Common Mistakes - Part H

I like watching military and war movies. The movie "Blackhawk Down" was _____.

• amazed

• amazing

I was _____ at the performance he gave. He is very talented.

• amazed

• amazing

The carnival was very _____. It had jugglers, circus performers, and mirror mazes, among other things.

• excited

• exciting

I was _____ to see my son's soccer team win the district championship.

• excited

• exciting

He is a _____ better driver than the instructor.

• more

• (nothing)

• most

He's been working four hours of overtime for the past three months. He _____.

• hardly works

• works hard

• takes a break

He never seems to be at his desk and is constantly chatting and flirting with the receptionist. He seems to _____.

• hardly work

• work hard

• tired

The opening scene of the movie Saving Private Ryan was incredibly realistic. I was quite _____ by it.

• moving

• moved on

• moved

My father's cooking tastes _____ better than my mother's.

• more

• bit

• (nothing)

The movie was very _____. There wasn't a dry eye in the theater.

• more

• moving

• moved