The document discusses adjectives ending in -ED or -ING in English and provides examples to illustrate the difference between them. Adjectives ending in -ING describe someone's feelings and are usually translated with "es/era" while adjectives ending in -ED describe the thing or person that produces those feelings and are usually translated with "está/estaba". An example is provided comparing "She felt disappointed because the film she saw was disappointing". The document then provides an exercise with 20 gaps to fill in with the correct adjective from options provided in brackets.
The document discusses adjectives ending in -ED or -ING in English and provides examples to illustrate the difference between them. Adjectives ending in -ING describe someone's feelings and are usually translated with "es/era" while adjectives ending in -ED describe the thing or person that produces those feelings and are usually translated with "está/estaba". An example is provided comparing "She felt disappointed because the film she saw was disappointing". The document then provides an exercise with 20 gaps to fill in with the correct adjective from options provided in brackets.
The document discusses adjectives ending in -ED or -ING in English and provides examples to illustrate the difference between them. Adjectives ending in -ING describe someone's feelings and are usually translated with "es/era" while adjectives ending in -ED describe the thing or person that produces those feelings and are usually translated with "está/estaba". An example is provided comparing "She felt disappointed because the film she saw was disappointing". The document then provides an exercise with 20 gaps to fill in with the correct adjective from options provided in brackets.
ING - the cause – It describes someone´s feelings.
We usually translate it: “es/ era”. ED - the effect – It describes the thing or person that produces those feelings. We usually translate it : “está/estaba”. Compare: She felt disappointed because the film she saw was disappointing. (Ella estaba / se sintió desilusionada porque la película que vio era decepcionante).
EXERCISE 1 - Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.
1 He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored / boring) ( bore stiff – aburrir a las piedras) 2 Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed / disappointing) ( sequel – 2ªparte de libro o peli) 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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