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3.3.1 Forming Adjectives

Choose the appropriate words to complete the sentences.

1. I am (disappointing/disappointed) in you.

1. I am disappointed in you.

2. Are you (interesting/interested) in football?

2. Are you interested in football?

3. What (attracting/attracted) me most to the job was the chance to travel.

3. What attracted me most to the job was the chance to travel.

4. The tennis match was quite (exciting/excited). I enjoyed it.

4. The tennis match was quite exciting. I enjoyed it.

5. It's sometimes (embarrassing/embarrassed) when you have to ask people for money.

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

6. Do you easily get (embarrassing/embarrassed)?

6. Do you easily get embarrassed?

7. I had never expected to get the job. I was really (amazing/amazed) when I was offered it.

7. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazed when I was offered it.

8. She has really learnt very fast. She has made (astonishing/astonished) progress.

8. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing progress.

9. I didn't find the situation funny. I was not (amusing/amused).

9. I didn't find the situation funny. I was not amused.

10. It was a really (terrifying/terrified) experience. Afterwards everybody was very (shocking/shocked).

10. It was a really terrifying experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocked.

11. Why do you always look so (boring/bored)? Is your life really so (boring/bored)?

11. Why do you always look so bored? Is your life really so boring?

12. He's one of the most (boring/bored) people I've ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything (interesting/interested).

12. He's one of the most boring people I've ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting.

 

Complete the sentences using one of the following words:
amusing/amused; annoying/annoyed; boring/bored; confusing/confused; disgusting/disgusted; exciting/excited; exhausting/exhausted; interesting/interested; surprising/surprised.

13. He works very hard. It's not _____ that he's always tired.

13. He works very hard. It's not surprising that he's always tired.

14. I've got nothing to do. I'm _____.

14. I've got nothing to do. I'm bored.

15. The teacher's explanation was _____. Most of the students didn't understand it.

15. The teacher's explanation was confusing. Most of the students didn't understand it.

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

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

17. I seldom visit art galleries. I'm not particularly _____ in art.

17. I seldom visit art galleries. I'm not particularly interested in art.

18. There's no need to get _____ just because I'm a few minutes late.

18. There's no need to get annoyed just because I'm a few minutes late.

19. The lecture was _____. I fell asleep.

19. The lecture was boring. I fell asleep.

20. I asked Emily if she wanted to come out with us but she wasn't _____.

20. I asked Emily if she wanted to come out with us but she wasn't interested.

21. I've been working very hard all day and now I'm _____.

21. I've been working very hard all day and now I'm exhausted.

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

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

23. Tom is very good at telling funny stories. He can be very _____.

23. Tom is very good at telling funny stories. He can be very amusing.

24. Liz is a very _____ person. She knows a lot, she's traveled a lot and she's done lots of different things.

24. Liz is a very interesting person. She knows a lot, she's traveled a lot and she's done lots of different things.