Adjectives Ending in -ed and -ing

Verb to be

I thought it was boring I was bored. bored

It was disappointing I was disappointed

PRACTICE

Fill in the dialogue with the correct adjective form of the word in parentheses.

Dave : Wasnt Dunia Fantasi........................................................? (bore)

Phil : Were you ................................? I thought it was great. The (bore)

roller coaster ride was really ............................................... (excite)

Dave : I didnt think so. I was ......................................................... (disappoint)

Phil : Did you like the train ride around the park?

Dave : No. I thought it was ............................................................. (bore)

Phil : You liked the boat ride, didnt you?

Dave : No. We had to wait in line for an hour.

By the time I got on the boat, I was .................................... (exhaust)

Phil : What about the Wild Water Show? It was .......................... (amaze)

Dave : I wasnt .................................................... I thought it was (amaze)

................................You know, the man was almost killed. (terrify)

Phil : Well, I thought it was very .................................................. (entertain)

Dave : I thought the most entertaining part of the amusement park

was the restaurant!
 Complete the dialogue using the correct word from the box.

bored boring confusing convinced convincing relaxed

entertaining frightened interesting disappointed surprised surprising

Craig : What sort of films do you like?

Liz : When I go to the cinema, I like to be entertained.

Craig : And what sort of films do you find (1) ____________________________?

Liz : Well, I like films that tell a good (2) ________________ story. And I mean
a story that you can follow, not the sort that goes backwards and forwards
in time. I find those very (3) _____________________. And Im (4)
____________________ when I watch a horror film. I usually close my
eyes when the horror starts.

Craig : Yes, but if the story is too simple, surely you get (5) _________________
because you know exactly whats going to happen.

Liz : I didnt mean that. If something is intelligible, its not necessarily

(6)___________________ . Often good stories have (7)_______________
events or endingsthings that you cant possibly know at the beginning.

Craig : For me the most important thing is that the actors must be (8)___________
so that you really believe that they are the person they are acting.

Liz : If thats true, I imagine you are (9)___________________ most of the

time because, well, for example, Harrison Ford is always Harrison Ford.
Im never (10)__________________ that hes somebody else.

Craig : Yes, but its often not important in his films because theyre escapistif
youre feeling tense about work or something, you have a good laugh and
you come out feeling (11)________________ and happy with the world.

Liz : Im (12)_______________ that you like his films. Although the special
effects are good, the story is always terribly simple.

Craig : Hes not my favourite, but his films are not bad.