Level 5 ch3 - Adjectives ending in "ed" and "ing" - which to use.

Fill in all the gaps with the right word from the list at the bottom of the left hand column. Press "Check" to check your answers. Hint will give you a free letter but it will cost you points.

amazed amazing - amused amusing - confused confusing - terrified terrifying - embarrassed embarrassing - interested interesting - disgusted, disgusting - excited exciting

This may seem a detail at first but it can be important to use these adjectives with the correct ending.

If you don't, sometimes it is just a mistake:
If you say "The book was bored." instead of "The book was boring." it is a mistake, probably without consequence.

Sometimes , however, there can be a dangerous ambiguity:
The horse was frightened. (maybe because it heard a loud noise.)
The horse was terrifying. (it rolled its eyes and tried to kick me.)

and of course:

If, for example, you say "I am boring." instead of "I am bored." it will give a very strange impression: Either people will laugh, or worse, they might think "That's true!!"

The words used in the text are at the top and the bottom of this column. Choose the correct one.
You can type the word or you can highlight it and then drag and drop it into the appropriate box.

amazed amazing - amused amusing - confused confusing - terrified terrifying - embarrassed embarrassing - interested interesting - disgusted, disgusting - excited exciting






It was most when you got drunk at the party! Everyone was when you insulted our host.

I enjoyed my flight in a hot-air balloon but the landing was because of the wind. The passengers were when the balloon dragged them over the ground.

I'm very in marine biology. It is a very subject.

I'm sorry we're late. The instructions toget here were a little . We would have arrived earlier if I hadn't been by the instructions.

Mary says toads are . But there again she often says she's by me!

A lot of people are by the antics of chimpanzees at the circus. Personally I don't find animal acts in circuses at all.

I don't understand why people get about football. I find the game about as as watching paint dry!

The first time we saw the pyramids we were . Pictures of them seem so inadequate. In fact Egypt is full of the most sights.