Tính từ + giới từ (Adjective + Preposition)
Nhiều tính từ trong tiếng Anh đi kèm với các giới từ cố định. Dưới đây là các cấu trúc phổ biến:
- afraid of / scared of (sợ): Are you afraid of dogs?
- angry with somebody (tức giận với ai): Why are you angry with me?
- angry about something (tức giận về việc gì): Are you angry about last night?
- different from / different to (khác với): Lisa is very different from her sister.
- fed up with (chán ngấy): I'm fed up with my job.
- full of (đầy): The room was full of people.
- good at (giỏi về): Are you good at maths?
- interested in (quan tâm đến): I'm not interested in sport.
- married to (kết hôn với): Sue is married to a dentist.
- nice/kind of somebody to do something (tử tế khi làm gì): It was kind of you to help us.
- nice/kind to somebody (tử tế với ai): He's always very nice to me.
- sorry about a situation (xin lỗi về tình huống): I'm sorry about that.
- sorry for/about doing something (xin lỗi vì đã làm gì): I'm sorry for not phoning you.
- feel sorry for somebody (cảm thấy thương hại ai): I feel sorry for them.