mn GRAMMAR CHECK Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed We use adjectives ending in -ed to talk about how people feel. I'm interested to hear Mr McFarlane’s story. We use adjectives ending in —ing to talk about the things, events, and people that make us feel different things. But for me, Watson, life is not so interesting. Chose the correct words to complete the sentences. a Sherlock Holmes was feeling bering/bored because there weren't any crimes to investigate. He wanted to investigate an exciting/excited murder. ¢ John McFarlane was very surprised/surprising when he read about the murder in the newspaper. d McFarlane was very frightening/frightened when he arrived at Holmes’ house because the police were following him. e Mrs Hudson was annoyed/annoying when McFarlane pushed her out of his way. f Mr Oldacre's will was very surprised/surprising because in it he left all his money to John McFarlane. Holmes was very interested/interesting in the will. He wanted to know why Oldacre wrote it on a train. h Oldacre was a dangerous man. Mrs McFarlane thought that he was very frightened/frightening. Lestrade doesn't like answering lots of annoyed/annoying questions from Sherlock Holmes when he's investigating a murder. Holmes was very exeited/exciting when he found the bloody thumbprint. The thumbprint was an interested/interesting problem for Holmes to think about. For Watson, living with a man like Holmes is never boring/bored. =