What is "afraid"?
Afraid is a useful adjective that appears with different adjective patterns.
Form1: subject + be + afraid + of + object
Ex: She is afraid of monsters.
Form2: subject + be + afraid + to + verb ...
Ex: They are afraid to jump into the river.
Form3: subject + be + afraid + (that) + clause
Ex: I'm afraid (that) I'll miss the train.
Notice the use of afraid (that) for reporting "bad news":
I'm afraid (that) your flight has been delayed.
Afraid can't modify nouns. We use other adjective with similar meaning instead, frightened.
For further information, see a-words, Adjective and Adjective patterns.
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