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You are being cruel to me.

You will have a life full of happiness.

The adjectives famous, frightened, cruel and full are used with prepositions for, of, to
and of, respectively.

The table below shows some adjectives that are used with prepositions.

adjective preposition example

afraid

jealous
of We should not be jealous of successful people.
tired
full

kind

cruel The king scolded the minister who was cruel to
to
similar the servant.

thankful

angry Grandfather was angry with the cat for breaking the
with
happy jar.

famous
for ‘Who is responsible for this mess?’ asked my aunt.
responsible

good

bad at We are surprised at Manoj’s ability to write poems.
surprised

different
from Keep your textbooks separate from the storybooks.
separate

C1. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with appropriate combina ons
of adjec ves and preposi ons given in the box below. Take the help of the
clues given in brackets. Refer to the table above if you have a doubt.

1. Some people are cockroaches. (fear)

2. We should be animals. (caring)

3. The auditorium was people. (filled)

4. Roshan’s way of walking is that of his cousin. (alike)

5. Seema was the policeman who took her home. (grateful)
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