Examine the following adjectives ending with suffixes. Make sure you know what they mean.

alarmed – alarming / amused – amusing / annoyed – annoying / astonished – astonishing

bored – boring / confused – confusing / convinced – convincing
depressed – depressing / disappointed – disappointing / discouraged – discouraging
distressed – distressing /disturbed – disturbing / embarrassed – embarrassing
encouraged – encouraging / entertained – entertaining / excited – exciting
exhausted – exhausting / fascinated – fascinating / frightened – frightening
frustrated – frustrating / gratified – gratifying / inspired – inspiring / insulted – insulting
interested – interesting / moved – moving / overwhelmed – overwhelming
pleased – pleasing / relaxed – relaxing / relieved – relieving / satisfied – satisfying
shocked – shocking / surprised – surprising / tempted – tempting / terrified – terrifying
threatened – threatening / thrilled – thrilling / tired – tiring / touched – touching
troubled – troubling / worried – worrying
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careful - careless / colourful – colourless / doubtful – doubtless

fearful - fearless / harmful - harmless / helpful - helpless / hopeful – hopeless
joyful – joyless / meaningful – meaningless / painful – painless
powerful – powerless / purposeful - purposeless /shameful - shameless
thoughtful – thoughtless /useful - useless

Now use these adjectives to fill in the gaps. There may be more than one possible answer.

1. This wet weather is so depress________ . I can’t put up with it.

2. I will be very surpris________ if she does well in her test. She hasn’t studied at all.
3. The accident that she witnessed yesterday was very distress________. She must be extremely
overwhelm________ after seeing it all. So be thought________ when you talk to her.
4. Our old teacher was really touch________ when we gave her a present for her retirement. She said that
was a really meaning________ moment for her after such a long time teaching.
5. I don’t want you to be alarm________ , but I am afraid I have lost your house keys. I am convinc________ I
had them with me when we left school, but I can’t find them now.
6. Why are you trying to fix the door? That’s totally hope________ , it is too old and it will break up again in
no time. Why don’t you use your time in something more use________ ?
7. She made such a inspir________ and mov________ speech, that the audience stood up and gave her a
deafening ovation.
8. Your offer is really tempt________ , and I am thrill________ that you thought of me for this post, but even
though it might be disappoint________ for you, I must decline the offer.

How would you describe these emojis?