Understanding Participial Adjectives

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a participial adjective ending in -ed?

• The movie was excited.

• I was excited about the movie.

• The movie was exciting.

• I am exciting about the movie.

Identify the sentence that uses a participial adjective ending in -ing correctly.

• The book was interested.

• I am interesting in the book.

• The book was interesting.

• I was interesting in the book.

Choose the correct sentence that uses a participial adjective ending in -ed.

• The lecture was bored.

• I was bored during the lecture.

• The lecture was boring me.

• I am boring during the lecture.

Which sentence correctly uses a participial adjective ending in -ing?

• The game was tired.

• I am tiring of the game.

• The game was tiring.

• I was tired of the game.

Select the sentence that correctly uses a participial adjective ending in -ed.

• The news was shocked.

• I was shocked by the news.

• The news was shocking.

• I am shocking by the news.

Identify the sentence that uses a participial adjective ending in -ing correctly.

• The story was amazed.

• I am amazing by the story.

• The story was amazing.

• I was amazed by the story.

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a participial adjective ending in -ed?

• The performance was thrilled.

• I was thrilled by the performance.

• The performance was thrilling.

• I am thrilling by the performance.

Choose the correct sentence that uses a participial adjective ending in -ing.

• The puzzle was confused.

• I am confusing by the puzzle.

• The puzzle was confusing.

• I was confused by the puzzle.

Select the sentence that correctly uses a participial adjective ending in -ed.

• The news was disappointed.

• I was disappointed by the news.

• The news was disappointing.

• I am disappointing by the news.

Identify the sentence that uses a participial adjective ending in -ing correctly.

• The movie was frightened.

• I am frightening by the movie.

• The movie was frightening.

• I was frightened by the movie.