TEACHER : ABDULLAH ALZAHRANI IBN HAZM SECONDARY SCHOOL

1. TEACHER :ABDULLAH ALZAHRANIIBN HAZMSECONDARYSCHOOL

2. ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ED AND -ING

3. excited She is _________ because she got a new car. excited exciting

4. bored They are _________ because the movie is_________. boring bored boring

5. boring The meeting was so ___________ that all employees fell asleep. bored boring

6. bored She got __________ because the book she was reading was really __________. boring bored boring

7. Boring ___________ classes make students feel_________. bored bored boring

8. worried She is ________ because of the bills. worried worrying

9. annoyed She’s ____________ because of the heavy traffic. annoying annoyed

10. tired She’s very ________because she worked very hard today. tiring tired

11. They’re really ______________ because it was a _____________ game. disappointed disappointing disappointing disappointed

12. bored He is __________ because the TV program is ________. boring bored boring

13. scared They are_______ because the movie is ________. scary scary (exception) scared

14. Some adjectives end in –ed (ex:bored, annoyed, interested,worried, excited...). Some adjectives end in -ing (ex: boring, annoying, interesting, worrying, exciting...)

15. PAY ATTENTION ! • an interesting teacher • a boring movie • an exciting life BUT • I’m very interested in modern art. • Wewere bored at the end of the lesson. • She’s excited about going on vacation tomorrow.

16. So, what’s the rule? • -ing adjectives describes a situation,a person, or a thing • -ed adjectives describes how people feel

18. * Complete this chart:

21. Exercises Fill in each space using the correct forms of the verbs below :

22. confuse (2x), surprise, bore, excite, disappoint, amaze, disgust, interest, tire

23. 1) He studied hard, so it is not ________ he passed the exam.

24. 2) They looked____________, they didn´t understand it at all.

25. 3) Are you still so_________ about your new job ?

26. 4) She is so ugly and dirty, it´s _________________ .

27. 5) Is he_____________ in anything ?

28. 6) We loved it, it was simply________________ .

29. 7) Jim was________________ after the long journey.

30. 8) The book was _______________ . I expected it to be much better.

31. 9) I need a change. I am_____________ with my job.

32. 10) I have three friends of the same name – Paul. Sometimes it is a little_________

33. 2. Complete these sentences with the correct word:

34. He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored / boring)

35. Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed / disappointing)

36. I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)

37. Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited / exciting)

38. That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased / pleasing)

39. The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (saddened / saddening)

40. I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)

41. I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing)

42. He's such a ________________ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)

43. I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)

44. No one knew what would happen next. We were all ________________ . (intrigued / intriguing)

45. It was a very ________________ situation. (interested / interesting)

46. There's been some very ________________ news. (surprised / surprising)

47. His mother was ________________ by what she found under his bed. (disgusted / disgusting)

48. Their hamburgers are ________________ . (disgusted / disgusting)

49. Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________ . (exhausted / exhausting)

50. He's always showing off. It's really ________________ . (annoyed / annoying)