Adjectives ending in - ing or -ed ? (exciting or excited?)
1. What’s the rule?
A.
Hannah is travelling by train in India with her friend Rachel. This is a letter to her brother
1. What ending do all the adjectives have? _______________
2. Do all these adjectives describe…
a) various things? c
b) how Hannah feels? c
B.
1. What ending do all the adjectives have? _____________________
2. Do all these adjectives describe…
a) various things? c
b) how Hannah feels? c
Remember!
Complete the rules
1. Adjectives ending in _________ describe what things are like.
2. Adjectives ending in ________ describe how a person feels.
C. Choose the correct option.
First trip to New York
I thought the flight across the Atlantic would be (1)excited/exciting. I was (2)excited/exciting for the first time, but after that I was (3)bored/boring. There was nothing (4)interested/interesting to look at because I didn’t have a window seat. That was very (5)disappointed/disappointing. So I watched the film. It was a bit (6)confused/confusing but it was quite (7)amused/amusing. Then I tried to speak to the man next to me but he wasn’t (8)interested/interesting. In fact he seemed (9)surprised/surprising and (10)annoyed/annoying when I tried to start a conversation. Then I hate the food but it was (11)disgusted/disgusting. After that, I felt (12)tired/tiring so I slept for a couple of hours. When I woke up I was (13)surprised/surprising to find we were nearly in New York. I’ll never forget the view of Manhattan from the plane – it was (14)amazed/amazing!
D. A teacher at a language school in London is describing the ideas about England that his students have. Underline the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
It’s (1)surprised/surprising and a bit (2)worried/worrying how foreign students all have the same ideas about England. For example, many of them are (3)surprised/surprising and slightly (4)disappointed/disappointing when they first arrive because it isn’t foggy! They are (5)amazed/amazing when the sun shines and they think it’s (6)astonished/astonishing when it doesn’t rain for weeks.
Many of my students say they are (7)surprised/surprising that English people don’t all have eggs and bacon for breakfast and they’re (8)disappointed/disappointing that we don’t all drink tea.
A German student said to me, “Before I came, I thought the English were only (9)interested/interesting in cricket. But the ones I’ve met think that football is far more (10)interested/interesting than cricket. They say cricket is (11)bored/boring.”
French students in particular expect English food to be (12)disgusted/disgusting. But many say they’re (13)surprised/surprising because it’s really quite good.
It’s (14)interested/interesting that many students completely change their ideas while they’re here.
E. Complete what the people at a party are saying. Choose from the words in the box.
surprised/surprising bored/boring depressed/depressing annoyed/annoying interested/interesting
- This party’s (1)____________________. Shall we go?
- I’m not (2) ___________________. I want to stay.
- I’m not (3) ___________________in football.
- Can’t we talk about something more (4)___________________?
- I’m (5)________________________ to see you here.
- Why is it (6)______________________?
- I thought you were in New York.
- Why are you (7) ______________________with me?
- Because you’re being very (8) ____________________!
- What’s wrong? You look a bit (9) _____________________.
- I’ve just had some (10) _________________news. I’ve lost my job.
in Bolton, David & Goodey, Noel Trouble with adjectives, adverbs and pronouns?(abridged)
(sample designed to photocopy)
KEY
A. 1-ing; 2 – a B. 1- ed; 2 – b remember: 1-ING; 2 - ED
C. 1.ing; 2.ed; 3.ed; 4.ing; 5.ing; 6.ing; 7.ing; 8. ed; 9.ed; 10. ed; 11.ing; 12ed; 13.ed; 14. ing
D. 1.ing; 2.ing; 3.ed; 4.ed; 5.ed; 6.ing; 7.ed; 8.ed; 9.ed; 10.ing; 11.ing; 12.ing; 13.ed; 14.ing
E. 1.boring; 2.bored; 3.interested; 4.interesting; 5.surprised; 6.surprising; 7.annoyed; 8.annoying; 9.depressed; 10.depressing
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