afraid, ashamed, aware
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Category: Preposition
Preposition – About
How do you use “ABOUT” effectively?
- I am not sure about the news.
- Teacher Bryan is very anxious about the results of two of his students.
- We have just started making enquiries about him.
- I have already told you what I feel about the appointment.
**A less frequent use is as a synonym of round or around: –
Example: The dog was running about the garden all day.
**About can be contrasted with on, which focuses on more specific and detailed content: –
Examples:
- He gave a lecture about Bryan Low.
- She gave a lecture on the position of English adverbs in spoken language.
Regards,
Bryan Low
(The Trainer and Founder of Mastertuition)
Prepositions – The Links
Combinations
- Prepositions readily combine with nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
- nouns
- aptitude, talent for
- belief, faith in
- evidence, hint, news, proof of
- sympathy for,with
- praise for, of
+verbs
- annoyed by (a remark)
- annoyed with (somebody)
- argue about (an issue)
- argue with (a person)
- argue for, against (a proposal)
- accede to (a request)
- account for (missing items)
- accustomed to (an activity)
- accused of (a crime)
- agree to (a proposal)
- agree with (somebody)
- believe in (a religion)
- belong to (a club)
- centre on (a topic; not around)
- comply with (rules)
- conform to (rules)
- confide in (a person)
- consist of (different parts)
- conversant with (a topic)
- depend on (somebody)
Preposition – About
1.The concert is about to start.
2.The shirt costs about ten ringgit .
3.They are talking about the incident.
6.Why are you always worried about your results?
7.The boys are complaining about the poor food.
