Pre-Intermediate Level >> Grammar Worksheets >> This worksheet helps practice the difference between "-ed" and "-ing" adjectives like bored-boring, interested-interesting, etc.
Bored or Boring?
Pre-Intermediate
Choose the correct form of the adjectives listed below to fill the spaces in the questions.
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frightening bored tired surprised amusing tiring satisfied |
amused interesting frightened interested satisfying boring surprising |
1. That horror film was too __________ for me. I spent most of the time with my eyes closed!
2. Janine! Don't sit around looking so __________. Go and do something with your friends or at least watch something on the TV!
3. My job is so __________. I work 10 hours every day and then have to spend another hour or two doing paperwork for the next day.
4. I entered the dark room and suddenly the lights came on and everyone was shouting "Happy Birthday!". I was so __________.
5. We played a funny practical joke on our physics teacher today but he wasn't __________ at all. He was actually really angry!
6. Why are you laughing? If two big dogs attacked you, you would also be really __________.
7. The most __________ thing about Rosemary is that she won the lottery two years ago and never told anyone!
8. OK, it's after midnight and I am feeling really __________. Goodnight.
9. I find all of Woody Allen's films very __________.
10. Kevin thinks he's a very __________ person but I always fall asleep when he starts to talk!
11. I think baseball is a __________ game. I went to watch a game once and people just drank beer and ate burgers for four hours. No-one was watching the game.
12. Are you __________ with your meal, sir? Is there anything else I can get for you?
13. Mark? Are you __________ in what I have to say to you or do you want to continue to look out of the window?
14. I think being a nurse must be a very __________ job. Looking after people must make you feel good about yourself.
