Scared of

In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to use the English adjective + preposition combination scared of.

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To Be Scared of Something

This means to have a fear or something. The preposition OF follows the adjective SCARED.

Here are some examples:

  • are you scared of heights?
  • He’s scared of spiders
  • they’re scared of losing

Here are some examples using different tenses:

  • he used to be sacred of heights
  • I think they’re going to be scared of this haunted house
  • I was a little bit scared of saying something silly during my speech

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