Nouns and Adjectives With Prepositions

1. Nouns and adjectives with prepositions

Nouns and adjectives are often followed by a preposition. Nouns take the same preposition as the adjective or verb they are related to.

 

noun

adjective / verb

kindness of

success in

 

decision on

objection to

kind of

succeed in

successful in

decide on

object to

 

2. Examples of nouns with prepositions

 

relationship with contract with agreement with

connection with damage to reply to

thanks​​ to discussion about information about

debate about admiration for punishment for

insistence on decision on advice on

attack on excuse for respect for

responsibility for increase in delay in

decrease in fall from call from

 

 

3. Examples of​​ adjectives with prepositions

 

good at bad at excellent at

married to engaged to pleased with

impressed with angry with keen on

famous for responsible for suitable for

scared of frightened of aware of

capable of sick of tired of

bored of fond of different from/to

embarrassed about successful in influential in

interested in