Vocabulary Match
Grow your English vocabulary with a free, browser-based matching game. See a word, pick its correct meaning, and build retention through play.
WordsPreposition Pairs
Adjectives do not take prepositions by logic: you are interested *in* but good *at*, and proud *of*. Below: the pairs worth memorising and the ones learners get wrong most often.
Choose your difficulty
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How to play
Read the adjective, then tap the preposition that follows it.
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WordsWhat you are actually practicing
Adjectives do not choose their prepositions by logic. You are interested in something, good at it, and proud of it — three different prepositions for three similar ideas. There is no rule; there are only pairs.
That is why this is one of the last things to feel natural, and one of the first things a reader notices. This game drills the pairs that come up most.
How the game works
You are shown an adjective and four prepositions. Pick the one that follows it. A wrong pick reveals the correct preposition immediately.
Easy uses the most common pairs. Medium widens the set. Hard uses the full list, including pairs that are easy to confuse with a nearby adjective.
The pairs worth knowing
in: interested in, involved in.
at: good at, bad at.
of: afraid of, proud of, capable of, aware of, short of, full of.
on: depend on, keen on.
to: married to, listen to, similar to, addicted to.
for: wait for, famous for, responsible for.
about: worried about.
Strategies that actually raise your score
Learn the pair, not the preposition. Knowing that in means "inside" does not tell you that you are interested in. Store interested in as one item.
Group by preposition. Five adjectives that share of are cheaper to remember than five unrelated pairs, and the grouping also lets you reject options fast.
Use the verb test when unsure. If the word also works as a verb — depend, listen, wait — the preposition usually belongs to the verb and follows it directly.
Trust the phrase, not the translation. Your first language may use a different preposition. The phrase is the unit that has to sound right, so read proud ___ as a whole rather than translating each word.