Adjectives Ending in –ing and –ed

 

1. Study the rule.

 

 

 

 

 

e.g Mike is reading about UFOs. The book is very interesting.   The word interesting tells us what the book does to Mike. A book can be interesting, boring, exciting or amusing, etc.   e.g. Mike is very interested in the book.   The word interested tells us how Mike feels. A person can feel interested, bored, excited, amused, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Choose the correct adjective.

 

School Reports Shock Parents.

Teachers are finding it increasingly difficult to control classes of young pupils, says a report published yesterday. The evidence from the 100 schools which were involved in the study is not encouraged/encouraging. The report paints a depressing/depressed picture of schools up and down the country, with teachers feeling disappointed/disappointing not only by students' results in tests but by the worrying/worried increase in violent behaviour in class and in playground. "I am worn out at the end of the day; my job is exhausting/exhausted, I can tell you," complained one teacher. One of the most disturbing/disturbed revelations is the use of drugs by youngsters. Although teachers were not totally surprised/surprising by the findings, parents are

worried/worrying; some even described the report as shocked/ shocking and demanded immediate action. Pupils who were asked to comment on the report said they found school uninterested/uninteresting; they blamed teachers for teaching boring/bored lessons. The report is particularly embarrassed/embarrassing for the Minister of Education who claimed recently that British education is 'the best in the world.'

 

3. Complete the conversation using a word ending in –ing or –ed.

 

1. I'm (surprise) how warm it is for March. – Yes, all this sunshine is quite (surprise).
2. I'm not fit. I was pretty (tire) after climbing the mountains. – Yes. I think everyone felt (tire).
3. I think I need to relax. – Well, lying by the pool can be (relax).
4. It was (annoy) to lose the ticket. – You looked (annoy) when you had to buy another one.
5. The cabaret was (amuse). – Claire was certainly (amuse). She couldn't stop laughing.
6. The museum was quite (interest), wasn't it? – It was OK. I was quite (interest) in those old maps.
7. I'm (fascinate) by these old photos.  – I always find it (fascinate) to see what people looked like as children.
8. Was it a big thrill meeting Tom Hanks? – You bet. It was just about the most (thrill) moment of my life.
9. You look (exhaust) you should go to bed. - Driving down from Scotland was pretty (exhaust).

 

4. Complete the following sentences with the correct –ed or –ing adjectives, using the verbs from the list: interest, relax, surprise, confuse, bore, amuse, embarrass, frighten, depress, irritate.

 

1. The instructions in the exam paper were very complicated and left the students feeling totally __________.
2. I don't find horror films at all __________ - in fact, I find them quite funny.
3. Would you be __________ in coming to the theatre this evening? I have a spare ticket.
4. Can't you fix that dripping tap? It's getting on my nerves – it's really __________.
5. I didn't expect to see Peter at the party. I was really __________ to see him there.
6. He's had a lot of bad news recently and is feeling a bit _________. Let's go and cheer him up.
7. I find it __________ to lie on the sofa and listen to music after a hard day's work.
8. I was told the film was really good but I felt utterly __________ by it.
9. I get really __________ when people throw rubbish down in the streets. It makes me furious.
10. If I said anything as stupid as he did in front of a thousand people, I'd really __________.

 

5. Answer the following questions using –ed or –ing adjectives.

 

1. What do you think about the destruction of the rainforests?
2. How would you feel if you climbed Mount Everest?
3. If you did fail the exam, how would you feel?
4. What do you think of people who drop litter?
5. What do you patents think of your friends?
6. If you were flying to New York tomorrow, how would you feel?
7. Whenever you see a beggar, how do you feel?
8. What do you think of sport on television?
9. When the bus or train is late, how do you feel?
10. How would you feel if someone found you cheating?