| About identifies a topic. | ||||
| Pattern 1: noun + be + about + noun This book is about prepositions. | ||||
| Nouns commonly used before about: argument, article, book, conversation, disagreement, discussion, joke, lecture, movie, news, play, program, report, speech, story | ||||
| Pattern 2: noun + about + noun She gave me advice about my loan. | ||||
| Nouns commonly used before about: assurance, complaint, comment, gossip, lie, question, statement, truth | ||||
| Pattern 3: verb + about + noun He often talks about his job. | ||||
| Verbs commonly used before about: agree, argue, brag, care, complain, cry, do, dream, forget, groan, hear, joke, know, laugh, lie, moan, pray, read, say, scream, sing, talk, think, wonder, worry, yell | ||||
| Expressions: | ||||
| to see about | ||||
| 1. to delay a decision until more information is known We want to buy a house, but we will see about that later. | ||||
| 2. to get information about I called that office to see about getting a job there. | ||||
| to find out about—to get information about She called the school to find out about her daughter's behavior. | |||||||||||
| Pattern 4: verb + noun + about She knows something about airplanes. | ||
| Typical verbs used with this pattern: ask, find out, know, learn, say | ||||
| Typical nouns used before about: a little, a lot, quite a bit, nothing, something, very little | ||||
| Pattern 5: verb + indirect object + about + noun They asked me about my trip. | ||||
| Verbs commonly used with this pattern: advise, ask, bother, contact, harass, question, remind, teach, tell, write | ||||
| Pattern 6: adjective + about + noun They were very kind about our late arrival. | ||||
| Adjectives commonly used before about: charming, kind, nasty, nice, mean, rude, sweet, understanding, unkind | ||||
| 2 About can identify the cause of an emotion or condition. | ||||
| Pattern: adjective + about + noun We are excited about our vacation. | ||||
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