“It was a frightened film.”
What's wrong? Choose the right one.
The thing or situation that makes you feel it takes -ing: a frightening film, a boring talk.
Not: It was a frightened film.
Say: It was a frightening film.
Try 6 like it
Questions where people make this mistake.
THE QUESTIONS
- I find it really ______ when people don't listen to me.frustrate · frustration · frustrated · frustrating
- It was a ______ film, so my little brother stayed awake all night.frightening · fright · frightened
- Tom found the training course so ______ that he almost dropped out.tiredly · tire · tiring · tired
- The manager gave us some really ______ ideas about our careers.interesting · interested
- It was an ______ mistake, but my manager was very kind about it.embarrassing · embarrassed
- Working two jobs at once can be very ______ and may make you burn out.exhaustive · exhaust · exhausted · exhausting
Show the answers
- 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
- frighteningnot fright: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot frightened: -ed for the thing that causes the feeling
- 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
- interestingnot interested: -ed for the thing that causes the feeling
- embarrassingnot embarrassed: -ed for the thing that causes the feeling
- exhaustingnot exhaust: the noun or the verb instead of the adjectivenot exhausted: -ed for the thing that causes the feeling