30. She is -------------- in her book.

a. absorbed

b. absorbent

c. absorptive

d. Absorb

31. As she is so -------------- with her present job, she has decided to leave.

a. satisfy

b. satisfied

c. satisfying

d. unsatisfied

Exercise 4: ADJECTIVES WITH –ED AND –ING ENDINGS
Describe which is correct in the following: the adjective ending in –ed or in –
ing
1. Why are you looking so ________? (depress)
> I’ve just been to the doctor.

Why is that so ________ (depress)?
> The doctor said that I have stomach ache.

2. How many students do you think are in this class?
> Sixty five.
That is ________ (astonish)! You are. How did you do that?
> Oh, there’s no need to be ________ (astonish). It is quite simple.

3. I was very ________ (embarrass) yesterday. I called my wife Sue.
> What is ________ (embarrass) about that?
Her name is Judy.

4. Mary: That boy over there is ________ (annoy) me.
Jane: But he is not even looking at you.
Mary: That’s what I am ________ (annoy) about!

5. I’ve got an ________ watch. It cost me only 1 USD.
> Why is it ________(amaze)?
Because every time I look at it I am ________ (amaze) it is still working.

6.

Alice: That was a very (1. interest) ________ film. What did you think?
Andrew: To be honest, I think it is (2. bore) ________. I am not (3. interest) ________ in Korean movie.
Alice: Really? I think it is (4. fascinate) ________. What kind of films do you enjoy?
Andrew: Mostly comedies. Have you seen Home Again?
Alice: Yes, but I wasn’t (5. amuse) ________ at all. In fact, I thought it was (6. horrify) ________. The story was (7. confuse) ________ . When I left the cinema, I felt kind of (8. depress) ________.
Andrew: I am (9. amaze) ________ that you felt that way! I thought it was very (10. amuse) ________.
Alice: Well, I guess it’s a matter of taste.
Andrew: Speaking of taste, would you like to get a bite to eat?
Alice: Thanks, but it’s late and I’m (11. tire) ________

11. My parents will have celebrated 30 years of _______ by next week.

a. marry          

b. married         

c. marriageable      

d. marriage

12. London is home to people of many _______ cultures.

a. diverse         

b. diversity        

c. diversify         

d. diversification

13. Some people are concerned with physical ______ when choosing a wife or husband.

a. attractive       

b. attraction       

c.attractiveness     

d.attractively

14. Mrs. Pike was so angry that she made a _______ gesture at the driver.

a. rude           

b. rudeness        

c. rudely           

d. rudest

15. She sent me a _______ letter thanking me for my invitation.

a. polite          

b. politely         

c. politeness        

d. impoliteness

16. He is unhappy because of his --------------.

a. deaf           

b. deafen         

c. deafness         

d. Deafened

17. His country has -------------- climate.

a. continent        

b. continental       

c. continence       

d. Continentally

18. She has a -------------- for pink.

a. prefer           

b. preferential       

c. preferentially      

d. Preference

19. Computers are -------------- used in schools and universities.

a. widely          

b. wide            

c. widen           

d. Width

21. English is the language of --------------.

a. communicative     

b. communication   

c. communicate      

d. communicatively

22. I have to do this job because I have no --------------.

a. choose

b. choice

c. choosing

d. Chosen

23. English is used by pilots to ask for landing -------------- in Cairo.

a. instruct

b. instructors

c. instructions

d. Instructive

24. He did some odd jobs at home --------------.

a. disappointment

b. disappoint

c. disappointed

d. Disappointedly

25. Don’t be afraid. This snake is --------------.

a. harm

b. harmful

c. harmless

d. Unharmed

26. During his --------------, his family lived in the United State.

a. child

b. childhood

c. childish

d. Childlike

27. Jack London wrote several -------------- novels on adventure.

a. interest

b. interestedly

c. interesting

d. interested

28. He failed the final exam because he didn’t make any -------------- for it.

a. prepare

b. preparation

c. preparing

d. Prepared

29. The custom was said to be a matter of --------------.

a. convenient

b. convenience

c. conveniently

d. Convene

30. She is -------------- in her book.

a. absorbed

b. absorbent

c. absorptive

d. Absorb

31. As she is so -------------- with her present job, she has decided to leave.

a. satisfy

b. satisfied

c. satisfying

d. unsatisfied