Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed

Exercise 1 

Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word in brackets+ -ing or -ed .

1) The movie wasn't as good as we had expected. (disappoint …)

     a   The movie was ________

     b   We were ________ with the movie.

2) Donna teaches young children. It's a very hard job, but she enjoys it. (exhaust …)

     a   She enjoys her job, but it's often ________

     b   At the end of a day's work, she is often ________

3) It's been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress …)

     a   This weather is ________

     b   This weather makes me ________

     c   It's silly to get ________ because of the weather.

4) Clare is going to Mexico next month. She has never been there before. (excit …)

     a   It will be an ________ experience for her.

     b   Going to new places is always ________

     c   She is really ________ about going to Mexico.

Exercise 2 

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 new project sounds exciting / excited. I'm looking forward to working on it.

4) It's 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 amazing / amazed progress.

8) I didn't find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.

9) It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. 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.

Exercise 3 

Complete each sentence using a word from the box.

amusing/amused              annoying/annoyed             boring/bored

confusing/confused          disgusting/disgusted         exciting/excited

exhausting/exhausted     interesting/interested       surprising /surprised

1) He works very hard. It's not ________ that he's always tired.

2) I've got nothing to do. I'm ________

3) The teacher's explanation was ________ . Most of the students didn't understand it.

4) The kitchen hadn't been cleaned for ages. It was really ________

5) I don't visit art galleries very often. I'm not particularly ________ in art.

6) There's no need to get ________ just because I'm a few minutes late.

7) The lecture was ________ . I fell asleep.

8) I've been working very hard all day and now ________

9) I'm starting a new job next week. I'm very ________ about it.

10) Steve is good at telling funny stories. He can be very ________

11) Helen is a very ________ person. She knows a lot, she's travelled a lot and she's done lots of different things.