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 ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
(Tính từ & Trạng từ)
Tính từ đuôi -ing hoặc -ed
- Đuôi -ing: diễn tả sự khen hoặc chê sự vật, sự việc hoặc tính cách của con người, thường đứng
trước danh từ
- Đuôi -ed: diễn tả cảm xúc của con người

Underline the correct answers.

1. I had such a tired/ tiring day I went straight to bed.
2. Everyone’s very excited/ exciting about the news.
3. That lamp produces a very pleased/ pleasing
4. Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly exhausted/ exhausting.
5. He’s always showing off. It’s really annoyed/ annoying.
6. I think Alex is one of the most annoyed/ annoying people I’ve ever met. He can’t keep still for
a second.
7. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed
really embarrassed/ embarrassing.
8. She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather embarrassed/
embarrassing.
9. Are you interested/ interesting in football?
10. The football match was quite exciting/ excited. I enjoyed it.
11. It’s sometimes embarrassing/ embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
12. Do you usually get embarrassing/ embarrassed?
13. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing/ amazed when I was offered it.
14. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing/ amused.
15. It was a really terrifying/ terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking/
shocked.

Supply the correct form of the adjectives.

1. I find horror films really ___________________ and not at all fun to watch. (frighten)

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2. Sometimes I get really ____________________ when I can’t express myself will in English.
(frustrate)
3. The film was so ______________________! There was no happy ending for any of the
characters. (depress)
4. If I feel ___________________, I find watching a romance comedy is often _________. (stress
– relax)
5. The news was so _____________ that she burst into tear. (shock)
6. Kathy was so ________________ when she saw the dinosaur bones at the museum (amaze)
7. The teacher was really _______________ so the lesson passed quickly (amuse)
8. Whoever Adrian gets _____________, he goes fishing (bore)
9. We all were _______________ with the results if the test. (disappoint)
10. Of course, action movies are ______________. That’s why I like them (excite)
11. My neighbour is always playing loud music. It's very _______________ (annoy)
12. The directions were _______________ and we got lost. (confuse)
13. My cats get really _______________ when there's a thunderstorm. (frighten)
14. His exam results were really _______________. (disappoint)
15. Everybody is _______________ that his younger brother passed the TOEIC test the last day.
(surprise)
16. My mother is a busy teacher. At the end of the day’s work, she is often _______________
(exhaust)
17. Sandy is starting a new job next Monday. She’s quite _______________ about it. (excite)
18. Many meetings aren’t so _______________ as this one was. (interest)
19. My grandfather was _______________ by how shocking the accident was yesterday. (shock)
20. Windy was _______________ by the confusing street signs in that city. (confuse)
21. Kin was very _______________ in the history lesson. He almost fell asleep. (bore)
22. Feeling tired and _______________ Peter went out alone. (depress)