Question | My parents were angry _____ me _____ failing the exam. |
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A | about/for |
B | on/about |
C | with/for |
D | at/in |
Answer | c |
Remark | For the test sentence ‘My parents were angry _____ me _____ failing the exam.’ we need to put two prepositions after the adjective ‘angry’ that means ‘very annoyed’. We can use four prepositions after the adjective ‘angry’: about, at, over and with.But the combination ‘angry + about/at/over’ is used when we talk about things: He is very angry about this dish.; They feel angry over the situation.And the combination ‘angry + with/at’ is used when we talk about people: Why are you angry with her?.; I was angry at him for forgetting my birthday.The first preposition that we need to choose for the test sentence refers to the person: ‘My parents were angry _____ me…’. Therefore, we should choose the ANSWERS where the first preposition is either ‘with’ or ‘at’. In this case, we can choose ANSWER 3 (with/) and ANSWER 4 (at/). But we also need to choose the right second preposition for the test sentence: ‘My parents were angry with/at me _____ failing the exam.’ In this case the fixed phrases are used: angry with/at somebody about/for something. Therefore,among the test variants we can choose only ANSWER 3: with/for. |
Tags: adjective_plus_preposition
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