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–ed and -ing adjectives
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The Flatmates – Quiz –ed and -ing adjectives

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For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. No wonder she's …! She's got 3 children and she works full-time in a bank.
a. exhausting by
b. exhausting
c. exhausted
d. exhausted by

2. He's …. spiders. Whenever he sees one, he screams!

a. terrified with
b. terrified of
c. embarrassed by
d. embarrassing

3. She's still so … her work. There's something new to learn every day and the people
she works with are so dynamic.
a. boring by
b. bored by
c. exciting by
d. excited by

4. It was … that he gave her a birthday present. They're not really very close friends.
a. disappointing
b. depressing
c. boring
d. surprising

5. He's …. all the big Hollywood stars but he thought that film was really … because
the acting was so wooden.
a. interested in/boring
b. interested in/bored by
c. interesting in/boring
d. interesting in/bored by

6. ‘Aren't you … after doing all that work?’

Yes, I'm so …, I think I might fall asleep right now!'
a. exhausted/tiring
b. exhausting/tired
c. exhausted/tired
d. exhausted by/tired by

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Answers
1. No wonder she's …! She's got 3 children and she works full-time in a bank.
a. exhausting by – Wrong – Her life is exhausting but how does she feel?
b. exhausting – Wrong – Her life is exhausting but how does she feel?
c. exhausted – Correct – Her life is very tiring.
d. exhausted by – Wrong – She's exhausted by her work and life but you don't need the
word "by" here.

2. He's …. spiders. Whenever he sees one, he screams!

a. terrified with – Wrong – the adjective is correct but the particle is wrong.
b. terrified of – Correct – He's frightened of spiders.
c. embarrassed by – Wrong – If he's embarrassed, he blushes; not screams.
d. embarrassing – Wrong – It's embarrassing that he screams but how does he feel
about spiders?

3. She's still so … her work. There's something new to learn every day and the people
she works with are so dynamic.
a. boring by – Wrong – Her work is exciting not boring so how does she feel about it?
b. bored by – Wrong – Her work is exciting so she isn't bored by it. How does she feel
about it?
c. exciting by – Wrong – Her work is exciting. How does she feel about it?
d. excited by – Correct – She finds her work very stimulating.

4. It was … that he gave her a birthday present. They're not really very close friends.
a. disappointing – Wrong – It's not usually disappointing when people (even if we don't
know them very well) give us gifts. You need a different adjective here.
b. depressing – Wrong – It's not usually depressing when people (even if we don't
know them very well) give us gifts. You need a different adjective here.
c. boring – Wrong – It's not usually depressing when people (even if we don't
know them very well) give us gifts. You need a different adjective here.
d. surprising – Correct – It was pleasant but unexpected that he gave her a
gift.

5. He's really …. all the big Hollywood stars but he thought that film was really …
because the acting was so wooden.
a. interested in/boring – Correct – Although he is fascinated by Hollywood, the
acting in this film was unemotional.
b. interested in/bored by – Wrong – the first answer is right but the second one is
wrong.
c. interesting in/bored by – Wrong – the second answer is right but the first one is
wrong.
d. interesting in/boring – Wrong – both answers are wrong

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6. ‘Aren't you … after doing all that work?’

'Yes, I'm so …, I think I might fall asleep right now!'
a. exhausted/tiring – Wrong – the first answer is right but the second one is wrong.
b. exhausting/tired – Wrong – the second answer is wrong but the first one is right.
c. exhausted/tired – Correct – both these answers mean she is worn out.
d. exhausted by/tired by – Wrong – both these answers have too many words in them.

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