ADJECTIVES
I. Underline the best answer in the following questions (-ing or –ed adjectives)
1. I don’t like horror films. I think they are frightening/frightened and boring/ bored.
2. Don`t look so surprising/ surprised. Of course, it was a surprising/ surprised decision but we had no other choice.
3. It was a tiring/ tired journey. I wish I hadn’t had it. I felt completely exhausting/ exhausted later.
4. The football match was disappointing/ disappointed. Our team lost the game and we left the stadium quite disappointed/ disappointing.
5. It’s sometimes embarrassing/ embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
6. He did not come and she looked rather worrying/worried.
7. This is the most interesting/ interested film I`ve ever seen.
8. We didn’t think you were interesting/ interested in ancient history.
9. The soccer game was quite exciting/ excited. I had a great time.
10. It was a really terrifying/ terrified experience. Everybody was very shocking/ shocked.
11. He’s one of the most boring/ bored people I have ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting/ interested.
12. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing/ amazed when it was offered to me.
13. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing/ amused.
14. Why do you always look so boring/ bored? Is your life really so boring/ bored?
15. She enjoys her job, but it’s often exhausting/ exhausted. At the end of the day’s work, she is often exhausting/ exhausted.
16. I found girls who bite their nails really irritated/ irritating.
17. There are a lot of read signs. It’s all very confusing/ confused.
18. “A man started to follow me home last night”. “Weren’t you frightening/ frightened?”
19. I do the same thing every day. My job is very boring/ bored.
20. You look so frightened/frightening. Is everything OK?

II. Put the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the following passage
Grammar rules frustrate me. They are not logical. They are so (frustrate)..........................They frustrate me because they don’t bore me. I am never (bore).........................when I study grammar. Normally a language class stimulates me. Of course, it depends on the teacher. With some teachers I don’t feel (stimulate)........................ Their classes bore me. And I`m not the only one. Many students find these classes very (bore)............................If teachers want to interest the students, they must use (interest)............................ material. How can teachers interest students? One way is to have (interest)............................. discussions. Certain subjects interest almost everybody. For example, most students are(interest) ...................... in the subject of crime and morality. It`s important to speak in a language class, but it frightens many students. They are too (frighten)...................... to speak in front of so many people. And me? Well, certain things frighten me, but not that. I am never (frighten)..................... when I speak in class. Exams,

however, really frighten me. Exams are the only (frighten).................... thing in a language course. Exams tire me, both physically and emotionally. After a two-hour exam I am really (tire)........................... All the mental effort exhausts the student. Ask anybody. They all agree. Exams are (exhaust)................................. But if I get a good grade, now that excites me. And if I get more than ninety percent, I am really (excite)................................ In conclusion, I must confess that languages fascinate me. I will always want to learn a new and (fascinate)....................... language
III. Complete these sentences, using the adjectives given below
boring, comfortable, dangerous, deep, difficult, independent, old, relaxing, valuable
1. This summer is not as .hot…….... as last summer.
2. I hope his new book is not as........................... as his last one.
3. She was afraid of flying, but I told her it`s not as....................... as traveling by car.
4. Don`t worry. The river isn`t as........................... as it looks.
5. Silver isn`t as ........................................as gold.
6. Dogs aren`t as.................................. as cats.
7. Our new car is very fast, but it`s not as ..................................as the old one.
8. Do you think French is as...................................... to learn as English?
9. Were you really born in 1980? I didn`t realize you were as......................as me.
10 For me, lying on the beach is not as............................ as walking in the mountains.
IV. Write the comparative of the words given to complete the sentences. Add than where necessary.
1. He is ………………………….. he used to be. (helpful)
2. It was slowly getting ………………. and ……………….(hot)
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