I N S P I R AT I O N 2

Worksheet 11

Participal adjectives ending in -ed / –ing

1 Circle the correct form of the adjective.
PEDRO Wow! This is really (1) interested / interesting.
TOMEK I don’t think so. I’m (2) bored / boring.
SALLY Come on you two! Let’s go and see the fish.
PEDRO Fish?
SALLY Yes, fish. There are some really (3) surprised / surprising ones.
PEDRO How can a fish be (4) surprised / surprising?
SALLY Trust me! You’ll find it absolutely (5) fascinated / fascinating.
A little later
PEDRO That was (6) amazed / amazing.
TOMEK Yes, it was. I was (7) fascinated / fascinating by all the different colours and shapes.
PEDRO I want to go and look at the dinosaurs.
TOMEK Yes, that will be (8) excited / exciting.
SALLY You two go. I’m going to have a drink in the café. I’m really (9) tired / tiring.
TOMEK Okay. See you later.

2 Use the words in brackets to form a correct
adjective.
1 The earthquake simulator is really
_________________ (excite).
2 I was _________________ (fascinate) by the fish.
3 Use the words in brackets to form a correct
adjective. Then answer them for you.
1 Are you _________________ (interest) in human
biology?
_______________________________________________________

3 Yes, they were _________________ (amaze). 2 When do you feel ______________________ (bore)?
4 Laura was _________________ (frighten) by the _______________________________________________________

snakes. 3 What do you find _________________ (fascinate)?

5 I didn’t find that very _________________ _______________________________________________________

(interest). 4 Have you ever been ___________________ (amaze)

6 That was the most _________________ (frighten) by something?
thing I’ve ever done! _______________________________________________________

7 What’s wrong? You look so _________________ 5 What are you ___________________ (frighten) of?
(bore). _______________________________________________________

6 Do you think science is _________________________

(excite)?
_______________________________________________________

7 Does walking make you feel ___________________

(tire)?
_______________________________________________________

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