There are adjectives ending in -ing and -ed, like interesting and interested.

For
example:

Jan likes watching film. She goes to the movies often, with or without friends.

Jan finds film interesting. She is interested in watching movies, no matter

how old or new they may be.

Someone is interested if something (or someone else) is interesting. In other

words, if something (or someone) is interesting, it makes you interested.

Jan is interested in films because they are interesting.

Films are interesting, that is why Jan is interested in them.

Compare the following adjectives ending -ing and -ed:

The movie is … boring

depressing

shocking

disappointing

Adjectives ending in -ing describes something or someone. In the given example

above, the -ing adjective describes the movie.

I was … bored in class.

depressed according to my doctor.

shocked by the news on tv.

disappointed with your performance.

Adjectives ending in -ed describes how a person feels about something or

someone. In the given example above, the -ed adjective describes the person’s
feeling.

Consider the following examples:

Kris thinks that math is boring. vs Kris is bored with math. (not “boring with
math)

Philippine politics is depressing. vs My family’s situation is making me

depressed.

The news about her death is shocking. vs We were all shocked by her early
passing.

The quality of these shoes is disappointing. vs She is disappointed with her

son.
Exercise A. Complete the following sentences with the correct adjective ending in
-ing or -ed.

1. What is your most (embarrass-) _______________ experience?

2. The traffic is so (annoy-) _______________.

3. I was (tir-) _______________ from today’s workload.

4. The upcoming trip to Europe makes me (excit-) _______________.

5. Last night’s fireworks were (amaz-) _______________.

6. It was (surpris-) _______________ she got the promotion.

7. The daily commute from my house to the office is (exhaust-) _______________.

8. The bathroom has not been cleaned for months. It looks and smells (disgust-)
_______________.

9. She is (bor-) _______________ with her job.

10. I fell asleep in my history class. I was not (interest-) _______________ in the lesson.

Exercise B. Choose the correct adjective from the box below.

terrifying / terrified amusing / amused exhausting / exhausted

satisfying / satisfied astonishing / astonished surprising / surprised

confusing / confused depressing / depressed embarrassing /

embarrassed

1. She has been going to the gym for six months. Her fitness progress is
_______________.

2. I was so _______________ during the entire math class. The lesson was so
_______________.

3. The stand-up comedy show was not at all _______________.

4. I’m always _______________ whenever I go to my favorite restaurant. The food and

service are _______________.

5. It was such a _______________ experience. I will never go back inside the haunted
house again.

6. My friends prepared a birthday party for me in secret. I was so _______________.

7. I like joining marathons even though they can get really _______________.
8. I have been _______________ for many years now because of my traumatic
experiences.

9. I did not notice my pants had a big hole. I was so _______________ walking down the
street.

10. Hearing the news about terrorism is so _______________. The world can really be
such an awful place to be in.