Choose the best word: "He is afraid ___ spiders."
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. of
- Step 1: The adjective "afraid" takes the preposition "of".
- Step 2: So the phrase is "afraid of spiders".
Answer
of.
Why not the others: "At", "for" and "from" do not combine with afraid in this sense.
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