prepositions that go with them,

0:12 but along with those ten, you'll get 25 for free, okay?

0:17 What do I mean by that?

0:19 I mean that along with the ten adjective and preposition combinations,

0:24 you'll get other expressions and vocabulary words that we

0:28 can use in exactly the same way, okay?

0:31 So let's see how to do that.

0:33 And also, whether you're a beginner or a little more advanced,

0:37 you'll still find this lesson useful because

0:40 we'll take the basic expression and then we'll

0:43 give you lots of other more advanced expressions

0:45 and vocabulary which you can also use, okay?

0:49 So let's get started.

0:51 So here's the first expression.

0:53 Now, I haven't put in all the answers.

0:55 You're going to help me with that, right?

0:57 Okay?

0:58 So you have to tell me which preposition goes with these adjectives, okay?

1:04 Here's the first one.

1:05 That's very nice _______ you.

1:09 Now, when we say "preposition", we need a preposition here.

1:14 We mean a word like "in", "at", "on", "of", "with", etc., okay?

1:20 Those are those little words that are called prepositions.

1:24 So what's the expression here?

1:26 What's the correct preposition that's missing?

1:29 That's very nice _______ you.

1:33 Do you know it?

1:36 So we should say "That's very nice of you." That's very nice of you, okay?

1:44 It's a very nice thing to say to someone.

1:48 But you can also say "That's very kind

1:51 of you." That's very thoughtful of you, okay?

1:56 I mean, somebody who has really done something very kind and put

1:59 in a lot of thought and doing something very nice for you, okay?

2:03 It's very thoughtful of you.

2:06 That's very generous of you, okay?

2:09 Generous is somebody who maybe spends a lot

2:11 of money or shares a lot of whatever they have.

2:15 It doesn't have to be money.

2:16 It could be their time,

2:18 it could be their experience, it could be something else.

2:21 Or "That's very sweet of you", okay?

2:24 A lot of people say that too, especially,

2:27 you know, between women, they say that a lot.

2:29 That's very sweet of you.

2:31 That's very nice of you, that's very kind of you, okay?

2:34 So, say that out loud as I'm going through them,

2:37 and that way you will get more comfortable with using it in real life, alright?

2:43 And also, you'll get the pronunciation right.

2:47 The more you use it, the easier it will be for you.

2:51 Next, let's go to number two.

2:54 He's worried something the test.

2:57 What's the missing preposition?

3:00 He's worried about.

3:07 He's worried about the test.

3:09 That's the correct preposition to use with "worried".

3:13 So, we could also say, say it with me, he's nervous about the test.

3:20 He's anxious about the test.

3:25 He's stressed about the test.

3:29 He's upset about the test.

3:33 Okay?

3:34 So, these are other words similar in meaning, not exactly the same.

3:39 Nervous means you're, you know, what you feel before a test,

3:43 a little bit scared, and so on.

3:45 Anxious is similar to nervous, okay?

3:48 Stressed is you're really kind of, like, freaking out because you're so worried,

3:53 and upset just means you're not very happy about something, okay?

3:57 Alright.

3:58 So, that was "worried about".

4:00 The first one was "nice of".

4:03 Okay, number three.

4:07 She's good _____ math.

4:12 What's the preposition we need there?

4:14 She's good at math.

4:19 Okay?

4:19 So, in English, we say somebody is good at something.

4:23 We can also say somebody is bad at something.

4:27 Okay?

4:28 So, here are some other vocabulary words you could use in the same way.

4:34 You say them with me.

4:36 She's excellent at math.

4:40 She's skilled at math.

4:44 She's bad at math.

4:47 Or she's terrible at math.

4:50 "Terrible", of course, meaning very bad.

4:53 And "excellent", of course, meaning very good.

4:56 Okay?

4:57 So, by learning this one expression, "She's good at math",

5:01 you can also learn lots of other expressions.

5:04 And choose the one which seems, like, more natural for you.

5:09 Try to learn one or two from each set, here.

5:12 Okay?

5:13 Number four.

5:15 I'm happy _____ the news.

5:20 Which preposition do we need here?

5:22 I'm happy about, okay?

5:30 I'm happy about the news.

5:33 Or, I'm excited about the news.

5:36 Or, I'm sad about the news.

5:40 Or, I'm depressed about the news.

5:44 Okay?

5:45 Now, "sad" and "depressed" are, of course,

5:47 negative; "happy" and "excited" are, of course, positive.

5:51 "Sad" is the opposite of "happy", and "depressed" just means very, very sad.

5:58 Okay?

5:58 Okay?

5:59 And "excited" means very, very happy.

6:02 Okay?

6:02 But what's important is the preposition also that we use after these adjectives.

6:08 So, say it along with me.

6:11 Happy about, excited about, sad about, depressed about.

6:20 Okay?

6:22 Good.

6:23 Let's do number five.

6:24 "He's afraid _______ spiders." What do we need there?

6:31 "He's afraid _______ off." Okay?

6:36 So, in English, we say "to be afraid of something".

6:39 In some other languages, there are other prepositions in all of these cases,

6:44 especially this one, but so be careful.

6:47 Now, we can also use some other vocabulary words which are similar in meaning.

6:52 So, instead of saying "He's afraid of spiders",

6:57 we could say "He's scared of spiders",

7:01 "He's frightened of spiders", "He's terrified of spiders".

7:09 "Terrified" means very, very frightened; very, very scared.

7:14 Okay?

7:14 Very, very afraid.

7:16 Okay?

7:17 So, "afraid of", "happy about",

7:21 "good at", "bad at", "worried about", and "nice of".

7:29 Those were the first five,

7:30 and now we're going to do five more with lots of other vocabulary words.

7:35 Okay, so let's do number six.

7:37 "This restaurant is famous _______ its

7:42 pizza." What's the preposition that we need?

7:46 "This restaurant is famous for its pizza." Okay?

7:55 Famous for something.

7:58 Or you could also say "This restaurant is well known for its pizza."

8:06 Or you can also just say "This restaurant is known for its pizza." Okay?

8:12 Now, you can talk about a place like this, or you could also say a person.

8:18 Okay?

8:18 "This person is famous for his acting",

8:21 or "She is famous for her singing." All right?

8:25 So, it's not just places that we talk about, but also people.

8:30 Number seven.

8:32 "She's married _______ my friend." A lot of people

8:38 around the world make a mistake with this one.

8:41 Do you know it?

8:42 "She's married _______ to my friend." Okay?

8:48 Not with "to".

8:50 "She's married to my friend", or "She's engaged to".

8:56 To be engaged means to be...

9:01 To have a plan to marry someone.

9:03 Okay?

9:03 These two people have a plan to marry each other.

9:06 They are engaged.

9:08 And then at a later point, they get married.

9:11 All right.

9:13 Number eight.

9:14 "I'm interested _______ history." Okay?

9:20 "I'm interested _______ history." So, which preposition do we need there?

9:26 "I'm interested _______ in." Okay?

9:32 Again, this is a really common mistake.

9:36 It must be because the preposition used

9:40 in different languages is obviously not "in", so

9:43 be careful if your native language is

9:45 one of those which has a different preposition.

9:48 This is...

9:49 I see this mistake all the time in writing, in speaking with my students.

9:53 Okay?

9:54 So, be careful of that one especially.

9:56 All right.

9:57 Let's look at number nine.

9:59 "He's jealous _______ their success." What does it mean to be jealous?

10:06 Well, somebody has something and someone

10:09 doesn't feel happy that somebody has something.

10:12 It could be a person, it could be a thing,

10:15 it could be something that they have achieved

10:17 and it's a sort of a bad, negative feeling.

10:20 You don't want them to have that.

10:23 "He's jealous _______ their success." "He's jealous _______." Okay?

10:31 "He's jealous of their success." You could also say,

10:36 "He's envious of their success." So,

10:38 "jealous" is kind of a negative word for that emotion

10:42 of not being happy about something that somebody else has,

10:46 and "envious" is like it's more positive cousin.

10:50 Okay?

10:51 And "envious" is like you wish you had that, but you

10:55 don't sort of feel bad that the other person has it.

10:58 Okay?

10:59 So, "he's envious of", in terms of the preposition, it's the same preposition.

11:04 And this is another word, it has a different meaning.

11:08 "He's suspicious of their success." "He wonders how they became successful.

11:13 Did they do something illegal?

11:16 Did they do something immoral?" "He's suspicious." He's not

11:20 feeling very secure about it or very sure about it.

11:24 Okay?

11:24 But again, "suspicious of".

11:29 Number ten.

11:30 There are two options here, depending on what we are trying to say.

11:34 Okay?

11:35 "They're angry _______ the noise." So, which preposition do we need there?

11:42 "They're angry about", okay?

11:48 "They're angry about the noise", we'll come back to this.

11:52 "But here, they're angry _______ John." So,

11:59 here, we say "They're angry at John." Okay?

12:05 So, it's like this.

12:06 "You're angry at someone, but you're angry about something." Okay?

12:15 "They're angry about the noise.

12:17 They're angry about the delay.

12:19 They're angry about the cancellation." Okay?

12:22 So, here are some other vocabulary words you can use,

12:26 other adjectives instead of "angry".

12:29 You could say "They're mad at", "mad" is a little more casual, more informal.

12:36 And you could also say "They're furious about the noise".

12:39 What does "furious" mean?

12:42 "Furious" means very, very angry.

12:45 Okay?

12:45 So, it's angry at a high level.

12:48 "Furious".

12:49 Okay?

12:50 Again, "furious about".

12:52 And again, here, "They're",

12:54 you could also say "They're mad at John", "They're furious at John".

12:59 Okay?

13:00 But here, "angry at someone", "angry about something".

13:05 All right?

13:06 And here, "jealous of", "interested in", "married to", and "famous for".

13:14 All right?

13:15 So, this is obviously an area with prepositions.

13:17 It's very easy to get confused because, as I said, in native...

13:22 Your native languages probably,

13:24 there are different prepositions, or sometimes no prepositions.

13:28 And in this case, these are the ones we need.

13:31 Okay?

13:31 So, the best way to master this is with a lot of practice.

13:34 So, the first thing you could do to help you

13:37 to remember these really well is go to our website at www.engvid.com.

13:43 There you can do a quiz on all of these and just really practice them.

13:47 Okay?

13:48 You can also just try to review them during the week;

13:51 it's not always enough to just sort of learn them once.

13:54 You need to use them, you need to practice them.

13:56 Put them somewhere so that you can see them more often and use them.

14:00 Put it on your fridge, put it on your bathroom mirror, put it anywhere.

14:04 Okay?

14:04 Somewhere you'll see it and use it.

14:07 All right?

14:08 Sometimes...

14:08 I remember once I heard it said...

14:10 There was an expression and it said "use it" or "lose it", so don't do that.

14:14 Okay?

14:15 Use it and keep it.

14:17 All right.

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14:28 And with all that, I wish you lots of luck and lots of happy learning.

14:34 Enjoy yourself while you're learning.

14:36 Okay?

14:36 The prepositions don't have to make you feel sad;

14:39 they can make you feel happy once you get them.

14:42 Okay?

14:42 All the best with your English.

14:44 Bye for now.

14:45 Bye.