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Unit
Exercises 98

98.1 Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word in brackets + -ing or -ed.
1 The movie wasn’t as good as we had expected. (disappoint…)
a The movie was disappointing .
b We were disappointed with the movie.
2 Donna teaches young children. It’s a very hard job, but she enjoys it. (exhaust…)
a She enjoys her job, but it’s often .
b At the end of a day’s work, she is often .
3 It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress…)
a This weather is .
b This weather makes me .
c It’s silly to get because of the weather.
4 Clare is going to Mexico next month. She’s never been there before. (excit…)
a It will be an experience for her.
b Going to new places is always .
c She is really about going to Mexico.

98.2 Choose the correct word.
1 I was disappointing / disappointed with the movie. I had expected it to be better.
(disappointed is correct)
2 I’m not particularly interesting / interested in football.
3 The new project sounds exciting / excited. I’m looking forward to working on it.
4 It can be embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
5 Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed?
6 I’d never expected to get the job. I was amazing / amazed when I was offered it.
7 She’s learnt very fast. She’s made amazing / amazed progress.
8 I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.
9 I’m interesting / interested in joining the club. How much does it cost?
10 It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. Everybody was very shocking / shocked.
11 Why do you always look so boring / bored? Is your life really so boring / bored?
12 He’s one of the most boring / bored people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he
never says anything interesting / interested.

98.3 Complete each sentence using a word from the box.
amusing/amused annoying/annoyed boring/bored
confusing/confused disgusting/disgusted exciting/excited
exhausting/exhausted interesting/interested surprising/surprised
1 You work very hard. It’s not surprising that you’re always tired.
2 Some people get very easily. They always need something new.
3 The teacher’s explanation was . Nobody understood it.
4 The kitchen hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really .
5 I don’t go to art galleries very often. I’m not very in art.
6 There’s no need to get just because I’m a few minutes late.
7 The lecture was . I fell asleep.
8 I’ve been working very hard all day and now I’m .
9 I’m starting a new job next week. I’m very about it.
10 Steve is good at telling funny stories. He can be very .
11 Helen is a very person. She knows a lot, she’s travelled a lot and she’s
done lots of different things.

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