Differentiating -ed and -ing Adjectives

She looked (tired/tiring) after the long day at work.

• sleepy

• tired

• tiring

• exhausted

The (excited/exciting) children ran around the playground.

• exciting

• excitement

• excites

• excited

The (bored/boring) movie put everyone to sleep.

• exciting

• bored

• sleepy

• boring

I am (interested/interesting) in learning new languages.

• interestingly

• interestful

• interest

• interested

The (surprised/surprising) news left everyone speechless.

• surprised

• surpriseful

• surprisement

• surprising

The (annoyed/annoying) customer demanded to speak to the manager.

• irritated

• annoyed

• frustrated

• annoying

The (confused/confusing) instructions made it hard to assemble the furniture.

• confound

• confused

• disoriented

• confusing

The (amazed/amazing) magician performed incredible tricks.

• surprising

• amazing

• amazed

• astonishing

The (frightened/frightening) cat ran away from the loud noise.

• terrified

• scared

• spooky

• frightened

The (relaxed/relaxing) music helped calm her nerves.

• relaxed

• relaxant

• relaxing

• relaxive