Participle Adjectives Exercise 2
level: Intermediate (B1/B2)
A second participial adjectives exercise with a wider range of pairs and more complex sentences. If you haven't done exercise 1 yet, start there.
Grammar review
Participle adjectives — additional pairs
Reminder: -ed = how someone feels / -ing = what causes the feeling.
Less obvious pairs in this exercise:
The embarrass-, frighten-, depress-, overwhelm-, fascinate- families all follow the same rule.
Both forms can modify nouns:
a ______ lecture (the lecture causes a feeling) / a ______ student (the student has the feeling)
Important error to avoid:
Using the -ing form to describe a person’s inner state implies they are causing that feeling in others, not experiencing it themselves.
She was very ______. — which form describes what she felt? Which describes the effect she had on others?
Reminder: -ed = how someone feels / -ing = what causes the feeling.
Less obvious pairs in this exercise:
The embarrass-, frighten-, depress-, overwhelm-, fascinate- families all follow the same rule.
Both forms can modify nouns:
a ______ lecture (the lecture causes a feeling) / a ______ student (the student has the feeling)
Important error to avoid:
Using the -ing form to describe a person’s inner state implies they are causing that feeling in others, not experiencing it themselves.
She was very ______. — which form describes what she felt? Which describes the effect she had on others?
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
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Participle Adjectives 1 (B1/B2)
Participle Adjectives 2 (B1/B2)
Adjective Order 1 (B1/B2)
Adjective Order 2 (B1/B2)
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