Express FEELINGS and EMOTION using adjectives and prepositions - Learn English

In this English lesson, you will learn how to use adjectives with the prepositions "ABOUT" and "OF" in order to express feelings and emotions.
At the end of the video, there is an exercise with 5 questions.
Quick revision:
We can use certain adjectives with certain prepositions to make a phrase or sentence.
An adjective modifies a noun.
A preposition is a small word that comes before a noun phrase.
This lesson was presented by Andrew, a qualified native British English teacher with over 15 years experience of teaching English.
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I'm excited about getting back to school I'm sad about not meeting my teachers face to face. I'm afraid of going back to lockdown. I'm proud of daddy my hero.

[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

Excellent. Your sentences are all correct. :) Andrew

[@teacherjen805]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video! You are an amazing teacher. 🤗

[@positivemind5424]

# We use certain Adjectives with the preposition 'About' to express feelings: Structure: Adjective + About + Noun phrase [certain Adjectives: Excited, Happy, Nervous, Sad, Stressed, Worried, ...] Example:1. He is excited about going to London. 2. They are happy about the goal. 3. She is nervous about the exam. 4.She is sad about the death of her father. 5. She is stressed about the job interview. 6.I am worried about the economy. **The noun phrase that we write down after the preposition 'About' gives us the reason for these feeling. Means why are we Excited/Happy/Nervous/Sad/Stressed/Worried? ** # We can use certain Adjectives with the preposition 'Of' to express feelings: Structure: Adjective + Of + Noun phrase [Certain Adjectives: Afraid, Frightened, scared, proud, ...] Ex: 1. I am afraid of the dark. 2. Mark is frightened of dogs. 3.She is not frightened of heights. ( Afraid, Frightened and Scared have the similar meanings) 4.He is proud of his exam result. 5. My father is proud of me. ** Even here the noun/noun phrase that we put after the preposition 'Of' gives us the reason for these feelings. Means why someone is Afraid/Frightened/Scared/Proud or for whom someone is proud **

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I am proud of my progress in English.. thank you!

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1. Iam excited about learning english with you Andrew you are amazing 2.Iam sad about poor children 3.Iam afraid of corona covid 19 4. Iam proud of myself Please teacher i have a question dir you iam confused about s apostrophe why we don 't say exam's result and job's iterview

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[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

I'm glad you like them. Thanks for your comment. :) Andrew

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Thank you very much Andrew

[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

You're welcome. Thank you for the comment. Best wishes, Andrew

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Very simple to be explained! we need more complicated grammars, you can have a quick look on SWAN book, kit's quite thick but believe me it will help all of us.

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I am so excited about improve my english with you . I am too sad about my another mobile phone does not turn on . I am afraid of dogs because they bit me I am proud of my father .they are our happiness

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I am excited about learning with Crown Academy of English. I am happy about my last meeting with my relatives. I am afraid of spiders. I am proud of my progress in my career.

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I'm excited about learning new things everyday like English language. I'm sad about don't have enough time or money to do some of the things that I feel like doing. I'm afraid of give up me dreams. I'm really proud of my hole family, because with all problems we always support each other.

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Thank you for this interesting lesson. 2. I am excited about my new job. 3. I am sad about not seeing my friends during this period. 4. I am afraid of snakes. 5. I am proud of my dad because he is nice.

[@mustafaelemine3489]

Hello, Andrew thanks for this useful lesson. I'm so excited about the fact that I'm going to start my MBA program next month. therefore, I recently go out at night just to get used to it because our classes are at night and since I'm afraid of darkness I decided to get used to it and by the time we start I'll be able to focus on my studies in order to make myself proud beside making my family proud of me. For those who are scared of darkness, I encourage you to try to go over it.

[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

Hi Mustafa. Good luck with the MBA. That's a very useful qualification to have. When I was younger, my father studied for his business degree through night classes after work. It was a lot of work but with discipline, everything is possible. 🙂 I am not scared of the dark but I am scared of heights. It's strange, because I didn't used to be scared of heights when I was a child. I think that adults are more scared of things than children! Thanks for your message. Andrew

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[@meguellatizehira8635]

Hello Teacher, Thanks for this useful lesson. Below My examples with using adjectives and prepositions. I am excited about going to Geneva. I am happy about meeting new friends. I am afraid of snakes. I am proud of my sister. She succeed at school.

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I am proud about the achievement of my English. He is afraid about going out in the dark. Even the little sad backs make him very upset.

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Hello sir could you pls. Teach us use of gonna be +ing form and gonna have to Becz i heard being used it but i do not undrstnd pls sir

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1)I'm excited about going the party. 2)I'm sad about Summer ending. 3)I'm afraid of spiders. 4)I'm very proud of my results. Thank you so much, teacher.

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I'm exacited about watching the last movie. I'm sad about my best friend. I'm afraid of the lion. I'm proud of my parents

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I am proud of my progress in English/I am afraid of the lighting bolts/Shi is sad about the exam/Jane is exited about the storm....TK, Andrew, 26.7.2023

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[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

It's a pleasure. Thanks for your comment. Andrew

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[@user-fr2tf3yu6d]

Hello teacher why it is so not seems we can use "of "to"this is lessons about grammar correct thank you so much teacher

[@Trippleplus]

If the noun phrase that follows the preposition About n Of gives the reason why we are such n such, is there any rule of putting these two prepositions after adjectives to describe feelings, I mean to say why we cannot use preposition about after adjectives such as proud or use preposition of after adjectives such as excited etc.

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ranadeep kakoti 👨🏻‍🏫 Hello, Ranadeep. Mr Teacher here in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. The answer to your question is that the structure of English grammar is what it is. You cannot choose to change it on a whim. For us to understand the language we need to understand the structure supporting it. What functions as the structure of English is what makes English, English and not French. In English, prepositions most often point to a following word or phrase. I am nervous about . . .not I am about nervous . . .These forms have to be learned by native speakers as well as other students of English. I hope this is helpful for you.

[@Trippleplus]

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat Tnx a lot. Secondly I want you to make a lesson about stranding preposition. Kindly regard my request.

[@Trippleplus]

For ur information I have been trying my best to come over my stumbles over fluency but I somewhat feel something inexpressible rigidness. Could u suggest about it?

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I'm afraid of swimming I'm proud of the people who are taking action against climate change.

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2_ I am excited about visiting Japan 3_ I am sad about the failure in the exam 4_ I am afraid of death 5_ I am proud of my sister who earned her master degree with excellence

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Hi, which sentence is correct plz help me; i have subscribed to your channel, keep going, or i subscribed to your channel keep going.

[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

"I have subscribed to your channel." is better English because it's not really important exactly *when* you subscribed in the past in the context of your sentence. We would use the past simple if we want to specify when something happens in the past. Example: "I subscribed to your channel yesterday." Best wishes Andrew.

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I am excited about traveling on Holiday. I am sad about raining during my holiday. I am afraid of crowding people when I travel. I am proud of my wife on the bed.

[@md.abuhanifhanif1495]

Can i say "i am proud for you, i am worried for you"?? If not, then why please

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1. What are you excited about? I am excited about getting to see my children. 2. What are you sad about? I am sad about being alone. 3. What are you afraid of? I am afraid to be alone one more year or even months. I am afraid of being alone for more years. 4. Who are you proud of? I am proud of having nice and clever children.

[@abhishekkumarrai477]

When we use 1)He is being rude. 2) He is being selfish then why we not use 1) I am being happy 2) I am being sad. 3) I am being nervous. Sir please explain

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

Abhishek kumar Rai 👨🏻‍🏫 Hello. Mr Teacher here in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. I have an answer to your question. Your example sentences are incorrect. We do not refer to ourselves in the first person using the verb ‘be’ in that form. Instead we use the verb ‘behave’. My example sentence is this ‘He is behaving rudely.’ Another correct form uses the verb ‘feel’. My example sentence is ‘I am feeling happy / sad / nervous.’ I hope this is helpful for you.

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I had been ill for 3 days. Is this correct. Because in past perfect tense We can't use single sentence we need some adverb of time(after,before,when etc) sir please explain

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I'm excited about watching formula 1. I'm afraid of ghost. I'm sad of my uncle death. I'm happy on my son's birthday party

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Mark is stressed about meeting his boss

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I am excited about the new car. I am sad about the exam. I am afraid of snakes. I am proud of my family.

[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

Perfect!

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I'm crazy about concerts

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Mark is stressed about his boss

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I'm sad about the death of people in war.

[@md.abuhanifhanif1495]

Can i say "i am proud for you, i am worried for you"?? If not, then why please

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

Md. Abu Hanif Hanif 👨🏻‍🏫 Hello. Mr Teacher here in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. My answer to your question is this. Your example sentence 1 should be like this ‘I am proud of you.’ The main reference is to the other person, ‘you’. In example sentence 2 ‘I am worried (about) you’ the reference is to the speaker ‘I’. The use here depends on who is the subject and who is the object of the emotion described in the sentence. I hope this is helpful for you.