English Word Skills Exercises for A1 – Adjective + preposition

1. Choose the correct prepositions.

1) popular towith

2) bad onfor

3) responsible forabout

4) keen onwith

5) used aboutto

6) worried aboutwith

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1) with   2) for   3) for   4) on   5) to   6) about

2. Complete the text with the adjectives and prepositions in exercise 1.

Advertising IN SCHOOLS

A lot of parents and teachers are 1) _____ advertising in schools. Some food companies put up posters in schools and give leaflets to the students. Some companies give sports equipment to schools if students buy a lot of chocolate bars or crisps. Of course, a lot of students are 2) _____ these snacks and are happy to buy them. In some schools there are vending machines. These machines sell drinks and snacks that are 3) _____ teenagers – they love them! But the drinks and food are also 4) _____ your health, and some people say they are 5) _____ obesity in children. Other people say that students are 6) _____ advertisements and the students don’t buy more snacks and drinks because of them.

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1) worried about   2) keen on   3) popular with

4) bad for   5) responsible for   6 used to

3. Complete the sentences with the adjectives below.

bad      disappointed      full      good      kind

1) Fruit and vegetables are ____________ for your health.

2) I’m good at science, but ____________ at art and music.

3) These snacks are ____________ of sugar and salt.

4) Always try to be ____________ to other people.

5) I’m very ____________ with exam results.

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1) good   2) bad   3) full   4) kind   5) disappointed

4. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.

at      for      in      of (x2)

1) Are you interested ____________ art and photography?

2) Josh is afraid ____________ spiders! He hates them!

3) France is famous ____________ its cheese and wine.

4) Thank you for your help. It’s very kind ____________ you.

5) I like maths, but I’m not very good ____________ it.

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1) in   2) of   3) for   4) of   5) at

VOCAB BOOST!

When you record new adjectives, record any prepositions that go with them. You can find this information in a dictionary, often in the example sentences.

5. Read the Vocab boost! box. Then look at the dictionary entries below and note down the prepositions that go with these adjectives.

1) proud __________

2) late __________

3) similar __________

4) excited __________

5) bored __________

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1) of   2) for   3) to   4) about  5) with

6. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1) We were very disappointed __________ our meal. The food was terrible!

2) little sister is afraid __________ the dark, so she sleeps with a light on.

3) They live in Mexico, so they’re used __________ hot, spicy food.

4) Some doctors say that eating a lot of meat is bad __________ you.

5) It’s very kind __________ you to invite us for dinner.

6) Many people think fizzy drinks are responsible __________ the obesity problem.

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1) with  2) of  3) to  4) for  5) of 6) for

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