This document discusses the use of adjectives followed by the preposition "to". It begins by stating that specific prepositions are used after certain adjectives, though there is no definite rule. Examples of adjectives commonly used with "to" include similar, married, dedicated, and junior. The document then provides more details on preposition rules and placement. It lists common adjective-preposition combinations and notes that some adjectives take different prepositions depending on whether the subject is impersonal or personal. The document concludes with examples and an activity to practice identifying correct adjective-preposition combinations.

1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS
ENGLISH MAJOR
GRAMMAR V
THEME:
Adjectives followed by Preposition “to”
GROUP MEMBER:
Erika Arguello
Mario Salazar
Shirley Vásquez

2. ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS
Specific prepositions are used after certain adjectives.
There is no definite rule to ascertain which preposition should be used
with which adjective.
Adjectives are used in simple sentences to describe people and
objects.
Example:
she is an interesting speaker.
More complex sentences use adjectives + prepositions to make
statements about a person's attitude towards something.
Example:
she is excited about the concert tonight. .

3. PREPOSITION RULES
There are 2 major rules when it comes to the use of
prepositions.
 The first major rule deals with preposition choice. Certain
prepositions must follow certain words, and the correct
preposition must be used to make relationships between
words in the sentences clear.
 The second major rule deals with the prepositions place in
the sentence. Prepositions must be followed by nouns, and
prepositions can only go on the end of the sentence in
certain situations.

4.  The adjective usually goes before the preposition
EXAMPLE:
due, similar to
This picture
is similar
to the one in
our living room.
Adjectives and prepositions are commonly used in
phrases.

5. THE USE OF PREPOSITION “TO” ON ADJECTIVES
Use with to usually referring to:
 SIMILARITY: close, equal, identical, related,
similar
Example: His painting is similar to Van Gough.
 MARRIAGE: married, engaged
Example: Jack is engaged to Jill
 LOYALTY: dedicated, devoted, loyal
Example: He was dedicated to his job.
 RANK: junior, senior
Example: John requested some help to his senior.

6. COMMON ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS
A
 Accustomedto
 Addicted to
 Allergic to
 Attached to
 Able to
B
 Beneficial to
E
 Exposed to
 Engaged to
F
 Faithful to
G
 Grateful to
I
 Identical to
 Immune to
 Inferior to
 Indifferent to
K
 Kind to
L
 Limited to
O
 Opposed to
P
 Polite to
R
 Related to
 Relevant to
M
 Married to
S
 sensitive to
 Similar to
 superior to
T
 Thankful to
U
 Used to

7. SOME ADJECTIVES TAKE DIFFERENT PREPOSITIONS.
 Use an impersonal subject and OF and the subject of
the action, or with a personal subject and TO and the
object of an action.
Cruel
nasty
Friendly
Nice
generous
polite
Good
rude
kind
unfriendly
mean
unkind

8. SOME EXAMPLES:
 She was very generous to me when I was staying
with her.
 It was rude of him to leave so suddenly.
 She was rude to him for no reason.
 How can you be so unfriendly to your neighbors?

9. ACTIVITY
1.- Choose the correct adjective + preposition
combination.
 1.- My cousin is going to get
a millonarie next spring.
a) married with
b) married of
c) married to
d) married in
married to

10.  2) Joshua is so his friends and
family. He is a great person.
a) generous to
b) generous with
c) generous of
d) generous for
generous to

11.  3.- I've been married my husband for 10
years.
 for
 to
 Of
 4.- A ball gown is similar an evening dress.
 To
 For
 Of
TO
TO

12.  5.- Who is James married ?
 With
 To
 For
6.- I came near ____ hitting them.
 ---
to
7.- She was very good ____ us.
a)to
b)at
TO
TO
to

13. 2.- CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCE:
1.- The Export Manager is responsible to the Sales
Director.
2.- He is responsible to preparing handouts.
Correct
Incorrect
Notice that you can be responsible for something
but responsible to someone.

14.  10.- I was amazed to see Nuria after so many
years.
 I was amazed toseeing Nuria after so many years.
correct
incorrect