BÀI TẬP ADJ (~ ed/ ~ ing)

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word in brackets +
-ing or –ed.

1. The film wasn't as good as we had expected. (disappoint...)

a The film was……………...

b We were …………. with the film.

2. Donna teaches young children. It's a very hard job, but she enjoys it. (exhaust...)

a She enjoys her job but it's often ............... .

b At the end of a day's work, she is often ........ .

3. It's been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress...)

a This weather is ............... .

b This weather makes me ............... .

c It's silly to get ...... because of the weather.

4. Clare is going to Mexico next month. She has never been there before. (excit...)

a It will be an ....... experience for her.

b Going to new places is always ............... .

c She is really ...... about going to Mexico.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word in brackets +
-ing or –ed.

1. The film wasn't as good as we had expected. (disappoint...)

a The film was disappoint……...

b We were disappoint………. with the film.

2. Donna teaches young children. It's a very hard job, but she enjoys it. (exhaust...)

a She enjoys her job but it's often ............... .

b At the end of a day's work, she is often ........ .

3. It's been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress...)

a This weather is ............... .

b This weather makes me ............... .

c It's silly to get ...... because of the weather.

4. Clare is going to Mexico next month. She has never been there before. (excit...)

a It will be an ....... experience for her.

b Going to new places is always ............... .

c She is really ...... about going to Mexico.

Exercise 3: Choose the correct word.

1. I was disappointing/disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.

(disappointed is correct)

2. Are you interesting/interested in football?

3. The football match was very exciting/excited. I enjoyed it.

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

5. Do you easily get embarrassing/embarrassed?

6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing/amazed when I was
offered ot.
7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing/astonished progress.

8. I didn't find the situation funny. I was not amusing/amused.

9. It was a really terrifying/terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very

shocking/shocked.

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

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

Exercise 4: Choose the right answer

1. What’s the matter? You seem annoyed / annoying about something.

2. I fell over in the school canteen. It was so embarrassing / embarrassed!

3. Ray finds cooking very satisfying / satisfied.

4. We loved traveling in New Zealand. It was amazing / amazed.

5. Are you feeling worrying / worried about your exams?

6. My sister’s terrifying / terrified of spiders, but I’m not.

7. The play was terrible! We all felt very boring / bored.

8. In my opinion, tattoos look disgusted / disgusting.

9. Watching television is very relaxing / relaxed.

10. My brother was very exciting / excited about the holiday.

11. My parents were amazing / amazed that I passed my exam.

12. We were too late. It was so disappointing / disappointed.

13. He was such a charming / charmed man that everyone liked him.

14. The long walk home made us very tiring / tired.

Exercise 5: Fill in the blank
1. We went to the cinema but the film was really______. (bore)

2. It was a really _____ train journey from New York to Chicago. (tire)

3. She doesn’t like heights and she was _____ when she went on the ski lift.(terrify)

4. The weather at this time of year is _____, isn’t it? (depress)

5. It’s an _____ book. It’s all about a boat journey along the Amazon. (amaze)

6. These are very ______ results. We thought they would be a lot worse. (surprise)

7. I feel _____ when I listen to this music. (relax)

8. There’s an _____ article about digital cameras in the newspaper today. (interest)

9. The directions he gave us were really______. (confuse)

10. They said that’s the most ______ match they’ve seen for ages. (excite)

11. I was late for the interview and then went to the wrong company. It was really
_____ (embarrass)

12. The carnival was wonderful and I was completely _____ the whole time.
(fascinate)

Exercise 6: Circle the right answer

1. Linda is ____________ in buying a new house for her parents.

A. interest

B. interested

C. interesting

D. interestingly

2. Everybody is _____________ that his younger brother passed the TOEIC test the
last day.
A. surprised

B. surprising

C. surprise

D. surprisingly

3. This film is __________.

A. bore

B. bored

C. boring

D. boringly

4. My mother is a busy teacher. At the end of the day’s work, she is often
___________.

A. exhaust

B. exhausting

C. exhausted

D. exhaustingly

5. Sandy is starting a new job next Monday. She’s quite ______________ about it.

A. excite

B. excited

C. excitingly

D. exciting
6. Many meetings aren’t so ______________ as this one was.

A. interest

B. interested

C. interesting

D. interestingly

7. My grandfather was __________by how shocking the accident was yesterday.

A. shock

B. shocking

C. shocked

D. shockingly

8. Windy was ____________ by the confusing street signs in that city.

A. confusing

B. confuse

C. confused

D. confusingly

9. Kin was very __________ in the history lesson. He almost fell asleep.

A. bore

B. boring

C. bored

D. boringly
10. Feeling tired and _____________, Peter went out alone.

A. depressed

B. depressing

C. depress

D. depressingly

Exercise 7: Complete sentences below

1. I find horror films really ___________________ and not at all fun to watch.
(frighten)

2. Sometimes I get really ____________________ when I can’t express myself will in

English. (frustrate)

3. The film was so ______________________! There was no happy ending for any of
the characters. (depress)

4. If I feel ___________________, I find watching a romance comedy is often

_________. ( stress – relax)

5. The news was so _____________ that she burst into tear. (shock)

6. Kathy was so ________________ when she saw the dinosaur bones at the museum
(amaze)

7. The teacher was really _______________ so the lesson passed quickly (amuse)

8. Whoever Adrian gets _____________, he goes fishing (bore)

9. We all were _______________ with the results if the test. (disappoint)

10. Of course, action movies are ______________. That’s why I like them (excite)

11. The lawyer’s argument were so ______________ that we wer ______________ of

the man’s innocence. (convince)
12. The statistics on road accidents are quite ______________. I’m sure many people
are ______________ at the enormity of the problem. (shock)

13. Seeing hot-air balloons floating over desert is an ______________ sight. You’d be
______________ at the number of people who participating in this sport. (amaze)

14. The climb up the mountain was so ______________ that many of the students,
who were feeling ______________ by then, asked if they could stop and rest. (tire)

15. Letting children stay out late is a ______________ problem. By midnight, many
parents already feel a little ______________. (worry)

Exercise 8: Underline the correct answers.

1. I had such a tired/ tiring day I went straight to bed.

2. Everyone’s very excited/ exciting about the news.

3. That lamp produces a very pleased/ pleasing

4. Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly exhausted/ exhausting.

5. He’s always showing off. It’s really annoyed/ annoying.

6. I think Alex is one of the most annoyed/ annoying people I’ve ever met. He can’t
keep still for a second.

7. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed
really embarrassed/ embarrassing.

8. She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather embarrassed/
embarrassing.

9. Are you interested/ interesting in football?

10. The football match was quite exciting/ excited. I enjoyed it.

11. It’s sometimes embarrassing/ embarrassed when you have to ask people for
money.
12. Do you usually get embarrasing/ embarrassed?

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

14. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing/ amused.

15. It was a really terrifying/ terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very
shocking/ shocked.