adjectives ending in –ing and –ed
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ADJECTIVES ENDING IN
ING AND ED
(BORING / BORED)
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There are many pairs of adjectives ending ining anded. For example: bor ing and bored.
Study this example situation:
Jane has been doing the same job for a verylong time. Every day she does exactly thesame thing again and again. She doesntenjoy it any more and would like to do
something different.Janes job is boring.
Jane is bored (with her job ).
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Someone isedif something (or someone) is
ing. Or, if something ising, it makes you
ed. So:
Jane is bored because her job is boring.
Janes job isboring, so Jane is bored. (not
Jane is boring).
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Now study these examples:
1. Someone is interested because something (or
someone) is interesting:
Tom is interested in politics. (not interesting in
politics)
Tom finds politics interesting.
Are you interested in buying a car?
Did you meet anyone interesting at the party?
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2. Someone is surprised because something is
surprising:
Everyone was surprised that he passed the
examination.
It was quite surprising that he passed the
examination.
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3. Someone is disappointed because something
is disappointing:
I was disappointed with the film. I expected it
to be much better.
The film was disappointing. I expected it to be
much better.
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4. Someone is tired because something is tiring:
He is always very tired when he gets home
from work.
He has a very tiring job.
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Other pairs of adjectives ending in
ingandedare:
Fascinating
fascinated
Exciting excited
Amusing amusedAmazing amazed
Astonishing
astonished
Shocking shocked
Disgusting
disgustedEmbarrassing
embarrassed
Confusing confused
Horrifying
horrified
Terrifying
terrified
Frightening
frightened
Depressing
depressed
Worrying
worried
Annoying
annoyed
Exhausting
exhausted
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EXERCISES
1. In th is exerc ise you have to complete two
sentences fo r each situat ion . Use an
adject ive end ing in ing or ed to complete
each sen tence.
Example: The film wasnt as good as we had
expected. (disappoint-)
The film was disappoin t ing.
We were disappointedwith the film.
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1. Its been raining all day. I hate this weather.
(depress-)
This weather is ______________________.
This weather makes me
___________________.
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2. Astronomy is one of Toms main interests.
( interest-)
Tom is ___________________ in astronomy.
He finds astronomy very
____________________.
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3. I turned off the television in the middle of the
programme. (bor-)
The programme was
______________________.
I was ________________________.
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4. Ann is going to America next month. She has
never been there before. (excit-)
She is really ____________________ about
going.
It will be an ____________________
experience for her.
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5. Marcos teaches young children. Its a hard
job. (exhaust-)
He often finds his job
_____________________.
At the end of the days work he is often
_______________.
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2. Choose the righ t adject ive.
Example: I was disappo int ing /
d isappointedwith the film. I had expected it
to be better.
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1. We were all ho rr i fy ing / ho rr i f iedwhen we
heard about the disaster.
2. Its sometimes embarrassing /
embarrassedwhen you have to ask peoplefor money.
3. Are you interest ing / interestedin football?
4. I enjoyed the football match. It was quiteexc i t ing / exci ted.
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5. It was a really terr i fyin g / terr i f iedexperience. Afterwards everybody was verysho cking / sho cked.
6. I had never expected to be offered the job. Iwas really amazing / amazedwhen I wasoffered it.
7. The kitchen hadnt been cleaned for ages. It
was really disgus t ing / d isgusted.8. Do you easily get embarrass ing /
embarrassed?
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3. Complete these sentences w ith an
adject ive end ing in ing or ed. The firs t
letter(s) of th e ad ject ive are given each
line.
Example: Jane finds her job boring. She
wants to do something different.
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1. I seldom visit art galleries. Im not very
in_______________ in art.
2. We went for a very long walk. It was very
t i_________________.
3. Why do you always look so
bo______________? Is your life really so
bo_______________?
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4. Hes one of the most bo________________
people Ive ever met. He never stops talking
and never says anything
in___________________.5. I was as___________________ when I
heard they were getting divorced. They had
always seemed so happy together.
6. Im starting a new job next week. Im quite
ex______________ about it.