Topic: Adjectives

Day 4: +ed or +ing

Some Adjectives end with “-ing” or “-ed”. Please look at the following examples.

e.g.: Jane’s job is boring.

Jane is bored with her job.

Somebody is bored if something or somebody else is boring. Or, if something is boring, it makes you bored. So we can say:

★ Jane is bored because her job is boring.

★ Jane’s job is boring, so Jane is bored. (But we cannot say “ Jane is boring”)

Another example:

e.g.: The book is very interesting.

Mike is very interested in the book.

According to the examples, we may know that words ending with “-ing” are used to express the feeling something gives to a person. And the words ending with “-ed” are used to show a person’s feeling.

Please compare the following sentences to learn more about it.

⊕Julia thinks politics is very interesting.

⊕Julia is very interested in politics.

● It was quite surprising that he passed the exam.

● Everybody is surprised that he passed the exam.

Let’s do some exercise to see how much you have learned?

Exercise 1: choose the best answers

1. Tom told us a _________ story.

a. amusing

b. amused

Ans.: a

2. We were ___________ at Tom’s story..

a. amusing

b. amused

Ans.: b

3. I didn’t enjoy the party. It’s ___________.

a. boring

b. bored

Ans.: a

4. I went to the party, but I felt ___________.

a. boring

b. bored

Ans.: b

5. I was very ____________ not to get the job.

a. disappointed

b. disappointing

Ans.: a

6. This wet weather is so ________

a. depressing

b. depressed

Ans.: a

7. I feel __________ when I lie in a hot bath.

a. relaxing

b. relaxed

Ans.: b

8. I must say I’m __________. I just don’t understand.

a. puzzling

b. puzzled

Ans.: b

9. This hot weather makes me so __________.

a. depressed

b. depressing

Ans.: a

10. After traveling all day and night they were very ____________..

a. tired

b. tiring

Ans.: a

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given words:

1. The film was _____________ (disappoint).

2. We were __________(disappoint) with the film.

3. She enjoys her job but it’s often _____________ (exhaust)

4. At the end of a day’s work, she is often ____________ (exhaust).

5. This raining weather is ____________ (depress).

6. This weather makes me ___________ (depress).

7. It’s silly to get ___________ (depress) because of the weather.

8. It will be an ______________ (excite) experience for her.

9. Going to new place is always ___________ (excite).

10. she is really ___________ about going to the United States.

Ans:

1. disappointing

2. disappointed

3. exhausting

4. exhausted

5. depressed

6. depressed

7. depressed

8. exciting

9. exciting

10. excited

Exercise 3: Proof reading: There maybe one mistake on each of the following sentence, so please cross out the wrong adjective and write the correct one in the bracket if there is any error; if there isn’t any, write ‘tick’ in the bracket.

1. I was disappointing with the film.

2. Are you interesting in football?

3. The football match is very excited. I enjoy it.

4. It’s sometimes embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

5. Do you easily get embarrassing?

6. I was really amazing when I was offered the job.

7. She has learnt very fast. She has made astonished progress.

8. I did not find the situation funny. I was not amusing.

9. It was a really terrified experience.

10. Why do you always look so boring?

Ans:

1. disappointing → disappointed

2. interesting → interested

3. excited → exciting

4. embarrassed → embarrassing

5. embarrassing → embarrassed

6. amazing → amazed

7. astonished → astonishing

8. amusing → amused

9. terrified → terrifying

10. boring → bored