scared
part of speech
adjective (scared, more scared, most scared); verb form (past of scare: scare, scares, scared, scaring)
meaning for a pupil
1) Feeling fear; frightened or afraid. tree →
2) Scared of something: afraid of it: «scared of spiders». tree →
3) Past form of the verb «scare»: «The noise scared the dog». tree →
sense in the lessons
In feelings lessons: being scared is normal; it can warn you of danger (the uh-oh feeling); talk to a trusted adult; deep breaths help. In safety: if someone makes you feel scared, get away and tell an adult. In stories scared characters often find courage. Phrases: scared of, scared to, scared stiff, scared to death, scaredy-cat, too scared to.
examples
- I'm scared of the dark. tree →
- The loud thunder scared the puppy. tree →
- She was too scared to jump into the pool. tree →
- If someone makes you feel scared, tell an adult. tree →
- Don't be scared — the dog is friendly. tree →
- He looked scared when the lights went out. tree →
- It's okay to feel scared. tree →
- My brother called me a scaredy-cat. tree →
- The Hare, scared by the noise, awoke and scudded away. tree →
note
«Scared of + thing» (scared of snakes), «scared to + verb» (scared to ask). «Scared» (how you feel) vs «scary» (what makes you feel it): a scary film makes you scared. Synonyms: afraid, frightened, terrified (very scared).
In the corpora
- Police officers are people you can go to for help if you are lost or scared.
- Films are made to make us feel things: scared, sad, excited, happy.
- Behind-the-scenes videos show how effects are made, and that can help children feel less scared of film monsters.
- Chinese water dragons live beside rivers, jump into water when scared and can stay under for around 25 minutes.
- Real cats do hunt mice, but many well-fed house cats are lazy hunters, and some are even scared of rats.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «scared» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.