Ex 1: Choose the correct answer:

1.Linda is ____________ in buying a new house for her parents.

A.interest B.interested C.interesting D.interestingly

2. Everybody is _____________ that his younger brother passed the TOEIC test
the last day.
A.surprised B.surprising C.surprise D.surprisingly

3. This film is __________.

A.bore B.bored C.boring D.boringly

4. My mother is a busy teacher. At the end of the day’s work, she is often
___________.
A.exhaust B.exhausting C.exhausted D.exhaustingly

5. Sandy is starting a new job next Monday. She’s quite ______________ about it.
A.excite B.excited C.excitingly D.exciting

6. Many meetings aren’t so ______________ as this one was.

A.interest B.interested C.interestin gD.interestingly

7. My grandfather was __________by how shockingthe accident was yesterday.

A.shock B.shocking C.shocked D.shockingly

8. Windy was ____________ by the confusingstreet signs in that city.

A.confusing B.confuse C.confused D.confusingly

9. Kin was very __________ in the history lesson. He almost fell asleep.
A.bore B.boring C.bored D.boringly

10. Feeling tired and _____________, Peter went out alone.

A.depressed B.depressing C.depress D.depressingly
Ex 2: Write the correct form of the following word:
1. My bath was_________. I feel _________now. (RELAX)
2. Joe is _________ because he had a _________day. (TIRE) - tired/ tiring
3. How to get the cheese was _________. The mouse was _________.
(CONFUSE) 4. So much homework was _________. The student felt _________.
(OVERWHELM)
5. Your jokes are _________. I am _________. (AMUSE)
6. I was so _________by the movie. The scenes in the movie were _________.
(TOUCH)
7. The TV program was _________. I felt _________while watching it. (BORE)
8. My angry father's words were _________. I felt_________. (UPSET)
9. The nurse's big needle was _________. I felt _________when she walked over
to me! (FRIGHTEN)
10. Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was _________. Ted felt _________.
(EMBARRASS)
11. Getting hit in the behind with an arrow was _________. Lancelot felt
_________. (HUMILIATE)
12. My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. I was _________. The sound was
_________. (ANNOY)
13. I was _________after reading the _________news headlines. (ALARM)
14. The movie, King Kong, was _________. The children who were watching it
were ______. (TERRIFY)
15. I felt _________ after getting a _________ massage. (PLEASE)
16. Michael Phelps was _________. Michael Phelps' Olympic win was
_________. (EXCITE)
17. I was _________. The painting called “Mona Piggy” was _________. (SOCK)
18. He heard a strange sound and was _________. The strange sound was
_________. (CONCERN)
19. Her weight loss from the diet was _________. She was _________.
(ENCOURAGE)
20. The taste was _________. I was _________. (SATISFY)
21. He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored/
boring)
22. Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed/ disappointing)
23. I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired/ tiring)
24. Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited/ exciting)
25. That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased/ pleasing)
26. The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (saddened/
saddening)
27. I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed/
depressing)
28. I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed/
amazing)
29. He's such a ________________ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored/
boring)
30. I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested/ interesting)
31. No one knew what would happen next. We were all ________________.
(intrigued/ intriguing)
32. It was a very ________________ situation. (interested/ interesting)
33. There's been some very ________________ news. (surprised/ surprising)
34. His mother was ________________ by what she found under his bed.
(disgusted/ disgusting)
35. Their hamburgers are ________________. (disgusted/ disgusting)
36. Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________.
(exhausted/ exhausting)
37. He's always showing off. It's really ________________. (annoyed/ annoying)
38. I think Alex is one of the most ________________ people I've ever met. He
can't keep still for a second. (annoyed/ annoying)
39. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He
seemed really ________________. (embarrassed/ embarrassing)
40. She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather
________________. (embarrassed/ embarrassing)
41. Have you heard the _____ (suprise) news about Alice and Ted? (suprising)

43. I agree with you. I was pretty _____ (shock) when I heard about it myself.
44. I was always _____ (worry) that they would break up. Now I can relax.
(worried)
45. What a _____ (depress) idea!
46. That would be an _____ (upset) thing to happen.
47. Dogs often feel ___ during fieworks. (frightened/ frightening)
48. The metro can be ___ the first time you use it. (confusing/ confused)
49. Satoru was ___ to hear about the earthquake. (shocked/ shocking)
50. I think that rainy days in winter are ___. (depressed/ depressing)
51. She's ___ of doing the same thing every day. (bored/ boring)

52. It was the most ___ I have been watching a film. (excited/ exciting)

53. The meals at Immigrant's Cafe are ___. (satisfied/ satisfying)

54. Sally has been running for three hours and now she is
_________(exhausted/exhausting)

55. My brother had an accident and his situation is quite

_________(worrying/worried)
56. When we visited that abandoned house it was really
_________(depressing/depressed)
68. I think he was _________because he called me Mary and my name is Rose.
(confusing/confused)
69. That film is not _________despite being a comedy. (amusing/amused)
70. Your bathroom is _________! Couldn’t you clean it a little?
(disgusting/disgusted)
71. Are you _________in reading one of my novels? (interesting/interested)

Ex 3: Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning:

1.Junior is bored with his job at present.

➔ _____________________________________________. (boring)

2. This funny film was entertaining my family.

➔ _____________________________________________. (entertained)

3. My elder brother likes playing video games every Sunday.

➔ _____________________________________________. (interested)

4. That football match was exciting for me yesterday.

➔ ____________________________________________. (excited)