“I'm boring because the film is so long.”
What's wrong? Choose the right one.
How a person feels takes -ed: bored, interested, annoyed, pleased.
Not: I'm boring because the film is so long.
Say: I'm bored because the film is so long.
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Questions where people make this mistake.
THE QUESTIONS
- Mia was ______ with her exam results, so she smiled all day.pleasant · pleased · please · pleasing
- After an hour of trying, I felt ______ with the puzzle.frustrate · frustration · frustrating · frustrated
- I was really ______ when my train was cancelled again.annoyed · annoy · annoying
- I was really ______ in the career talk that the graduates gave.interested · interesting
- Shoppers were ______ to find that the discount had ended the day before.disappointment · disappointing · disappoint · disappointed
- Lena was very ______ with her new flat because it was bright and quiet.satisfy · satisfying · satisfaction · satisfied
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- pleasednot please: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot pleasing: -ing for how you feel
- 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
- annoyednot annoy: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot annoying: -ing for how you feel
- interestednot interesting: -ing for how you feel
- disappointednot disappoint: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot disappointing: -ing for how you feelnot disappointment: the noun or the verb instead of the adjective
- satisfiednot satisfy: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot satisfying: -ing for how you feelnot satisfaction: the noun or the verb instead of the adjective