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Afraid of

good at .

Etc.

Preposition + -ing (good at ing etc.)

A. afraid of . / good at etc. (adjective + preposition)

Afraid of
Angry with somebody
Angry about something

Different from
Fed up with

Full of .
Good at / bad at

Interested in
Married to .
Nice / kind / of somebody to
(be) nice / kind to (somebody)
Sorry about (something)
Sorry for (doing something)

Are you afraid of dogs?

Why are you angry whit me? What have I done?
Are you angry about last night? (=Something that
happened last night)
Ann is very different from her sister.
Im fed up with my job. I want to do something
different. (=Ive had enough of my job)
The room was full of people.
Are you good at maths?
Tina is very bad at writing letters.
Im not interested in sport.
Sue is married to a dentist. (=her husband is a
dentist)
It was kind of you to help us. Thank you very
much.
David is very friendly. Hes always very nice to
me.
Im afraid I cant help ypu. Im sorry about that.
Im sorry for not phoning you yesterday. (or Im

B. Preposition + -ing
After a preposition (at/with/ for etc.), a verb ends in ing:
Im not very
good at
Areday
you fed up
every
with
Im sorry for
Mark is thinking
of

didnt say goodbye)

telling
doing

stories.
the same thing

not phoning
buying
saying

you yesterday
a new car
goodbye (=he