Grammar Exercise: Adjectives: Interested or Interesting? (2)

Practise -ed vs -ing adjectives. For B1, B2 students.

Circle the correct option.

1. John was amused/amusing at the look on my face.

2. I didn’t find the book as interested / interesting as I thought it would be.

3. The party was really bored/boring. I wish I hadn’t gone.

4. The teacher is very pleased/pleasing with her students. They have been working so hard.

5. These photographs are absolutely stunned/stunning. Did you take them?

6. Damian finds his job as a tattoo artist very satisfied/satisfying.

7. I wouldn’t let the children watch this film. It’s very frightened/frightening in parts.

8. We are annoyed/annoying that Tony hasn’t apologised.

9. Many people have lost their jobs in the town. The situation is quite worried/worrying.

10. Would you be interested/interesting in helping out at the community kitchen*?

11. Bored/Boring of studying, Annie decided to take the dog for a walk.

12. That song is so annoyed/annoying. Turn it off.


*A community kitchen is a place which prepares and serves meals to those in need.

Answers

1.  amused
2. interesting
3. boring
4. pleased
5.. stunning
6. satisfying
7. frightening
8. annoyed
9. worrying
10. interested
11. bored
12. annoying