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Unit afraid of..., good at... etc.<br />
112 of/ at/ for etc. (prepositions) + -ing<br />
A afraid of... / good at... etc. (a d ject ive + p rep o sitio n )<br />
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afraid of... / scared of...<br />
angry with so m ebody<br />
angry about som ething<br />
different from ...<br />
or different to ...<br />
fed up with ...<br />
full of<br />
good at...<br />
interested in ...<br />
married to ...<br />
nice/kind of so m ebody to ...<br />
be nice/kind to som eb ody<br />
O Are you afraid of dogs?<br />
O W h y are you angry with me? W hat have I done?<br />
O Are you angry about last night? (= som ething that<br />
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happened last night)<br />
Lisa is very different from (o r to) her sister.<br />
I'm fed up with m y job. I w ant to do som ething different.<br />
(= I've had enough o f m y jo b )<br />
O The room was full of people.<br />
O Are you good at maths?<br />
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I'm not interested in sport.<br />
O Sue is married to a dentist. (= her husband is a dentist)<br />
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It was kind of you to help us. Thank you very m uch.<br />
David is very friendly. He's always very nice to me.<br />
sorry about a situation<br />
sorry for/about doing som ething<br />
be/ feel sorry for so m ebody<br />
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I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm sorry about that.<br />
I'm sorry for/about not phoning you yesterday.<br />
(o r I'm sorry I didn't pho ne yo u)<br />
I feel sorry for them . They are in a very d ifficult situation.<br />
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of/at/for (etc.) + -ing<br />
After a preposition (of/at/for etc.), a verb ends in -ing:<br />
I'm not very good at telling stories.<br />
Are you fed up with doing the sam e thing every day?<br />
I'm so rry for not phoning you yesterday.<br />
Thank you for helping me.<br />
M ark is thinking of buying a new car.<br />
Tom left without saying goodbye. (= he didn't say goodbye)<br />
After doing the shopping, they w ent hom e.<br />
234 ( before/ after -ing ^ Unit 105 think about/ of-» Unit 113<br />
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