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amused surprised convinced confused concerned frustrated

 

Participial adjectives are formed from verbs and are paired with prepositions.  They are used to describe people's reactions to situations.  Compare the word forms below:

 

ACTIVE VOICE  (verb) PASSIVE VOICE  (verb) PARTICIPLE  MODIFIER  (adjective)
The question surprised Pres. Bush. Pres. Bush was suprised (by the question.) Pres. Bush was surprised at/by the question.
The response confused Pres Bush. Pres. Bush was confused (by the response.) Pres. Bush was confused with  the response.
The news amused Pres bush. Pres. Bush was amused (by the news.) Pres. Bush was amused with the news.
Pres. Bush entertained the press. The Press was entertained (by Pres. Bush.) The Press was entertained by Pres. Bush
The problem concerned Pres Bush. Pres. Bush was concerned (by the problem.) Pres. bush was concerned with the situation.
The situation frustrated Pres Bush. Pres. Bush was frustrated (by the situation.) Pres. Bush was frustrated with the situation.

 

Chart of Participial Adjectives and Prepositions

All of the verbs above use 'by' in the passive voice form. These groups, or verb + preposition phrases, may vary due to dialectal variations. More than one preposition may be used with a verb.

 

PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES WITH PREPOSITIONS
ABOUT FOR OF W ITH
concerned about known for ashamed of amused with
confused about / by prepared for composed of acquainted with
excited about qualified for convinced of annoyed with
undecided about remembered for frightened of / by associated with
worried about FROM made of / from blessed with
AT divorced from scared of bored with
alarmed at / by made from / of terrified of coordinated with
amazed at / by / with protected from tired of covered with
shocked at / by IN TO crowded with
surprised at / by disappointed in / by/ with accustomed to disappointed with/in
BY dressed in addicted to endowed with
confused by engaged in committed to filled with
embarrassed by interested in connected to finished with
encouraged by involved in dedicated to frustrated with
entertained by located in devoted to furnished with
exhausted by   engaged to impressed with/by
frightened by AGAINST limited to pleased with
impressed by discriminated against married to satisfied with
overwhelmed by   opposed to  
relaxed by   related to  
terrified by      

 

 
 

Practice

 

Decide which preposition to use with each participial modifier. Select the preposition from the pull-down menu.

Note that preposition usage varies with dialectal usage.

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1.
mouse looking at cheese in mouse trap
2. disappointed man
3. muscle man
4.

couch potato

 
5.

wizard

 
6.

city

 

7.

tape

 

 
8. sea horse fish
9. kid running
10.

 

 TV reporter
11 groom carrying bride
12 old-fashioned woman
   

 

 

Related Practice:  Participle+Prep Prac  (Participial Adjective + Preposition Phrases:  known for; concerned with; accustomed to)

Related Page:   Verb + Preposition Phrases before Gerunds  |
Related Page:   Verb + Prep before Gerunds  (Verb+Preposition Phrases before Gerunds: put off doing, keep from hearing, etc.)
Related Page:    Verbs and Adjectives with Prepositions (Verb / Participle+Preposition Phrases: looking forward to seeing / interested in seeing)

 

 
 

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Julie Sevastopoulos - ESL Department - College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA