STOP Making THESE Common Grammar Mistakes! | Fix Your Prepositions

Hi there. This is Harry. And welcome  back to Advanced English Lessons with  

Harry and the class. Today we're going to  look at in particular at collocations for

any

English proficiency exam that you  wish to take. So we're going to look  

at adjectives and the prepositions.  And the emphasis is going to be on  

the correct preposition that we use  with each of those adjectives. So.

What I'm going to do. I'm going to go through the  list of these adjectives and their prepositions,  

and I'm going to give you an example,  and hopefully you'll get a better  

understanding as to how to use them.

Okay, so let's start.

So accustomed to. He is accustomed to  having two cups of coffee in the morning  

before he leaves for work. So accustomed to.  That's what he's used to. He's accustomed to  

having two cups of coffee in the  morning before he leaves for work.

Capable of. He's capable of so much  more. So the statement on the school  

report. Your son is really  good at maths and chemistry,  

but he's capable of so much more he needs to  imply apply himself a little better. Capable of.

Good at. He's really good at sports. He loves all  ball sports. Football, rugby, soccer, whatever it  

might be. He's really good at sports, but perhaps  not so good at something more academic. Good at.

Relevant to. This document is  relevant to the conversation  

we had yesterday. I think you'll need it.

You'll have to refer to that document  when you send the reply. It's relevant  

to meaning related or has  some connection relevant to.

Afraid of. He's afraid of his own  shadow. This is a when somebody is a  

little bit nervous and they jump, or when  something happens or they hear a noise,  

oh, don't worry, don't mind. That  dog is afraid of his own shadow.

If he hears something, he gets a little  bit nervous and he starts to bark,  

afraid of. And we can also say frightened of.  Scared of the mean exactly the same. Afraid of,  

frightened of, scared of all,  using the same preposition.

Dependent on what. He's dependent on his pension.  Now that he has retired, he's totally dependent  

on it. He has no other form or source of income,  so he's dependent on his pension to pay his rent.

He's dependent on his pension to buy his food,  

to pay for his travel. He's dependent on he relies  on that income, that pension, to live day to day.

Jealous of. He was always jealous of me when  

we were young. He was always jealous  of me because I was better at sport.

He is jealous of his friend because  his friend got a new mountain bike,  

and his bike is looking a little bit old and  shabby. Jealous of somebody because of something

Responsible to and responsible for. So  we have two prepositions here for two  

different reasons. He's responsible for the  marketing and communications and for all the.

internal communications.  He's responsible for that.

So that's what he has to do. That's his job. But  he can be responsible to the managing director. So  

he reports directly to the managing director. He  is responsible to him. That's who he reports to.  

But he is responsible for a particular  action or a particular activity.

Who is responsible for this? Says the teacher  when she looks at the broken plant on the  

floor that somebody knocked over. Who  is responsible for this? Who did this?

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Ashamed of. He's ashamed of his parents because  of their poor background. He doesn't like people  

to know that they came from a very, very  poor background, that he didn't really have,

any great wealth. In fact,  they had no car for many,  

many years. So he's ashamed of his  parents, are ashamed of his background,

Famous for. He’s famous for scoring a hat trick  in the World Cup final. Sir Geoff Hurst one of the  

all time greats of English football, in 1966,  he scored a hat trick in the World Cup final  

at the time against West Germany, now Germany,  and he went down in history as one of the most  

famous players ever so famous for famous for  scoring a hat trick. Three goals in the final.

I remember watching that when I was  only a ten year old. Yeah, famous for.

Proud of his. Proud of his nation.  He holds his passport dear to his  

heart. He's proud of being a Scotsman.  He's proud of being a Spanish person.  

He's proud of being French. So to be proud of  something, proud of somebody. Okay. Proud of

Sensitive to. He's very sensitive to criticism.  He doesn't like to be criticised openly by people  

and gets very emotional. He's sensitive  to criticism. You can be sensitive to the  

sunlight. You blink in the sun. You have to wear  dark glasses all the time. I hate sunglasses,  

I don't wear them at all. But some people, their  eyes can be very sensitive to bright lights.

Aware of. He's aware of his position. He's  aware of his weaknesses. Yes. It's always a  

good thing to be aware of your own weaknesses.  You know, we all know what our strengths are,  

but not all of us know what our weaknesses  are. So to be aware of your weaknesses means  

you can improve. You know what you have  to do to improve, to be aware of something

Full of. Well, we can be full of crap.  Yeah. So. Oh, don't listen to him. He's  

full of crap. He talks rubbish. Yeah,  or he can be full of himself. Meaning  

somebody is a bit arrogant and he's a  bit sanctimonious, and he thinks he's  

the better than everybody else. Oh, he's so  full of himself. I really hate watching him.

I really, really hate.

looking at movies with him.  He's so full of himself.

Ready to. And ready for. I'm ready to  go whenever you are. I'm ready to leave  

the minute you tell me, okay? I'm ready for  action. Yeah, let's. I'm fit. I'm healthy.  

I'm ready for action. When are we going  to go and climb that mountain? Let's go.

I'm ready for it. I'm ready to do  whatever you want. So ready to do  

something. Ready for a particular line of action.

And then finally, typical of. Wow. Of course,  that's typical of him. Whenever you need him,  

he's never there. Oh, yeah. I'll come and  help you. Yeah, I'll be there. Just give  

me a call. Send him a text messages. Oh,  look, I'm busy today, so that's typical  

of him. Meaning you really can't rely on him  or her. Typical of that particular person.

Okay, so there's a list of our adjectives and the  prepositions. Let me go through them once more,  

accustomed to capable of good at,  relevant to, afraid of, dependent on,  

jealous of. Responsible to or for, ashamed  of. Famous for. Proud of. Sensitive to.  

Aware of. Full of. Ready to or ready for  something. And then. Typical off. So.

are collocations or for those proficiency  exams that you might like to do.

And it's really important to understand what  the adjective means. But more important and  

as important to understand and remember  the preposition that goes with each of  

those adjectives. So practice them where you  can. If you have any problems, check them out  

one of your grammar books or come back to me.  I'll be happy to help you. And on that point

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