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A COMMON MISTAKE

“I was very please with it.”

What's wrong? Choose the right one.

WHY the noun or the verb instead of the adjective

Here you need the adjective (pleased), not the verb (please) or the noun: I was very pleased, I feel frustrated.

Not: I was very please with it.

Say: I was very pleased with it.

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Questions where people make this mistake.

THE QUESTIONS
  1. Mia was ______ with her exam results, so she smiled all day.pleasant · pleased · please · pleasing
  2. I find it really ______ when people don't listen to me.frustrate · frustration · frustrated · frustrating
  3. After an hour of trying, I felt ______ with the puzzle.frustrate · frustration · frustrating · frustrated
  4. I was really ______ when my train was cancelled again.annoyed · annoy · annoying
  5. It was a ______ film, so my little brother stayed awake all night.frightening · fright · frightened
  6. Tom found the training course so ______ that he almost dropped out.tiredly · tire · tiring · tired
Show the answers
  1. pleasednot please: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot pleasing: -ing for how you feel
  2. frustratingnot frustrate: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot frustrated: -ed for the thing that causes the feelingnot frustration: the noun or the verb instead of the adjective
  3. frustratednot frustrate: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot frustrating: -ing for how you feelnot frustration: the noun or the verb instead of the adjective
  4. annoyednot annoy: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot annoying: -ing for how you feel
  5. frighteningnot fright: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot frightened: -ed for the thing that causes the feeling
  6. tiringnot tire: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot tired: -ed for the thing that causes the feelingnot tiredly: the noun or the verb instead of the adjective