This module covers adjective-preposition collocations, showing that the adjective 'nervous' can be followed by 'about', 'of', or 'for'.
Este módulo cubre la colocalización de adjetivos y preposiciones, mostrando que el adjetivo 'nervous' puede ir seguido de 'about', 'of', o 'for'.
Task | I'm very nervous _______ the competition. |
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Answer | 4 |
a | in |
b | at |
c | by |
d | about |
comment | We can use three prepositions after the adjective ‘nervous’: (1) ‘about’ (Her father was nervous about her walking home so late.); (2) ‘of’ (My wife has always been a little nervous of change.) and (3) ‘for’ - the same as nervous about (I’m so nervous for Monday’s exam!). |
topic | adjective pluse preposition |
level | 1 |
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