-ing or -ed? Participles as Adjectives

Time to brush up on (review) your understanding of participles as adjectives.

Some participles can be used as adjectives in either the present or past form.

Present Participle (-ing) is used to describe something or someone.
"I watched an interesting TV about American history last night."
"This film is boring. Let's stop watching it."

Past Participle (-ed) is used to describe how people feel about something or someone.
"I'm interested in American history."
"I'm bored of my job. I want to find another one."

Task 1: Now choose the right form for each sentence.
Task 2: Use these participles to write your own example sentences: excited / embarrassing /shocking / tired / surprised

Link: '-ed' and '-ing' adjectives: describing feelings and things

• 1 - The people I work with are ____ with their jobs.
  
  satisfied
  satisfying
  
  
• 2 - John was ____ by the the news report.
  
  disgusted
  disgusting
  
  
• 3 - We thought that the instructions were ___ .
  
  confused
  confusing
  
  
• 4 - It's an ___ little story. You should read it.
  
  amusing
  amused
  
  
• 5 - Working late every day is ___ .
  
  tiring
  tired
  
  
• 6 - I'm not really ___ in sport.
  
  interested
  interesting
  
  
• 7 - Do you feel ___ about them?
  
  worrying
  worried
  
  
• 8 - All this information is making me ___.
  
  confused
  confusing
  
  
• 9 - I had a ___ weekend because of the rain.
  
  bored
  boring
  
  
• 10 - Young children are often ___ of the dark.
  
  scared
  scaring