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Confusing adjectives

Students often mistake adjectives ending in ING with the ones ending in ED, like interesting and interested . They both come from a verb , that's why they are called participial adjectives.

Adjectives like boring, interesting, exciting describe what and/or who cause a feeling, while adjectives like bored, interested , excited refer to a living being capable of feeling emotions so that these adjectives describe what the living being feels.

Thus, a person or a show can be exciting , but only a person (or an animal) can be excited.

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1. This book is really (
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) [b...] , I can't go on reading it.

2. Mr Brooks looked very much (
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) [a...] when Bill asked for a pay rise.

3. We were all (
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) [su...] when we learnt about Jill and John getting married in Greenland.

4. Listen! Here's a (
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) [su...] piece of news: Jill and John are getting married !

5. I can't wait to spend a (
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) [r...] weekend in the country !

6. After the holidays, Deborah looked (
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) [r...] and satisfied.

7. The road accident was a (
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) [s...] sight : ambulances and police cars were everywhere.

8. They were (
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) [s...] at the news of their friend's sudden death.

9. You look (
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) [b...] : why don't you go and have a walk?

10. This film is very (
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) [de...] : the protagonist dies in the end and his partner commits suicide.

11. When Pierre has to pay in pounds, he's very (
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) [c...] and never checks the change.

12. The castle, seen in the distance, looked (
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) [fr...] and spooky.

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