1. The movie was scary.
2. The movie was scared.
(Which one is right?)
3. He was scary to them.
4. He was scared by them.
(Are both OK?)
5. She was scared at a lizard.
6. She scared at a lizard.
7. She was scary at a lizard.
8. She was scary to a lizard.
(What about the four sentences? Which ones are OK?)
1) The movies was scary
3 & 4 both correct
5 & 8 sound the best
Scary is an adjective modifying the subject. Scared is a verb.
5 would be better as "She was scared by a lizard." It indicated that she was frightened.
8 indicates that the lizard was frightened.
A similar relationship exists with 3 and 4. In 3, they were frightened, and in 4, he was frightened.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.
1. The sentence "The movie was scary." is correct. In this sentence, "scary" is an adjective that describes the movie, indicating that the movie caused fear or was frightening in some way.
2. The sentence "The movie was scared." is not correct. "Scared" is usually used to describe a feeling in a person, not inanimate objects like movies.
3. The sentence "He was scary to them." is correct. In this sentence, "scary" describes the person, indicating that he caused fear or was frightening to the people mentioned.
4. The sentence "He was scared by them." is also correct. This sentence is a passive construction, indicating that the person mentioned was the one who experienced fear, and it was caused by the people mentioned.
5. The sentence "She was scared at a lizard." is correct. In this sentence, "scared" is used to describe the feeling of fear that the person experienced upon encountering a lizard.
6. The sentence "She scared at a lizard." is not correct. In this sentence, "scared" is used as a verb, suggesting that the person frightened the lizard, which doesn't make sense in this context.
7. The sentence "She was scary at a lizard." is not correct. In this sentence, "scary" is used to describe the person, indicating that she caused fear or was frightening, but it doesn't make sense in relation to a lizard.
8. The sentence "She was scary to a lizard." is not commonly used, although it could potentially make sense in a very specific context. "Scary" is usually used to describe something that causes fear or is frightening to others, not something that is frightening to a lizard.