Adjectives Ending in - Ed and - Ing Exercises

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Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing exercises

SUBJECT : Adjectives ending –ing or -ed


A) Choose the correct form:
1. I enjoyed the book. It was very interested / interesting.
2. Are you interested / interesting in art?
3. I thought the story was quite amused / amusing.
4. They were shocked / shocking when they heard the news.
5. We were all very worried / worrying when he didn’t come home.
6. It was surprised / surprising that she didn’t come to the meeting.
7. I usually find football rather bored / boring.
8. Are you frightened / frightening of spiders?
B) Complete the sentences. Use adjectives formed by adding –ING or –ED to the words
in brackets.
1. I find it quite embarrassed to talk in front of a group of people. (embarrass)
2. I think reading newspapers is depressing. (depress)
3. I’m interested in all kinds of sport. (interest)
4. I find walking in the countryside very relaxing. (relax)
5. I think learning a language is very interesting. (interest)
6. I get annoyed when people smoke in restaurants. (annoy)
7. I don’t normally get frightened when I watch horror films. (frighten)
8. I don’t get embarrassed very easily. (embarrass)
C) Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word given + the ending –ING or -
ED:
1. The film wasn’t as good as we had expected. (disappoint-)
a) The film was disappointing.
b) We were disappointed with the film.
2. Diana teaches young children. It’s a very hard job but she enjoys it. (exhaust-)
a) She enjoys her job but it’s often exhausted.
b) At the end of a day’s work, she is often exhausting.
3. It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress-)
a) This weather is depressing.
b) This weather makes me depressed.
c) It’s silly to get depressing.
4. Clare is going to the United States next month. She has never been there before. (excit-)
a) It will be an 4. Clare is going to the United States next month. She has never been there
before. (excit-)
a) It will be an excited experience for her.
b) Going to new places is always exciting.
c) She is really excited about going to the United States.
experience for her.
b) Going to new places is always exciting.
c) She is really excited about going to the United States.
D. Choose the correct word:
1. I was disappointing / disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.
2. Are you interesting / interested in football?
3. The football match was quite exciting / excited. I enjoyed it.
4. It’s sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
5. Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed ?
6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing / amazed when I was offered it.
7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.
8. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.
9. It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking /
shocked.
10. Why do you always look so boring / bored? Is your life really so boring / bored?
11. He’s one of the most boring / bored people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he
never says anything interesting / interested.

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