Unit 105: preposition + -ing (good at -ing etc.)

Master adjective + preposition + gerund

A. adjective + preposition

Afraid of dogs

afraid of ...

Good at maths

good at ... / bad at ...

• Are you afraid of dogs?
• Why are you angry with me? What have I done?
• Are you angry about last night? (= something that happened last night)
• Ann is very different from her sister.
• I'm fed up with my job. I want to do something different. (= I've had enough of my job)
• The room was full of people.
• Are you good at maths?
• Tina is very bad at writing letters.
• I'm not interested in sport.
• Sue is married to a dentist. (= her husband is a dentist)
• It was kind of you to help us. Thank you very much.
• David is very friendly. He's always very nice to me.
• I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm sorry about that.
• I'm sorry for not phoning you yesterday. (or I'm sorry I didn't phone you)

B. preposition + -ing

After a preposition (at / with / for etc.), a verb ends in -ing:

• I'm not very good at telling stories.
• Are you fed up with doing the same thing every day?
• I'm sorry for not phoning you yesterday.
• Mark is thinking of buying a new car.
• Tom left without saying goodbye. (= he didn't say goodbye)
• After doing the shopping, they went home.

adjective + preposition

afraid of dogs
angry with me
angry about last night
different from her sister
fed up with my job
full of people
good at maths
bad at writing letters
interested in sport
married to a dentist
kind of you
nice to me
sorry about that
sorry for not phoning

preposition + -ing

good at telling stories
fed up with doing the same thing
sorry for not phoning you
thinking of buying a new car
left without saying goodbye
after doing the shopping

105.1 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with a preposition (of/in etc.).

Dog

1

Science

2

Footballer

3

Languages

4

Weather

5

Help

6

  1. He's afraid of dogs.
  2. She's interested science.
  3. She's married a footballer.
  4. She's very good languages.
  5. He's fed up the weather.
  6. 'Can I help you?' 'Oh, that's very kind you.'

105.2 Put in the right preposition (of/in/with etc.).

  1. I'm not interested in sport.
  2. I'm not very good sport.
  3. I like Sarah. She's always very kind me.
  4. I'm sorry the accident.
  5. He's very brave. He isn't afraid anything.
  6. It was very nice Julia to let us stay in her flat.
  7. Life today is very different life 50 years ago.
  8. Are you interested politics?
  9. Some people are afraid spiders.
  10. Chris was angry what happened.
  11. These boxes are very heavy. They are full books.
  12. I'm sorry getting angry you yesterday.

105.3 Complete the sentences.

  1. I'm not very good at telling stories. (good / tell)
  2. I wanted to go to the cinema but Paula wasn't . (interested / go)
  3. Sue isn't very up in the morning. (good / get)
  4. Let's go! I'm . (fed up / wait)
  5. I'm you up in the middle of the night. (sorry / wake)

105.4 Complete the sentences. Use without -ing.

  1. Tom left without saying goodbye.
  2. Sue walked past me .
  3. Don't do anything me first.
  4. I went out the door.

105.5 Write sentences about yourself. Use the words in brackets ( ... ).

  1. (interested) I'm interested in sport.
  2. (afraid) .
  3. (not very good) .
  4. (not interested) .
  5. (fed up) .
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Interactive English Grammar • Unit 105 • Page 218-219