Student: ____________________ Date: _________
A.) Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.
1. No one knew what would happen next. We were all .................................. . (intrigued / intriguing)
2. It was a very ................................. situation. (interested / interesting)
3. There's been some very ................................. news. (surprised / surprising)
4. His mother was ................................. by what she found under his bed. (disgusted / disgusting)
5. Their hamburgers are .................................. (disgusted / disgusting)
6. Dad always arrives home from work completely .................................. . (exhausted / exhausting)
7. He's always showing off. It's really .................................. . (annoyed / annoying)
8. I think Alex is one of the most ................................. people I've ever met. He can't keep still for a second.
(annoyed / annoying)
9. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed
really .................................. .(embarrassed / embarrassing)
10. She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather................................... .
(embarrassed /embarrassing)
B.) Complete the sentences using the ed /-ing form of the adjective.
1. My friend Ann works in the most ________ (excited / exciting) city of the world.
2. Im really ________ (excited / exciting) with the prospects 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 didnt 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. Im ________ (determined / determining) to succeed.
12. Age and experience will be very ________ (determined / determining) factors in our choice of
candidate.
13. He has got a ________ (challenged / challenging) career.
14. A competition for physically ________ (challenged / challenging) athletes.
15. Cant we have something more ________ (interested / interesting)?
16. Im very ________ (interested / interesting) in history.
17. She looked ________ (surprised / surprising) when I told her that.
18. We had a ________ (surprised / surprising) amount in common.
19. They felt ________ (frustrated / frustrating) at the lack of progress.
20. It is ________ (frustrated / frustrating) to have to wait so long.
21. It has been a ________ (tired / tiring) day.
22. I am sick and ________ (tired / tiring) of all the arguments.
23. She made him feel ________ (discriminated / discriminating).
24. This is a ________ (discriminated / discriminating) audience.
C.) Choose the correct form of adjective to complete these sentences:
1. The exam instructions were very complicating and the students felt totally ..
(confused; confusing)
2. I don't like horror films at all - in fact, I find them really .(frightened; frightening)
3. Would you be in coming to the theatre this evening? I have a spare
ticket. (interested;interesting)
4. I wish you would fix that dripping tap? It's getting on my nerves - it's
really(irritated;irritating)
5. I didn't expect to see David at the party. I was really to see him there.
(surprised;surprising)
6. Hes just lost his job and is feeling a bit . Let's go and cheer him up.
(depressed;depressing)
7. I find it very listening to music after a hard day's work. (relaxing;
relaxed)
8. Sally said the book was really good but I was completely with it.
(boring;bored)
9. I get really when people throw rubbish in the streets. It makes me
furious.(annoyed;annoying)
10. If I had done what he did, I'd feel really .
(embarrassed; embarrassing)
11. The house hadn't been cleaned for ages. It was really . (disgusting;
disgusted)
D.) Use one of the adjectives in the box to complete each sentence.
frightening frightened
boring bored
tiring tired
surprising surprised
amusing amused
interesting interested
satisfying satisfied
a) I find being alone at night in a strange place very __________________
b) John, don't sit around looking so __________. Go and do something!
c) My job is so __________. I work a lot at the office and then have to spend another hour or two doing
paperwork at home.
d) The room was in darkness when I entered and then suddenly the lights came on and everyone
was shouting "Happy Birthday!". I was so __________.
e) The maths teacher wasn't __________ at all yesterday because the students had played a funny
practical joke on him.
f) If two big dogs attacked you, would you be really __________?
g) The most __________ thing about Linda is that she got promotion and didnt even tell anyone.
h) Look it's after midnight and I am feeling really __________. Im sorry but I must go to bed.
i) I absolutely adore my uncle Bill hes very __________.
j) My brother-in-law thinks he's a very __________ person but he bores me to tears!
k) I think baseball is a __________ game. I really dont understand what attracts people to it.
l) Are you __________ with your meal, sir? Perhaps I can bring you some more bread.
m) Jenny are you __________ in what Im saying or not? At least show some enthusiasm!
n) Being a nurse is a difficult job but Im sure it is very __________ .
