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Adjectives - ing and ed

Adjectives ending in' ing 'and 'ed' 

 A/ Somebody is bored if something (or somebody else) is boring. Or, if something is boring, it makes you bored. So:

Tracy is bored because her job is boring.

Tracy's job is boring, so Tracy is bored, (not 'Tracy is boring')   

If a person is boring, this means that they make other people bored:

Charles always talks about the same things. He's really boring.

 B/ Compare adjectives ending in -ing and ed

You can say:

My job is boring, interesting/ tiring/ satisfying/ depressing, (etc.)

The -ing adjective tells you about the job.

Compare these examples:

Interesting:

Jenny thinks politics is very interesting.

Did you meet anyone interesting at the party?

Surprising:

It was quite surprising that he passed the examination.

Disappointing :

The film was disappointing. I expected it to be much better

Shocking:

The news was shocking.  

You can say:

I'm bored with my job.

I'm not interested in my job any more

I'm always tired when I finish work.

I'm not satisfied with my job.

My job makes me depressed, (etc.)

The -ed adjective tells you how somebody feels (about the job).

Interested:

Jenny is very interested in politics, (not interesting in politics')

Are you interested in buying a car? I'm trying to sell mine.

Surprised:

Everybody was surprised that he passed the examination.

Disappointed:

I was disappointed with the film. I expected it to be much better.

Shocked:

We were very shocked when we heard the news.

Choose the correct word:

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2. I don't think that horror films are frighteningfrightenedI don't know - in fact, I find them quite funny.

3. Would you be interestinginterestedI don't know in coming to the theatre this evening? I have a spare ticket.

4. Can't you fix that dripping tap? It's getting on my nerves - it's really irritatedirritatingI don't know.

5. I didn't expect to see Peter at the party. I was really surprisedsurprisingI don't know to see him there.

6. He's had a lot of bad news recently and is feeling a bit depressingdepressedI don't know . Let's go and cheer him up.

7. I find it relaxedrelaxingI don't know to lie on the sofa and listen to music after a hard day's work.

8. I was told the film was really good but I felt utterly boredboringI don't know by it.

9. I get really annoyingannoyedI don't know when people throw rubbish down in the streets. It makes me furious.

10. If I said anything as stupid as he did in front of a thousand people, I'd feel really embarrassedembarrassingI don't know.

11. The kitchen hadn't been cleaned for ages. It was really disgustingdisgustedI don't know.

12. I'm starting a new job next week. I'm quite excitedexcitingI don't know about it

13. The lecture was boringboredI don't know. I fell asleep.

14. It's sometimes embarrassedembarrassingI don't know when you have to ask people for money.