RELAX

The book is ...

People feel...
 Adjective to describe feelings
If you want to describe feelings use adjective
ending in –ed
I’m + adjectives ending in –ed
example:
- Bored →
- Excited
- Frightened
- Interested
Adjective to describe people or things
• If you want to describe people or things use
adjective ending in –ing
• It’s + adjectives ending in –ing
• Example:
• - annoying
• - surprising
• - amazing
• - interesting
 -ing and –ed pairs

There are many pairs of adjectives, for example:

exciting excited

interesting interested

amazing amazed

irritating irritated

horrifying horrified

Can you think of others?

 frighten

The movie is ________________.

The girls are ________________.

 frighten

• The movie is frightening .

• The girls are frightened .

 amuse

This family is ________________.

The TV show is ______________.

 amuse

This family is amused .

The TV show is amusing .

 fascinate

Julian Beever’s street art is ____________.

I am ________ by Julian Beever’s street art.

 fascinate

Julian Beever’s street art is fascinating .

I am fascinated by Julian Beever’s street art.

 frustrate

The woman is _______________.

The computer is _____________.

 frustrate

The woman is frustrated .

The computer is frustrating .

 excite

What is so ___________?

These people are really _________.

 excite

What is so _exciting ?

These people are really __excited .

 bore

This teacher is ________.

These students are _________.

 bore

This teacher is boring .

These students are bored .
 Your turn
Make up a pair of sentences using this verb and
picture:

confuse
 Your turn
Make up a pair of sentences using this verb and
picture:

terrify
1. My friend Ann works in the most
________ (excited / exciting) city of the
world.
2. I’m really ________ (excited / exciting)
with the idea of working abroad.
3. People are ________ (confused /
confusing) about all the different labels
on food these days.
4. The instructions on the box are very
________ (confused / confusing).
5. He has got a very ________ (bored
/ boring) job.
6. The children quickly got ________
(bored / boring) with staying indoors.
7. I find it absolutely ________
(astonished / astonishing) that you didn’t
like it.
8. My parents looked ________
(astonished / astonishing) at my news.
9. She felt very ________ (depressed
/depressing) about the future.
10. Looking for a job these days can
be ________ (depressed/depressing).
11. I’m ________ (determined /
determining) to succeed.
12. Age and experience will be very
________ (determined / determining)
factors in our choice of candidate.
13. Can’t we have something more
________ (interested / interesting)?
14. I’m very ________ (interested /
interesting) in history.
15. She looked ________ (surprised /
surprising) when I told her that.
16. We had a lot of ________ (surprised
/ surprising) things in common.
17. They felt ________ (frustrated /
frustrating) at the lack of progress.
18. It is ________ (frustrated /
frustrating) to have to wait so long.
19. It has been a ________ (tired /
tiring) day.
20. I am sick and ________ (tired /
tiring) of all the arguments.
21. She made him feel ________
(discriminated / discriminating).
22. This is a ________ (discriminated
/ discriminating) audience.