I.

Choose the correct adjective:

1. My nephew was (amusing / amused) by the clown.

2. Its so (frustrating / frustrated)! No matter how much I study I cant seem to remember this vocabulary.

3. This lesson is so (boring / bored)!

4. Im feeling (depressed / depressing), so Im going to go home, eat some chocolate, and go to bed early
with a good book.

5. I thought her new idea was absolutely (fascinated / fascinating).

6. This maths problem is so (confusing / confused). Can you help me?

7. The teacher was really (amusing / amused) so the lesson passed quickly.

8. The journey was (exhausting / exhausted)! Twelve hours by bus.

9. The plane began to move in a rather (alarming / alarmed) way.

10. He was (frightening / frightened) when he saw the spider.

11. I was really (embarrassing / embarrassed) when I fell over in the street.

12. That film was so (depressing / depressed)! There was no happy ending for any of the characters.

13. Im sorry, I cant come tonight. Im completely (exhausting / exhausted).

14. We are going in a helicopter? How (exciting / excited)!

15. Dont show my baby photos to people, Mum! Its so (embarrassing / embarrassed)!

16. Its okay, its only me. Dont be (alarming / alarmed).

17. My sister is so (exciting / excited) because she is going on holiday tomorrow.

18. I hate long flights, Im always really (boring / bored).

19. She looked very (confusing / confused) when I told her we had to change the plan.

20. John was (fascinated / fascinating) by Mandarin when he first started learning languages. He decided
to study more and now he can speak it fluently.

II. -ED or ING? Choose the correct form of the words in brackets.

Sue: Hi, Jane. Have you had an (interest) day?

Jane: I've had a very (excite) day. It's my birthday today.
Sue: I'm a little (confuse). I thought your birthday was next month.
Jane No, that's my brother's birthday. Mine is today.
Sue: Oh! Now I'm (embarrass). I didn't get you a present.
Jane: That's (disappoint). But it's OK.
Sue: Now I'm (depress), too.
Hey, I've just had a (fascinate) idea.
Why don't we go shopping and get you a present right now? That way we can get you something
really (please).
Jane: What an (enchant) idea. Where shall we start?
Sue: What about right here?

Bill: Hi, Mark. You look (tire).

Mark: I am. I'm totally (exhaust)
Bill: Why? What have you been doing?
Mark: I've been getting my house ready for the painters to come tomorrow. Now they ring me to tell me,
yet again, that they can't come till next week. I'm getting very (annoy) with them..
Bill: That's (disappoint).
I'll bet that you'll be (please) when it's finished.
Mark: You're not wrong! I'm starting to get very (bore) with all the delays.
It's (distress).
Bill: You must be so (frustrate). When do they think they will finish painting you house.
Mark: They say that it will take about two weeks to finish. But when they will start I don't know.
Bill: Don't be too (depress).
Just think of how (relieve) you'll be when it's finished.
Mark: That's the (frighten) thing. I'm starting to believe that it will never be finished.
Bill: What a (shock) thought.
Never mind. One day soon you'll wake up with the (relax) thought that it's finished and you don't
have to worry about it anymore.
Mark: I hope you're right.

Amy: Have you heard the (suprise) news about Alice and Ted?
Cathy: You mean about their getting married. Yes, I have. I was absolutely (astonish) when I heard about
it.
I thought it was the most (astound) thing I'd heard in a long time. They're always fighting like cats
and dogs.
Amy: I agree with you. I was pretty (shock) when I heard about it myself.
Cathy: Actually, I'm (relieve).
I was always (worry) that they would break up. Now I can relax.
Amy: What a (depress) idea.
But you're right. That would be an (upset) thing to happen.

III. Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.

1 He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored / boring)

2 Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed / disappointing)

3 I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)

 4 Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited / exciting)

5 That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased / pleasing)

6 The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (saddened / saddening)

7 I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)

8 I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing)

9 He's such a ________________ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)

10 I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)

11 No one knew what would happen next. We were all ________________ . (intrigued / intriguing)

12 It was a very ________________ situation. (interested / interesting)

13 There's been some very ________________ news. (surprised / surprising)

14 His mother was ________________ by what she found under his bed. (disgusted / disgusting)

15 Their hamburgers are ________________ . (disgusted / disgusting)

16 Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________ . (exhausted / exhausting)

17 He's always showing off. It's really ________________ . (annoyed / annoying)

18 I think Alex is one of the most ________________ people I've ever met. He can't keep still for a
second. (annoyed / annoying)

19 I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed really
________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing)

20 She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather ________________ .
(embarrassed / embarrassing)

IV. Change the word form like the one in the example, adding the "ly" termination:

love-lovely
-nervous -day
-quiet -month
-soft -sad
-happy -week
-terrible -month

Write sentences with the "ly" form being an adjective.