Prepositions usually appear after adjectives to help the adjective to describe ideas or emotions. The preposition is typically followed by a noun or gerund to form a prepositional phrase.
1. Adjective + about – this pair expresses feelings caused by specific situations or events.
Examples:
- angry about
She is angry about the noise from the neighbours.
- furious about
The man was furious about waiting in the rain all night.
- mad about
The preposition is the word that makes a connection between a noun or pronoun to other part of the sentence, or a noun phrase to other part of the sentence.
On, at, and in are the main prepositions to indicate position, time and states.
Preposition on:
1. refers a surface of something
2. specifies days and dates
3. refers TV or other devices, phones, machines…
4. refers the parts of the body
5. to refer a state.
1. On - for a surface of something – I put all my books on the desk.
I have an apple on my table.
The notebook is on my chair.
2. On – for days and dates - We will do it on Friday.
I was born on 5th February.
The private teacher comes on Wednesdays.
The building was constructed on the 15th day of February in 1968.
3. On – for TV or other machines like phone or computer...
Mother is on the phone right now.
The talk-show is on TV now.
My son has been on the computer since 7 o’clock in the morning.
Our favourite team match will be on TV tonight. I saw it on BBC.
Some verbs need a preposition before the object of the verb. Prepositions after verbs are called dependent prepositions and they are followed by a noun or gerund.
Attention! The preposition doesn't change the meaning of the verb. These verbs with prepositions are not phrasal verbs!
The most usual verbs with prepositions are:
- Verbs + about:
- care about
He really cares about me.
- complain about
My mother complained about me to my father.
- hear about
Did you hear about Jane’s accident?
About înseamnă:
- „despre” (‘on the subject of’, ‘concerning of’).
- This book is about love.
- I care about my students.
- She cares about her family.
- a) „aproximativ” (‘approximately').
- I have about 100 euro in my wallet.
- I have about 2 miles to get there.
b) o estimare ”în mare” (rough estimate)
- There are about 15 children in the class.
- It was about 8 o’clock.
- My teacher is about fifty years old.
