Interested is a past participle. When used as an adjective it says how someone feels. For example: "I was very interested in the lesson." Interesting is a present participle. When used as an adjective it describes the people or things that cause the feelings. For example: "It was an interesting lesson ." Similarly, we say: "I am very touched by the stranger's kindness." (touched: adj. emotionally affected; moved) "His gratitude was simple and touching." (touching: adj. arousing affect)
The following exercise practices different forms with some command words. Look at the sentences below and choose the correct word to fill the gap. 1. I am very ____ in the job that you are offering and would like to apply for it. interest interested interesting
2. I want to study linguistics at university because language systems really ____ me. fascinate fascinated fascinating 3. I find it very ____ that pollution is getting worse and governments are doing very little about it. worry worried worrying 4. How can you like American sports? I can't watch them. They just ____ me to tears. bore bored boring 5. In the middle of the flight we hit some turbulence and the plane dropped very quickly. It was so ____. terrify terrified terrifying 6. Anthony was ____ to hear that he had passed the exam because he thought he had definitely failed. amaze amazed amazing 7. Peter's a very ____ person to be with. You never know what crazy thing he's going to do next. alarm alarmed alarming 8. You'd think that running a marathon would leave Abebe ____ but he's still doing exercises. exhaust exhausted exhausting 9. My son has been very ____ at school. All the teachers say that he can do much better. He really needs to work harder. disappoint disappointed disappointing 10. All the passenger were extremely ____ when they heard that their flight had been delayed yet again. annoy annoyed annoying Answers: (1. intrested; 2. fascinate; 3. worrying; 4. bore; 5. terrifying; 6. amazed; 7. alarming; 8. exhausted; 9. disappointing; 10. annoyed) Excercises source: http://www.eflworksheets.com/onlineexercises/intermediate/vocabulary/interestinginterested.htm
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