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ARI ÖNOKUL – ARI İLKOKULU – ARI ORTAOKULU – ARI ANADOLU LİSESİ (IBDP) – ARI FEN LİSESİ
 PARTICIPLE ADJECTIVES
and
DEPENDENT PREPOSITIONS
Participle adjective + preposition can express our feelings about
actions or events. 

E.g:
bored interested frightened impressed

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• Participle adjectives are usually followed by specific
prepositions.

E.g:
bored with interested in
frightened of impressed by

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• Some participle adjectives can pair with more than one
preposition with a change in meaning.
E.g:
She is concerned about how little food I eat. (=worried about
something)

He was genuinely concerned for the children. (=caring about

someone and whether they are happy and healthy)

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• Participle adjectives + prepositions can be followed by:
 a noun phrase
My grandmother seemed to be highly amused by my
remarks.
 an –ing clause
Sheila’s interested in starting her own business.
 a wh- clause 
I felt embarrassed about how untidy the house was.

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Here are some extra examples of participle adjectives followed
by prepositions
• amazed at/by sth
• annoyed at/ with sb
• annoyed about/by sth
• bewildered by sth
• confused about sth
• disappointed at/with/about/by sth
• disappointed in sb
• excited about sth
• gratified by sth
• surprised at/by sth
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