The document discusses adjectives ending in -ed and -ing and provides examples of words that can take both suffixes with different meanings. It explores adjective pairs where -ed indicates past tense and -ing indicates present participle, like tired/tiring. It also gives sentences using fascinating adjectives like interested, exciting, tiring, and frustrating to illustrate how the suffixes change the meaning of the adjective. The document encourages working in pairs to ask follow up questions to better understand the concepts.

1. Adjectives –ed –ing

2. • Bored or boring
1. the film was_______.
2. the audience were ________.

3. • He is confused, he does not know where to
go.
• His language is confusing, people can not
understand him.

4. -ed? Or –ing?
• tired/tiring, embarrassed/ embarrassing, bored/boring,
confused/confusing, relaxed/relaxing

5. • exciting/excited,
• terrifying/terrified,
• astonishing/astonished,
• tiring/tired,
• fascinating/fascinated,
• disappointing/disappointed,
• disgusting/disgusted,
• frustrating/frustrated,
• depressing/depressed,
• interesting/interested
1. I want to know more about it and you give it your
attention:
• I was __________ in what he say
2. Being happy, interested and hopeful because something
good has happened, or is going to happen:
• The kids are getting really __________ about the trip.
3. Very surprising
• It’s __________ that you didn’t know about this!
4. Making you feel that you want to sleep or rest
• It was a long, __________ journey.
5. Extremely interesting
• Istanbul is a __________ city.

6. • exciting/excited,
• terrifying/terrified,
• astonishing/astonished,
• tiring/tired,
• fascinating/fascinated,
• disappointing/disappointed,
• disgusting/disgusted,
• frustrating/frustrated,
• depressing/depressed,
• interesting/interested
6. Unhappy because something you hoped for didn’t happen
• I was __________ that I hadn’t won
7. Making you feel sad
• It’s a very __________ book. I didn't like it at all.
8. Extremely unpleasant and making you feel sick
• What’s that smell? It’s __________ !
9. Feeling annoyed, upset or impatient because you cannot
control/change a situation
• He gets __________ when people don’t understand
what he’s saying.
10. Very frightened
• I am absolutely __________ of spiders.

7. Complete the questions

8. Work in pairs, ask for more
information