Common structures with adjectives

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Common structures with adjectives and nouns
Here are some lists of adjectives and nouns that you can use
w
ith -ing forms and infinitives.
Adjective + preposition + -ing form
Noun + preposition + -ing form
Noun + infinitive
ability
agreement
aim
ambition
anxiety
arrangement
attempt
choice
decision
demand
desire
determination
eagerness
failure
intention
need
offer
opportunity
plan
preparations
promise
proposal
refusal

reluctance
request
time
willingness
wish
afraid of
amazed at
angry about/at
annoyed about/at
anxious about
ashamed of
aware of
awful about/at
bad at
bored with
brilliant at/for
capable of
clever at
content with
dependent on/upon
different from/to
disappointed
about/at
excited about/at
famous for
fed up with
fond of
frightened of
good at/for
grateful for

guilty about/of
happy about/with
hopeless at
interested in
involved in
keen on
nervous about/of
pleased
about/at/with
proud of
ready for
responsible for
satisfied with
scared of
sick of
sorry for/about
successful at/in
surprised at
terrible at/for
terrified of
tired of
used to
worried about
wrong about/with
advantage of/in
aim of/in
amazement at
anger about/at
annoyance about/at
anxiety about/over

apology for
awareness of
belief in
boredom of
chance of
danger of/in
difficulty in/of/with
dream of
effect of
excitement
about/at/of
expense of/in
fear of
gratitude for
hope of
idea about/for/of
insistence on
intention of
interest in
job of
matter of
objection to
opportunity for/of
pleasure of/in
point of/in
possibility of
problem of/in
prospect of
purpose of/in
question about/of

reason for
satisfaction of/with
success in
surprise at
task of
thought of
work of
worry about
(For more information, see Test it, Fix it: Grammar Intermediate, page 57.)
(For more information, see Test it, Fix it: Grammar Intermediate, page 57.)
(For more information, see Test it, Fix it: Grammar Intermediate, page 57.)
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