Fill in the correct form of the words in bold forming adjectives from nouns.

1. This is a............................... magazine; it usually comes out every Sunday.              WEEK

2.  Joanna's mother's............................... personality has created many problems in     DOMINANCE

the two women's relationship over the years.                                                  

3. The house is situated on a............................... hill and has a great view of the sea.  ROCK

4. The committee will consider the effects of global warming and propose ways of             ENVIRONMENT

preventing further............................... destruction.

5. My new sofa is much more............................... than my last one.                              COMFORT

6. Fiona did well at the audition and is very............................... about the possibility of ENTHUSIAST

being the leading lady in the play.

7. It is said that in wars people perform the most............................... acts in order to    COURAGE

help others.

8. His family are regularly, telling James that his behaviour at times is very.................. FOOL

9.   The book I read last month was an............................... story of the character's     AUTOBIOGRAPHY

own personal experiences.

10. Sarah is definitely the safest driver I know as she is very............................ not to      CARE

break any of the rules of the road.

11. The long and hard climb left David............................... and exhausted.                      BREATH

Exercise 19

Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Earthquake rocks Afghanistan

Half a million people have been left...................(1) after                                     HOME

a...............(2) earthquake destroyed thousands of homes and caused              POWER

................(3) damage to hundreds of others in northern Afghanistan                 EXTEND

yesterday. It was the most...................(4) earthquake in                                    DESTROY

living memory, leaving.................(5) damage in its wake.                                   BELIEVE

Reports slams TV for young

A new report describes the...................(6) effects of TV oil                                 HARM

children's educational and...................(7) development.                                      EMOTION

After...............(8) periods of watching VV, children tend to become                    LONG

absent-minded and.................(9). The report also says many TV programmes  FORGET

are...................(10) for children and it is the responsibility of parents to...          SUIT

 

VI. -ing / -ed (participles)

We use -ing to characterize qualities of a thing or a person: A captivating book, exciting story, an interesting writer

-ed  is used to describe emotions of a person: bored children, a tired mother

 

Exercise 20

Underline the correct word in bold.

1      It was a very disgusted/disgusting sight to see so much rubbish on the beach.

2     We were very surprised/surprising by his exam results.

3       I was embarrassed/embarrassing when I tripped in front of all those people.

4     The book was so exciting/excited that I didn't want it to end.

5      His speech was so interested/interesting that everyone enjoyed it.

6      His performance as Hamlet was rather disappointed/disappointing.

7      She was so frightening/frightened by the film that she couldn't sleep last night.

 

Exercise 21

Fill in the correct form of the words in the brackets.

1 Malcolm finds it very...relaxing... to lie in a hammock and read the newspaper. (relax)

2 The teacher was.............................................by her students' excellent exam results. (impress)

3 I was.....................................to receive your card expressing your sympathy. (touch)

4 Although being a doctor can be a very stressful and tiring job, it is very.....................................as

you help save people's lives. (reward)

5 I have never felt as............................................... as I did when I watched that horror film. (terrify) 

6 It is very..................................to see people begging for money on the streets, (depress)

Exercise 22

C ircle the correct adjective.

Last week I went to a party. For the first hour I was (1) (bored/boring, but then I started to talk to people and dance. I was really (2) pleased/pleasing. It was a really (3) excited/exciting party! I met a lot of (4) fascinated/fascinating people. I talked to a girl who was very (5) i nterested/interesting in dangerous sports like parachuting. There was one person there who was not very (6) interested/interesting. He talked about his motorbike for half an hour. But then I listened to some (7) amazed/amazing rock music and danced again. Some time after midnight

I got (8) tired/tiring and went home.

 

Exercise 23

C ircle the correct adjective.

1. I am interested/interesting in art.
2. Everyone is depressed/depressing by awful weather.
3. I think that airports are exciting/excited places.
4. I’m tired/ tiring. I think I’ll go to bed.
5. The journey was exhausted/exhausting!
6. It’s not surprising/surprised that she’s busy. She’s got six children.
7. The teacher was annoying/annoyed because I had forgotten to do my homework.
8. He loved the museum -he thought it was fascinating/fascinated.
9. We went to the cinema but I was very boring/bored because I had seen the film before.
10. I like this monkey. It is very amused/amusing.

 

VII. REVISION EXERCISES

NOUN and ADJECTIVES SUFFIXES

Exercise 24

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets:

1 I don't know what's wrong with him but he's ____________(SUSPECT) of everything around him.

2 Be careful when you go for a walk in the forest. There may be some___________(POISON) snakes around.

3 We all agree that Orlando Bloom is very good looking but we can't say he's a brilliant_____(ACT).

4 Winning gold medals both in 1,500 and 5,000 metres was a great____________(ACHIEVE) for the Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj.

5 Our team needs a________(DECIDE) manager to be___________(SUCCESS) in the Premier League.

6 Regular physical ___________(ACTIVE) helps you lose weight in a healthy way.

7 Everybody is talking about teenage ___________(VIOLENT) nowadays.

8 I can't walk properly for a week because of a ____________ (PAINFUL) in my knee.

9 My grandfather received a medal for his _____________ (BRAVE) in World War II.

10 The young boy was badly ____________ (INJURY) in the accident. The doctors are trying to keep him ____________(LIVE) on a life-support machine.

Exercise 25