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Adjectives -ED or -ING Exercise at Auto-English

-ING the cause

-ED the effect

Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.

1 He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored / boring)

2 Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed / disappointing)

3 I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)

4 Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited / exciting)

5 That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased / pleasing)

6 The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (saddened / saddening)

7 I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)

8 I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing)

9 He's such a ________________ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)

10 I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)

11 No one knew what would happen next. We were all ________________ . (intrigued /intriguing)

12 It was a very ________________ situation. (interested / interesting)

13 There's been some very ________________ news. (surprised / surprising)

14 His mother was ________________ by what she found under his bed. (disgusted /disgusting)

15 Their hamburgers are ________________ . (disgusted / disgusting)

16 Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________ . (exhausted /exhausting)

17 He's always showing off. It's really ________________ . (annoyed / annoying)

18 I think Alex is one of the most ________________ people I've ever met. He can't keep stillfor a second. (annoyed / annoying)

19 I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed really ________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing)

20 She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather ________________ .(embarrassed / embarrassing)

ADJECTIVE FORMATION WITH –ABLE, -IBLE.

-ible -able

If the root is not a complete word,

add -ible .

aud + ible = audible

If the root is a complete word, add -able .

accept + able = acceptable

Examples:



Examples:

• visible

• horrible

• terrible• possible

• edible

• eligible

• incredible

• permissible

• fashionable

• laughable

• suitable

• dependable

• comfortable

If the root is a complete word ending in -e , drop the

final -e and add -able .

excuse - e+ able = excusable

Examples:

• advisable

•

desirable• valuable

• debatable

Some exceptions:

• contemptible

• digestible

• flexible

• responsible

• irritable• inevitable

In the following sentences, the final four letters are omitted from each -ible or -able

word. Complete each word with the appropriate ending.

1. Last night's movie about the invis____ man was so incred____ that it was laugh____.

2. My irrespons____ little brother is usually kept away from anything break____.

3. Are these new clothes really comfort____, or do people only wear them because they

are fashion____?

4. I think I would be less irrit____ if my professors were more flex____.

5. I don't think voting twice in national elections is permiss____.

Adjective Suffixes

These are common word endings for adjectives. If you see these ending at theend of a word, you can be certain it is an adjective.

-ive at the end of a word means doing or tending toward doing some action



extensive(adj)

selective(adj)

extend+ive means doing something large in range or amount

select+ive means tending to select.

-en

wooden (adj)

at the end of a word means made of __________.

wood+en means made of wood.

Note: When the word is an adjective, the -en means made of

__________. We have seen -en at the end of a verb. There it means to

make __________.

-ic

heroic (adj)

poetic (adj)

at the end of a word means characteristic of__________; like

__________.

hero+ic means characteristic of a hero.

poet+ic means characteristic of (or like) poets or poetry.

-al

financial (adj)

manual (adj)

sometimes makes an adjective; when it makes an adjective it means

relating to __________.

finance+al means relating to finance. (Finance means money.)

manu+al means relating to the hand. (Manus means hand in Latin.)

-able

portable (adj)

pleasurable (adj)

at the end of a word means able __________; can __________; or giving

__________.

port+able means can be carried; able to be carried.

pleasure+able means giving pleasure.

-y

hairy (adj)

rainy (adj)

at the end of a word means having __________.

hair+y means having hair (a lot of hair).

rain+y means having rain.

-ous

mysterious (adj)

at the end of a word means full of __________; having __________.

mystery+ous means full of mystery.

-ful

hopeful (adj)

beautiful (adj)

at the end of a word means full of __________; having __________.

hope+ful means full of hope.

beauty+ful means full of beauty.

Note: The suffix -ful is always spelled with one l; the word full has two.

-less

powerless (adj)

homeless(adj)

at the end of a word means without __________.

power+less means without power.

home+less means without a home.

Base word Adjectives

Translation Positive meaning Negative meaning

beauty ................................. (1) _______________ X

brain ................................. X brainless



care ................................. careful (2) _______________

charm ................................. X charmless

end ................................. X endless*

event ................................. (3) _______________ X

faith ................................. (4) _______________ faithless

harm ................................. harmless (5) _______________

help ................................. helpful helpless

home ................................. X(6) _______________

hope ................................. (7) _______________ (8)

_______________

pain ................................. (9) _______________ (10) _______________

peace ................................. peaceful X

penny .................................

CONNECTORS

Translate the connectors into your language where possible.





1 I can't stand ________________ in queues. ( to wait )

2 I wouldn't like ________________ in his shoes. ( to be )

3 Jim loves ________________ in Thailand. ( to work )

4 I hate ________________ the shopping on Saturday. ( to do )

5 Blast! I forgot ________________ milk. ( to buy )

6 In the end we decided ________________ in. ( to stay )

7 I need ________________ some information about Portugal. ( to find )

8 My parents like ________________ for long walks at the weekend. ( to go )

9 Tony gave up ________________ years ago. ( to smoke )

10 I wanted ________________ and see Troy but no one else was interested. ( to go )

11 Mrs Leith offered ________________ us to the airport. ( to take )

12 Clare refused ________________ clean up after the party. ( to help )

13 I tried ________________ him to come but it was no use. ( to persuade )

14 Do you mind not ________________ ? ( to smoke )

15 Everybody really enjoyed ________________ the cha-cha-cha. ( to dance )

16 Lionel admitted ________________ my chocolate mousse. ( to eat )

2 Check your answers and put the verbs in bold into the right columns. Translate the verbs.

VERB + GERUND VERB + TO + INFINITIVE

Translation Translation

admit..........................

decide.........................

.

___________ ..........................

forget.........................

.

enjoy..........................

___________ .........................

.

give up..........................

offer .........................

.

___________ ..........................

refuse.........................

.

___________ ..........................

try.........................

.

love..........................

want.........................

.

___________ .......................... would like.........................

.

1 Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps.

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.gerund.a.htm

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1 We arranged _____________ under the station clock at half nine. ( to meet )

2 I always try to avoid _____________ him whenever I can. ( to see )

3 I long _____________ in Scotland again. ( to be )

4 My Mum demanded _____________ the manager. ( to see )

5 My brother denied _____________ my chocolate mousse. Maybe his hamster ate it. ( toeat )

6 I tried _____________ but I just couldn't. ( to understand )

7 In the end I gave up _____________ to persuade her. ( to try )

8 Charlie was pretending _____________ a chicken. ( to be )

9 They chose _____________ in a cheap hotel but spend more money on meals. ( to stay )

10 We like Galicia so much that we keep _____________ back there. ( to go )

11 He deserves _____________ severely punished. ( to be )

12 When we visit my aunt, they expect me _____________ on my best behaviour. ( to be )

13 I didn't mean _____________ her feelings. I'm really sorry. ( to hurt )

14 I always put off _____________ my homework until the last possible moment. ( to do )

15 He goes on _____________ me the same thing over and over again. ( to tell )

16 I can't stand _____________ in the queue at the baker's. ( to wait )

17 The firemen managed _____________ the fire pretty quickly. ( to put out )

18 I never risk _____________ through that part of town. ( to go )

19 Clare offered _____________ me to the airport, which was very kind of her. ( to take )

20 Dad threatened _____________ my pocket money if I didn't do my homework. ( to stop )

2 Check your answers and put the verbs in bold into the right columns. Translate the verbs.

VERB + GERUND VERB + TO + INFINITIVE

Translation Translation

1 _____________ .......................... 1 _____________ ..........................

2 _____________ .......................... 2 _____________ ..........................

3 _____________ .......................... 3 _____________ ..........................

4 _____________ .......................... 4 _____________ ..........................

5 _____________ .......................... 5 _____________ ..........................

REMEMBER AND TRY (change of meaning)

I remembered to phone Granny on her birthday

REMEMBER + TO + INFINITIVE means the opposite of FORGET

I remember taking my watch off in the bathroom but now I can't find it

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.infing.a.htm

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REMEMBER + -ING is for recalling events in the past

1 Fill the gaps with TO + INFINITIVE or the -ING form of the verb in brackets.

1 Are you sure you remembered __________________ the iron off before you left? (turn)

2 I distinctly remember __________________ the iron off before I left. (turn)

3 Roger didn't remember __________________ the grill off and so the kitchen caught fire.(turn)

4 Many witnesses remember __________________ three people inside the building before itcaught fire. (see)

5 Did you remember __________________ the canary yesterday? He looks depressed andhungry to me. (feed)

6 I remember my Dad __________________ me to ride a bike. (teach)

7 Thankfully I remembered __________________ the cat biscuits. Otherwise Twinkle wouldhave killed me. (buy)

8 I remember __________________ out of the bank just before I saw the accident. (come)

He tried to explain to me about video file formats

TRY + TO + INFINITIVE means to 'make an effort to'

She tried adding some paprika to her lentils

TRY + -ING is similar to 'trying a new option'

2 Fill the gaps with TO + INFINITIVE or the -ING form of the verb in brackets.

1 She tried __________________ a glass of water to get rid of her hiccups. (drink)

2 Bob tried __________________ .DAT files to mpeg files and then burning to DVD. (convert)

3 Try __________________ some chopped parsley and paprika to your lentils when they'renearly done. (add)

4 He tried __________________ me change my mind but I stood my ground. (make)

5 Have you tried __________________ politely? That often works. (ask)

6 If your computer's running slowly, you should try __________________ the hard drive.(defragment)

7 I tried __________________ her to talk about it but she just wouldn't. (get)

8 Bob tried __________________ Darren to come to the party and eventually he agreed.(convince)

WORD ORDER

Correct the mistakes.

1 It's the place most beautiful I know.

______________________________________________________ .

2 I was all day at home.

______________________________________________________ .

3 Miguel has a life very complicated.

______________________________________________________ .



4 I don't know where is it.

______________________________________________________ .

5 I have seen her only a few times.

______________________________________________________ .

6 He has always an apple after lunch.

______________________________________________________ .

7 She never is late.

______________________________________________________ .

8 She asked him what was it.

______________________________________________________ .

9 We heard for a long time the same thing.

______________________________________________________ .

10 Yesterday phoned me an Irish man.

______________________________________________________ .

CAN, COULD AND BE ABLE TO

Circle the correct answer. Fill the gaps when you´ve checked your answers.

1 I ______________ remember his name.

A am not able to

B can't

C red herring

6You'll be able to solve this, ______________?

A can you

B won't you

C will you

2Diana ______________ the piano.

A can play

B can to play

C eats

7Sorry, Teacher. I ______________do ityet.

A wasn't able to

B couldn't

C haven't been able to

3She ______________ come on holidaynext month if her parents give her permission.

A can't

B could

C will be able to

8He ______________ pass the exam if he studied harder.

A will be able to

B can

C would be able to



4 They ______________ go. The weather was too bad.

A couldn't

B can't

C wasn't able to

9The fishing boat sank but luckily all thecrew ______________ save themselves.

A were able to

B could

C wasn't able to5A: Can you lend me some money?

B: Sorry. I ______________. I haven't gotany either.

A can't

B am not able to

C couldn't

10We ______________ go to the party.We're going to a wedding.

A couldn't

B won't be able to

C will can't

DON´T HAVE TO AND MUSTN´T

Fill the gaps with either don't have to or mustn't in the correct form.

1 Sally! You ___________ say rude words like that!

2 Tommy! You ___________ pick your nose in class. It's really disgusting.

3 You ___________ finish the exercise now. You can finish it at home.

4 James ___________ go to church if he doesn't want to.

5 You ___________ drive so aggressively. You'll end up killing someone.

6 Helen ___________ make racist comments. It makes her seem really ignorant.

7 David ___________ answer your emails. There's no law about it.

8 It's OK. You ___________ pay now. You can pay me at the end of the month.

9 You ___________ stay out so late without ringing me. I was worried sick.

10 You ___________ let the cats sleep on my clean shirts. Look. They're covered in hairs.

11 You ___________ have lunch with my parents. I'm not forcing you.

12 I ___________ forget to phone Granny. It's her birthday tomorrow.

HAVE TO, MUST, SHOULD OR OUGHT TO

If you want to lose weight, you _____________ eat pasta, potatoes, white bread or whiterice. NEGATIVE

It's alright. You _____________ come to Muriel's wedding if you don't want to. NEGATIVE

Stupid boy! You _____________ play with matches! NEGATIVE

I haven't heard from Eleonora for ages. Maybe I _____________ give her a ring.

You _____________ remember your passport. Otherwise they won't let you on the plane.

The weather forecast says this weekend will be fine. We _____________ go on a picnic.

You _____________ go there on your own. It's extremely dangerous. NEGATIVE



You _____________ come if you don't feel like it. NEGATIVE

You _____________ take life so seriously. Relax a bit. NEGATIVE

Orange juice in cartons has no goodness in it at all. You _____________ make it yourself.

You _____________ drink and drive. NEGATIVE

These instructions are difficult to follow. They _____________ to explain things better

CONNECTORS

and High level positions are stressful at times, and can be harmful to your health.

in addition, additionally,furthermore, moreover, also High level positions are stressful at times;

furthermore, they can be harmful to your health

not only...but also Not only are high level positions stressful at times, but they also can be harmful to your

health.in addition to, along with, aswell as Along with being stressful, high level positions

can also be harmful to your health.

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