ADJECTIVES -ED VS. -ING

-ED if you want to describe a feeling I’m very interested in rock music

ING if you want to describe people or things

Rock music is very interesting

EXAMPLE

I was surprised to see sheep walking on the road.----Right!!!

PRACTICE

Select the -ed or -ing form that goes with the context of each sentence. (Cause or receiver?) 

1. My bath was ….    I feel now….(relax)

2.• So much homework was ….• The student felt…(Overwhelm)

3.• Joe is….     because he had

a … day. (tire)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

4. How to get the cheese was

… The mouse was…(confuse)5.

• My angry father's words were …   

• I felt…(upset)

6.• Your jokes are …      • I am…(amuse)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

7. I was so… by the movie. The scenes in the movie

were…(Touch)8.

• The nurse's big needle was ...    • I felt …when she walked over to me!(frighten)

9.• The TV program was ... • I felt … while watching it.(bore)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

10. The movie, King Kong, was … The children who were

watching it were…(terrify)11.

• My alarm clock wouldn't  stop ringing.  I was …   The sound was … (annoy)

12.• The taste was …   I was …(satisfy)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

13. I was …   The painting called" Mona

Piggy" was…(interest)14.

• I was… after reading the… news headlines .

(alarm)

15.• Getting hit in the behind with an

arrow was ...   Lancelot felt …(humiliate)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

16. I felt …   after getting a   …

massage.(please)

17.• Michael Phelps was …   • Michael Phelps' Olympic win was…(excite)

18.• He heard a strange sound and was

…   • The strange sound was…(concern)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

19. Her weight loss from the diet was

…   She was…(encourage)

20.Ted forgot to zip his zipper.  • It was …   • Ted felt…(embarrass)

ED to describe a feeling ING to describe people or things

ANSWER KEYS

1. relaxing, relaxed 2. overwhelming,

overwhelmed 3. tired, tiring 4. confusing, confused 5. upsetting, upset 6. amusing, amused 7. touched, touching 8. frightening, frightened 9. boring, bored 10. terrifying, terrified

• 11. annoyed, annoying• 12. satisfying, satisfied• 13. interested, interesting• 14. alarmed, alarming• 15. humiliating, humiliated• 16. pleased, pleasing • 17. excited, exciting• 18. concerned, concerning• 19. encouraging,

encouraged• 20. embarrassing,

embarrassed