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  1. Think of a well-known sports personality. Which of the words in the previous two exercises can you use to describe this person? What special qualities do you think children need to become very successful at sport?

  2. Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box.

Shy outgoing competitive chatty spoilt generous

Naughty bright easy-going intense lazy stubborn

  1. He’s very clever – just really ………………………..

  2. She’s really friendly – really ……………………. .She’s really good at making new friends.

  3. She’s quite quiet – quite ………………………… .

  4. They’re very relaxed – just very ………………… .

  5. He’s very sporty, and very …………………. . He always wants to win!

  6. He’s very sweet and affectionate, but he can be quite ………………….. sometimes.

  7. He’s quite serious – quite ……………………. .

  8. He’s a bit of a dropout – just very ……………………. .

  9. She’s very determined. In fact, she can be very ……………………. .

  10. They’re strict, but they can also be very kind and ……………………… .

  11. He’s very indulgent with his daughter. He gives her whatever she asks for, so she’s very ……………………

  12. He can seem quite quiet when you first meet him, but he actually quite ……………………. And funny once you get to know him.

Human feelings

Noun Adjectives

Love -

Happiness happy

Anger angry

Fear afraid (of) / frightened (of)

Pride proud (of)

Jealousy jealous (of)

Embarrassment embarrassed / embarrassing

EXERCISES

  1. What nouns can be formed from these adjectives?

Angry sad happy proud jealous embarrassed

  1. Find the logical ending on the right for each of the sentence beginnings on the left.

  1. He was very proud when a. someone stole his money.

  2. He was very jealous when b. his father appeared on TV with the Prime Minister.

  3. He was very embarrassed when c. he heard that his aunt had died.

  4. He was very angry when d. he saw those big dogs running towards him.

  5. He was very sad when e. he bought her a birthday present on the wrong day.

  6. He was very frightened when f. his best friend went out with the girl he really liked.

  1. Answer these questions.

  1. Would you feel embarrassed or upset if you forgot your mother’s birthday or your father’s birthday?

  2. Do you ever feel frightened in a car (as a passenger) because you are going very fast?

  3. Do you get angry when other people want you to do things that you don’t want to do?

  4. If you made a stupid mistake in English, would you feel embarrassed?

  5. Is there any one thing that you are proud of?

  6. Are there any common situations where you sometimes feel embarrassed?

-ED and -ING ADJECTIVES

The –ed adjectives tell us how a person feels:

The worried parents waited anxiously for news.

Adjectives ending –ing tell us about the effect that something or someone has on our feelings:

It was a disappointing film.

Here are some common –ed/ -ing adjectives.

Amused / amusing excited / exciting

Annoyed / annoying fascinated / fascinating

Bored / boring frightened / frightening

Confused / confusing interested / interesting

Disappointed / disappointing irritated / irritating

Disgusted / disgusting satisfied / satisfying

Embarrassed / embarrassing surprised / surprising

Encouraged / encouraging terrified / terrifying

EXERCISES

  1. Complete the following sentences with the correct –ed or –ing adjective, using the verbs in the list.

Interest relax surprise confuse bore annoy embarrass frighten depress irritate

  1. The instructions in the exam were very complicated and left the students feeling totally ……………….. .

  2. I don’t find horror films at all ……………….. – in fact, I find them quite funny.

  3. Would you be ………………. In coming to the theatre this evening ? I have a spare ticket.

  4. Can you fix that dripping tap? It’s getting on my nerves – it’s really ……………….. .

  5. I didn’t expect to see Peter at the party. I was really …………….. to see him there.

  6. He’s had a lot of bad news recently and is feeling a bit ……………… . Let’s go and cheer him up.

  7. I find it ………………. To lie on the sofa and listen to music after hard day’s work.

  8. I was told the film was really good but I felt utterly ……………….. by it.

  9. I get really ……………… when people throw rubbish down in the streets. It makes me furious.

  10. If I said anything as stupid as he did in front of a thousand people, I’d feel really ………………. .

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