Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed Exercises

UNIT 90 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored) Exercises

90.1   Complete two sentences for each situation. Use an adjective ending in -ing or -ed to complete each sentence.

Example: The movie wasn't as good as we had expected. (disappoint-)
a) The movie was disappointing
b) We were disappainted with the movie.

1.   It's been raining all day. I hate this weather (depress-)
a) This weather is_________________________ b) This weather makes me_______________________________

2.   Astronomy is one of Tom's main interests. (interest-)
a) Tom is in astronomy___________________________ b) He finds astronomy very______________________________

3.   I turned off the television in the middle of the program. (bor-)
a) The program was ________________________________ b) I was____________________________

4.   Ann is going to Indonesia next month. She has never been there before (excit-)
a) She is really_____________________about going. b) It will be an_______________________experience for her

5.   Diana teaches young children. It's a hard job. (exhaust-)
a) She often finds her job________________________
b) At the end of the day's work she is often_______________________________
                       
90.2   Choose the right adjective

Example: I was disappointing/disappointed with the movie. I had expected it to be better.

1.   We were all horrifying/horrified when we heard about the disaster.

2.   It's sometimes embarrassing/embarrassed when you have to ask people for money

3.   Are you interesting/interested in soccer?

4.   I enjoyed the soccer game. It was very exciting/excited

5.   It was a really terrifying/terrified experience. Afterward everybody was very shocking/shocked.

6.   I had never expected to be offered the job. I was really amazing/amazed when I got it.

7.   The kitchen hadn't been cleaned for ages. It was really disgusting/disgusted.
8.   Do you get embarrassing/embarrassed easily?

90.3   Complete these sentences with an adjective ending in-ing or -ed. The first letter(s) of the adjective are given each time.

Example: Jane finds her job boring She wants to do something different.

1.   I seldom visit art galleries. I'm not very in _________________ in art.

2.   We went for a very long walk. It was very ti______________________________.

3.   Why do you always look so b_________________? Is your life really so b_____________________________?

4.   He's one of the most b ___________________ people I've 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.   I'm starting a new job next week. I'm really ex ____________________about it.