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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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1. The instructions in the exam were very complicated and left the students feeling totally .

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

3. Would you be 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 .

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

6. He's had a lot of bad news recently and is feeling a bit . Let's go and cheer him up.

7. I find it 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 by it.

9. I get really 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 .

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

12. I'm starting a new job next week. I'm quite about it

13. The lecture was . I fell asleep.

14. It's sometimes when you have to ask people for money.

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