This flashcard advises that prepositions 'about' or 'for' are used after the adjective 'sorry', and 'for' is appropriate with 'Mike'.
Tämä muistilappu neuvoo, että adjektiivin "sorry" jälkeen käytetään prepositioita "about" tai "for", ja "Mike":lle sopiva on "for".
| Task | Jane feels sorry ____ Mike. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 4 |
| a | at |
| b | of |
| c | to |
| d | for |
| comment | For the test sentence ‘Jane feels sorry ____ Mike.’ we need to choose a preposition after the adjective ‘sorry’ that means ‘feeling sadness, sympathy, or disappointment, especially because something unpleasant has happened or been done’.We can use two prepositions after the adjective ‘sorry’: (1) ‘about’ (I’m sorry about the mess in the bedroom.); (2) ‘for’ (I feel sorry for her kids.; I’m sorry for disturbing you.; They were sorry for what they had done.).Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 4 (for). |
| topic | adjective pluse preposition |
| level | 1 |
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