It was my pleasure

[serkan]

Test No. incompl/elem-33 "Responses (6)", question 5

John: 'I really appreciate your kindness this last week.'
Sue: '.........'

(a) It pleased me.
(b) It was pleasing.
(c) It was my pleasure.
(d) It was pleasant.

Test No. incompl/elem-33 "Responses (6)", answer 5

John: 'I really appreciate your kindness this last week.'
Sue: 'It was my pleasure.'

Correct answer: (c) It was my pleasure.
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hi fisrt of all i want to thank you. this nice site has helped me improve my english. my question is that i use this phrase its my pleasure but i want to learn its meaning. thanks

[Torsten]

Hi serkan,

Many thanks for your positive feedback. You can use the phrase It was my pleasure when somebody has thanked you.
Look at these examples:

A: Many thanks for you helping me with the washing up.
You: It was my pleasure.

You could also say: You're welcome/Not at all/Any time.

If you want to learn more about those phrases you might want to read this newsletter by Alan Townend:
http://www.english-test.net/newsletter/well-hello-96.html

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[Misskhan]

Dear Mr.Torsten

I have little confusion and I would really appreciate if you would like to explain this

("Responses (6)", question 5 ) why the answer is "It was my pleasure" instead of "It is my pleasure"
Although the incident was of last week but john is thanking her in present situation.

or the reason of using past sentence because of she did that in past???

is it?

please explain

Thanx in advance

Misskhan

[Torsten]

Hi Misskhan,

Yes the sentence is in the simple past because Sue refers to something that she did a week before.

Best regards,
Torsten

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[Misskhan]

Dear Mr.Torsten

Thank you so much.

I got it now

[Ifra]

Dear Mr. Torsten,

I want to give a comment about your answer on Misskhan's question:

Why does it use "it was my pleasure" rather than "it is my pleasure"?
Isn't this because Sue had done or finished the kindness. So, it should use "was"?
I mean, the reason is NOT because the sentence is in the simple past. Though the sentence is in present tense, it should use "was".

Correct me if I'm wrong. I just wanna share my opinion about it.

Thanks so much before Mr. Torsten for your answer ?

[Mouhannad]

I thank you Ifar for your accurate note
more accurate for your attention
and of course many thanks to Mr.Torsten

[Mouhannad]

Sorry I forgot to put a ful stop at the end of the previous reply.

[Fitrihanday]

hello,
what is the meaning of It was my pleasure and It was pleasant?
thank you

[Beeesneees]

It was my pleasure - said after you have thanked someone for something, means I am happy to have helped'.

It was pleasant - means it was enjoyable.
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[The Proudest Grandfather]

Dear,

I found a sentence in the following link that probably has an error in it, I underlined the supposed error.

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei033/esl-test.php


5) John: 'I really appreciate your kindness this last week.'

Kind regards,

The Proudest Grandfather

[Alan]

Hi,

What don't you like about the use of 'this'?

Alan
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You can read my ESL story Present Simple

[Justin_Huang]

Hi Alan,
What's the difference between "this last week" and "last week"?

Justin

[Mister Micawber]

'This' is a kind of clarifier. Demonstrative adjectives point to something outside the language context, and 'this' points to something nearby. With 'this last week', we make it clear that we mean the week that has just passed (perhaps because the day of the utterance is Sunday, for instance) because the listener might be unsure which week was being spoken of. 'This' also tends to emphasize the boundaries of the week, as if it were slightly special in some way. In this case, the other person did something good.
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