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Angry Choose Parents Test Preposition Failing Adjective Answer

When expressing anger, 'with' or 'at' is used for people, and 'about' or 'for' is used for the reason. The correct prepositions for the sentence are 'with' and 'for'.

The adjective 'angry' is followed by different prepositions when referring to people versus things. 'Angry with/at' is used for people, and 'about/for' is used for things or reasons. The sentence 'My parents were angry _____ me _____ failing the exam' correctly uses 'with' for the person and 'for' for the reason.

Task My parents were angry _____ me _____ failing the exam.
Answer 3
a about/for
b on/about
c with/for
d at/in
comment 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.
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