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Lesson Plan November 28, 2025

Topic: Adjectives & Prepositions

In this lesson we will look at a number of common adjectives with prepositions.

Section A: Introduction

• Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. They often indicate location or direction.

  • For example “The cat is under the table”, the preposition ‘under’ is indicating where the cat is located in relation to the table.

• Other common prepositions include on, in, above, below, beside and with. They help to show the position of things and give more details about the sentence. When prepositions are used in a sentence, ti creates phrases that usually help us to understand the context better.

• Adjectives are words that describe a noun or pronoun. They help to give more information about the noun or pronoun.

  • For example “The red apple is juicy”, the adjective ‘red’ describes the noun ‘apple’ and the adjective ‘juicy’ describes the same noun ‘apple’ as well.

• Adjectives can be used to describe different qualities, shapes, sizes and colours of things, including people and places. They make the sentences more interesting and give more details

Section B: About, At, By, For

• About

  • angry / annoyed / furious

    • Joe was really angry about losing the race

  • worried / upset

    • I was very upset about the result of the baseball game.

  • happy / excited

    • I’m quite excited about the coming holidays.

• At

  • good / great / excellent / amazing

    • Paul is really good at playing tennis.

  • bad / terrible / hopeless

    • I’m terrible at skiing.

• By or At

  • amazed / surprised / astonished / shokced

    • Everybody was amazed by their team’s performance.

    • Everybody was amazed at their team’s performance.

• For

  • famous / well-known

    • This restaurant is famous for its sushi.

  • responsible

    • On weekends, my husband is responsible for making lunch.

  • Sorry

    • We are all sorry for your loss.

• NOTES

  • After and adjective + preposition, we can have a noun or verb+-ing

  • We can include an object before the verb+-ing, for example: “She was upset about me arriving late.”

Section C: Of, On, To, With

• Of

  • nice / kind / generous / sensible

    • Carla let me stay at her place. That was very kind of her.

  • mean / rude / stupid / silly

    • It was very mean of you to throw that book at him.

  • proud / ashamed / jealous / aware / capable / fond / tired

    • Cheryl was very proud of her language learning progress.

  • short / full

    • I’m a bit short of cash at the moment. Can I borrow ¥2000?

• On

  • keen

    • We stayed at home because Jack wasn’t very keen on going out in the rain.

• To

  • married / engaged

    • They were married to each other for 15 years before they divorced.

  • nice / kind / generous

    • Our host was very generous to us while we were his guests.

  • similar / different

    • This painting is very similar to that one over there.

  • mean / rude / impolite / unpleasant

    • There was no need to be so rude to the waitress. You should apologize to her.

• With

  • angry / furious

    • Jill was furious with Jack for his horrible behaviour.

  • delighted / pleased / satisfied / happy

    • Are you happy with how the room looks now?