WORKSHEET ON ADJECTIVES WITH –ED AND -ING

A. Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.

e.g. He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ___bored____. (bored / boring)

1. I had such a ____tiring_____ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)

2. Everyone's very _____excited_____ about the news. (excited / exciting)

3. I don't like watching ____depressing_____ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)

4. I was ___amazed____ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing)

5. He's such a ____boring____ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)

6. I'm very ____interested_____ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)

7. It was a very ___interesting_____ situation. (interested / interesting)

8. There's been some very ____surprising____ news. (surprised / surprising)

9. Their hamburgers are ___disgusting____ . (disgusted / disgusting)

10. Dad always arrives home from work very ___exhausted_____ . (exhausted / exhausting)

11. He's always showing off. It's really ___annoying______ . (annoyed / annoying)

12. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed really
__embarrassed_____ . (embarrassed / embarrassing)

B. Rewrite these sentences using adjectives with -ed/-ing endings.

e.g. The journey tired us. The journey __ was tiring_____.

1- It was an exciting tennis match. Everyone ___was excited_____.

2- The children delighted us. The children __were delighted____.

3- The children delighted us. We __were delighted___.

4- We are having a relaxing holiday. We all feel ___relaxed_____.

5- Art is very interesting. I am __interested______.

6- I am interested in learning a language. Learning a language is ___very interesting_____.