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    Life Pre-intermediate Unit 10b

    Participles as adjectives: Dependent prepositions

    Are you bored of reading film reviews by so-called


    i l m b lo g ger.com experts and critics? Then let the world know what
    ww w.f you think. Review the latest films.

    MANHUNT 10 BOLLYWOOD NIGHT OF THE


    ‘The main actor ROMEO GHOSTS
    looks tired in ‘I was surprised ‘It was very
    this and the how much I frightening
    film was so liked this. Loads and I was
    boring!!!’ of great music shocked at the
    Nigel, UK and dancing and violence. Don’t
    even the script is take your
    amusing.’ mother!’
    Raj, Delhi Melanie,
    Melbourne

    Presentation
    The present participle (verb + -ing) and past participle (verb + -ed) forms of some verbs can be used as adjectives:
    to bore – boring – bored
    to frighten – frightening – frightened
    Present participles as adjectives
    Common present participles as adjectives:
    Use present participles as adjectives to describe the
    person or thing that makes you feel a certain way: amusing, annoying, boring, confusing, convincing,
    depressing, disappointing, embarrassing, exciting,
    The film was boring. frustrating, interesting, pleasing, relaxing, satisfying,
    Dracula is a very frightening book. shocking, surprising, terrifying, tiring, worrying

    Past participles as adjectives


    Use past participles as adjectives to describe how you
    feel about someone or something: Common past participles as adjectives:
    He was bored of work. amused, annoyed, bored, confused, convinced,
    depressed, disappointed, embarrassed, excited,
    I was surprised how much I liked this.
    frustrated, interested, pleased, relaxed, satisfied, scared,
    shocked, surprised, terrified, tired, worried
    Say I’m bored (of this film). (don’t say I’m boring (of this
    film).
    Say This film is boring. (don’t say This film is bored.)

    Dependent prepositions
    Common past -ed adjectives and their dependent
    -ed adjectives are often followed by dependent prepositions:
    prepositions:
    Are you excited about the show tonight?
    annoyed with, bored with, excited about, fascinated
    Dependent prepositions are followed by either nouns or by, frightened of, interested in, irritated by, pleased
    gerunds: with, satisfied with, scared of, tired of, terrified of,
    I’m tired of working on this. worried about

    Practical Grammar 2 1 © National Geographic Learning


    Pre-intermediate Unit 10b
    Exercises

    1 Choose the correct adjectives in the film reviews.

    YOUR
    REVIEWS : LIVE TO FIGHT BROKEBACK MONSTER FROM
    ANOTHER DAY MOUNTAIN BELOW
    ‘The special effects
    are 3  amazing /
    ‘I was 5 pleasing /
    pleased to see that
    ‘There’s a 8 terrifying /
    terrified moment in the

    THE RED amazed and there’s Ang Lee directed first five minutes
    a really 4  exciting / this film. The story when the monster
    QUEEN excited scene is 6 interesting / appears but after that

    ‘ where the hero has interested, but don’t nothing very 9 surprising
    I didn’t like the
    to jump out of an see it if you are / surprised happens. The
    characters. I was
    aeroplane without a already 7 depressing / audience were 10 boring /
    really irritating /
    ’
    1
    depressed – it will bored for the rest of the

    ’ ’
    parachute.
    irritated by them
    make you feel worse! movie.
    and the plot was
    /
    totally confusing
    ’
    2

    confused.

    2  Two people are discussing a holiday. Complete their conversations with the present or past
    participle form of the verbs in the box. Then listen and check.

    amuse annoy depress embarrass interest please relax
    A: So, how was your holiday?
    B: Great. It was so 1 relaxing. I didn’t think about work once. And I was really
    2
    with the hotel. The service was five star.
    A: And what were the other people like in your group?
    B: Everyone was really nice except for one person. She was really
    3
    because she wouldn’t stop talking. But apart from her
    it was fine.
    A: And did you meet anyone 4 ?
    B: Well, there was one man I enjoyed talking to. He was a friendly waiter
    at the hotel.
    A: Really?
    B: He also told jokes and was very 5   . He made everyone laugh. And on the last
    night he asked me to dance and everyone was watching us.
    A: Were you 6 ?
    B: Yes, I was! I went bright red but it was wonderful! Then I flew home the next day and it was raining.
    I’m so 7 to be home.
    3 Add a preposition to make complete sentences.
    1 elephants / frighten / mice 3 my best friend / interest / the books of JRR Tolkien
    Elephants are frightened of mice.
    2 my children / excite / the holidays 4 are you / worry / leave / home?

    Practical Grammar 2 2 © National Geographic Learning

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