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Participial Adjectives Gram Exp
Participial Adjectives Gram Exp
r ar ar t-t
lffi] POINT
Circle T (Truе)or F (Folse),
т F Thе writer of thе ad SayS that she is an interеsting person.
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EхPREss
Сomplеtеthе chort,
еxсiting excited
interesting interеsted
frightening frightened
amusing amused
tiгing tired
3. Partlсipial adjeсtivеs that еnd in .ed desсribe l Wе wеrе amusеd by that aсtor.
somеonеwho еxpеriеnсеsa fee|ingor reaсtion. (Wе fеltamusеmеnt')
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For a list of сommon partiсipial adjeсtives,see Appendix 11 on page 339.
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IDENтIFYo Reod this ortiсlе, Undеrlinе oll thе -ed pаrticipiol odjeсtivеs.Сirclе oll
thе -ing porticipiаI odjеctivеs.
Lurs:Whoknоws?She,salways@aboutsomething.
1.
Mдвтд: I know. I try to understand heц but this time I'm reallу pttzz],ed/ plzzling.
2.
Мдвтд: I thought she was happy. She met an interested / interesting guy last wееk.
4.
Mдвтд: I thought she was. She said they saw a fasсinated / fasсinating movie together.
6.
Lurs: Well, maybe she was fasсinated / fasсinating by the movie but
7.
disappointed / disappointing with thе guy.
8.
Mдвтд: I don,t know. It,s hard to tell with Aliсe. Her moods arе alwavs vеrY
surprisеd / surprising.
9.
Lurs: I'm not surprised / surprising at all. That's just the way she is.
10.
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Ar,rсв: That WaS a very intereэting - movie. What did you think?
1. (interеst)
amused
Ar,rсп: Yеs' but I wasn't at all. In faсt, I thought it was
5. (amusе)
horrifying confusing
. The storv line was , and I сouldn,t
6. (hoгrify) ?. (сonfuse)
find any humоr in the сharaсters'problems. Whеn I left the theateц I felt
depressed
kind of
8. (deprеss)
amazed
Jдкп: I'm that you felt that way! I thought it was very
9. (amazе)
amusing
lo. (аmuse)
ЕDlf. Reod Аlicе,sjournol еntr . Find ond сorrеct six mistаkеsin thе use of pаrticipiol
odjеctives. The first mistаkе is olrеаdу сorrеctеd,
dioappointed
Jиstgot home, I,m disаpprrн#gt шith the еvепiпg.Аt frst I thoиghtJаke шаs otп
interesting
iпtеrestе'd
gиу, bиt tnпlht t fe/t somе'уhаtboredшith his сompапу,We solLuс|Yеrу
entertaining
eпfurtаiпe/moriе,bиtJаke didп,t /ikr it, Iпfасt, it seems/ikecuе/lаvесonp/еtе/g
difereпt tаsfus iи thiпgs, Аft", the morie, I tried to mаkе сoиrersаtioи, bиt а|l I
exhausted
шапtеd шаs togo homе, So, / to/d him / шаs ехhаиstiпg аnd didn,t ruаnt to
"еа//у
interested
gеt home /аtr. |f he аsks me oиt аgаiп-I,m пot iпtrrestiпg. Trуiпg to mеetpеop/е
frustating
сап bе wrу frиstrаte'd,