Teacher JacobED or ING?
Adjectives Ending with -ed and -ing
Learning Objective: At the end of the session, the students are expected to be able to identify the correct form of adjective as it is needed in each of the following sentences.
In Dialogue
Bill: Hi, Mark. You look (tire) _____________.
Mark: I am. I'm totally (exhaust)______________.
Bill: Why? What have you been doing?
Mark: I've been getting my house ready for the painters to come tomorrow.
Now they ring me to tell me, yet again, that they can't come till next week.
I'm getting very (annoy) ________ with them..
Bill: That's (disappoint)____________. I'll bet that you'll be (please)___________ when it's finished.
Mark: You're not wrong! I'm starting to get very (bore) ___________ with all the delays.
It's (distress)____________.
Bill: You must be so (frustrate)_____________. When do they think they will finish painting you house.
Mark: They say that it will take about two weeks to finish. But when they will start I don't know.
Bill: Don't be too (depress) ____________. Just think of how (relieve)__________ you'll be when it's finished.
Mark: That's the (frighten)_______________ thing. I'm starting to believe that it will never be finished.
Bill: What a (shock) ______________ thought.
Never mind. One day soon you'll wake up with the (relax)________________ thought that it's finished and you don't have to worry about it anymore.
Mark: I hope you're right.