Question

I'm afraid ____ dogs. When I was a child I was scared by a big dog. at on For the test sentence ‘I'm afraid ____ dogs.’ we need to choose a preposition after the adjective ‘afraid’ that means ‘feeling fear, or feeling worry about the possible results of a particular situation’. In accordance with dictionaries, we can use two prepositions after the adjective ‘afraid’:(1) of (She’s always been afraid of spiders.; I’m afraid of being lost.) and (2) for (He was afraid for his children. = He believed that they might be hurt, that they were in danger.; Many of us are afraid for our jobs.). We could use the answer 'for' in the context when some person believes that some dogs are in danger – maybe somebody wants to hurt them.

Accepted Answer

for of c

Question	I'm afraid ____ dogs. When I was a child I was scared by a big dog.
A	for
B	at
C	of
D	on
Answer	c
Remark	For the test sentence ‘I'm afraid ____ dogs.’ we need to choose a preposition after the adjective ‘afraid’ that means ‘feeling fear, or feeling worry about the possible results of a particular situation’. In accordance with dictionaries, we can use two prepositions after the adjective ‘afraid’:(1) of (She’s always been afraid of spiders.; I’m afraid of being lost.) and (2) for (He was afraid for his children. = He believed that they might be hurt, that they were in danger.; Many of us are afraid for our jobs.). We could use the answer 'for' in the context when some person believes that some dogs are in danger – maybe somebody wants to hurt them.

Afraid I Adjective Dogs Child Scared Big C