Ⅰ. be / get angry “生某人的氣”后面的介詞要用with; “因某事而生氣”后面的介詞要用about / at; be / get angry 后接不定式，這時不定式動詞大多為 see 和hear 其不定式同樣表生氣的原因。 如：

　　① Miss Liu was / got angry with Li Ping because he was late for school today. 劉老師生李平的氣是因為他今天遲到了。

　　② She was / got angry with my behaviour. 她對我的行為感到生氣。

　　③ What are you angry about ? 你生什么氣?

　　④ My father was angry at what I said. 我爸對我說的很生氣。

　　Ⅱ. get angry 強調變化，強調由不生氣變為生氣這一過程;be angry 強調狀態，表明正在生氣這一狀態。

　　His mother got angry with him when he told her what he had done at school.當他告訴他母親，他在校的行為時，她生氣了。

　　：類似的有：

　　be / become interested in. “對……有興趣”

　　be / get married. “結婚”

　　have / catch a cold “感冒”

　　be / fall ill “生病” be / fall asleep “入睡、睡著”