Participial Adjectives (-ed/-ing) Exercises
Participial adjectives exercises online with answers — practise adjectives ending in -ed and -ing, master the difference between bored and boring, interested and interesting, excited and exciting. Includes ed vs ing exercises from A2 to B1 with adjective collocations, tricky cases with people, and adjective position rules. 60 multiple choice questions across 3 sets with printable PDF worksheets. 3 exercise sets with 60 questions (A2 - B1 Level).
Participial Adjectives (-ed/-ing) exercises: choose your exercise set
Start with Multiple Choice to build confidence with Participial Adjectives (-ed/-ing) exercises, or try Worksheet to practice all questions on one page.
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Tricky Participial Adjectives: People, Things & Extended Pairs
Participial Adjectives (-ed/-ing) Exercises
Advanced Participial Adjectives: Collocations & Mixed Practice
Participial Adjectives (-ed/-ing) Exercises
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Why practice Participial Adjectives (-ed/-ing) exercises?
These Participial Adjectives exercises build your skills step by step. Start with the essential rule — -ed adjectives describe how someone feels (bored, tired, excited) while -ing adjectives describe what causes the feeling (boring, tiring, exciting). Then tackle tricky cases where -ing adjectives describe people ('He is boring' means he causes boredom) and learn to use participial adjectives before nouns (a boring lecture, an excited child). Finally, master important collocations like interested in, excited about, and disappointed with in mixed practice.