| -ING | the cause |
| -ED | the effect |
| Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets. | |
| 1. | He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored / boring) |
| 2. | Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed / disappointing) |
| 3. | I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring) |
| 4. | Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited / exciting) |
| 5. | That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased / pleasing) |
| 6. | The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (saddened / saddening) |
| 7. | I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing) |
| 8. | I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing) |
| 9. | He's such a ________________ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring) |
| 10. | I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting) |
| 11. | No one knew what would happen next. We were all ________________ . (intrigued / intriguing) |
| 12. | It was a very ________________ situation. (interested / interesting) |
| 13. | There's been some very ________________ news. (surprised / surprising) |
| 14. | His mother was ________________ by what she found under his bed. (disgusted / disgusting) |
| 15. | Their hamburgers are ________________ . (disgusted / disgusting) |
| 16. | Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________ . (exhausted / exhausting) |
| 17. | He's always showing off. It's really ________________ . (annoyed / annoying) |
| 18. | I think Alex is one of the most ________________ people I've ever met. He can't keep still for a second. (annoyed / annoying) |
| 19. | I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed really ________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing) |
| 20. | She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather ________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing) |
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