ADJECTIVES IN -ING AND -ED

ADJECTIVES ending IN -ING AND -ED

1. Chooose the correct words:

1. Basketball is more EXCITING/EXCITED than hockey.

2. I was really DISGUSTING/DISGUSTED when I heard the news. It was terrible.

3. That pizza tastes disgusting/disgusted. I'm not eating it.

4. Mark was disappointing/disappointed when he did not pass the exam.

5. It's surpising/surprised how many people went to the concert. The weather was awful.

6. I'm INTERESTED/INTERESTING in having an eyebrow piercing. What do you think.

2. Fill in the blanks

Q1 of 10: Peter thought the marathon was __________ (challenge).

Q2 of 10: I was __________ (annoy) by his attitude.

Q3 of 10: Are you __________ (confuse)? Don't worry, I'll explain.

Q4 of 10: That movie was really __________ (depress).

Q5 of 10: It was an __________ (exhaust) day.

Q6 of 10: The children were __________ (frighten) by the storm.

Q7 of 10: You must be __________ (relieve) not that your exams are finished.

Q8 of 10: The news was __________ (discourage).

Q9 of 10: She is __________ (overwhelm) with work.

Q10 of 10: Could this situation be any more __________ (frustrate).

Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ describe emotions – they tell us how people feel about something.

-ING
things, situations, etc.: -ing

Adjectives that end ‘-ing’ describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.

Remember that people can be boring but only if they make other people feel bored.

Here are some more adjectives that can have both an ‘-ed’ and an ‘-ing’ form

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