W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

e.g.
I’m not very keen on fried food.
married to
 e.g.
ellen is married to Jack.
angry, annoyed, pleased, bored with 
e.g.
We are bored with this film.
Be careful! many adjectives have different meanings with different 
prepositions.
1. 
Ask students to underline the correct preposition.
answers: 
a) brazil is famous 
for/in
its beautiful beaches.
b) I’m not very good 
for/
at
 
maths.
c) Marjona is afraid 
of
/
for
mice.
d) My teacher was very pleased 
with/
to
me.
e) Hikoyat was very excited 
for/
about
 
her prize.
f) Peter isn’t very keen 
on
/for
playing golf.
g) My town is famous 
for
/with
its soap factory.

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Teacher’s book
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h) Why are you so angry 
for/
with
me?
i) is your brother interested 
in
/to
football?
2. 
tell students to write one word in each space.
answers: 
a) Are you
 ready 
for learning cricket.
b) stop shouting! Why are you 
angry
with me?
c) Jurabek’s school bag is 
full
of dirty pieces of paper.
d) I’m tired of doing the same old things every day.
e) Diana is 
good
at physics and always gets top marks.
f) Paul has decided to get married to the girl next door.
g) You were 
right
about my wallet. it was on my desk, as you said.
h) Lots of people i know are