Adjectives in -ed and -ing worksheet for children, featuring illustrated sentences to practice grammar.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to add either -ed or -ing to the base word given at the bottom of each box, depending on whether we’re describing how someone *feels* (use -ed) or what something *is like* (use -ing).

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1. frighten

- Dr Frankenstein looks ________ → He is causing fear → frightening
- Children often feel ________ during thunderstorms → They are feeling scared → frightened

✔ Answer: frightening / frightened

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2. shock

- Everyone was ________ to hear about the plane crash → They felt shocked → shocked
- The earthquake was a ________ experience for me → It caused shock → shocking

✔ Answer: shocked / shocking

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3. satisfy

- We had a very ________ meal → The meal made us feel satisfied → satisfying
- The teacher was ________ with the students’ progress → She felt satisfaction → satisfied

✔ Answer: satisfying / satisfied

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4. bore

- Tom was ________ today at school → He felt bored → bored
- Life on the farm must be immensely ________ for him → It causes boredom → boring

✔ Answer: bored / boring

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5. excite

- Alex was so ________ about the trip → He felt excited → excited
- Scuba diving is a very ________ sport → It causes excitement → exciting

✔ Answer: excited / exciting

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6. tire

- Taking care of a little baby is so ________ → It makes you tired → tiring
- Emily felt so ________ after working in the garden → She felt tired → tired

✔ Answer: tiring / tired

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7. relax

- The bath she took was so ________ → It helped her relax → relaxing
- Rachel felt ________ after having a nap → She felt relaxed → relaxed

✔ Answer: relaxing / relaxed

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8. embarrass

- He felt ________ because he made a fool of himself → He felt embarrassed → embarrassed
- It was ________ to see the man crying like a baby → It caused embarrassment → embarrassing

✔ Answer: embarrassed / embarrassing

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9. surprise

- Stella was very ________ when she heard the news → She felt surprised → surprised
- It would be ________ if she didn’t pass → It would cause surprise → surprising

✔ Answer: surprised / surprising

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10. interest

- I find India a very ________ country → It causes interest → interesting
- My cousin is ________ in astronomy → He feels interested → interested

✔ Answer: interesting / interested

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11. amuse

- He was ________ at his friend’s joke → He felt amused → amused
- His story was highly ________ to us → It caused amusement → amusing

✔ Answer: amused / amusing

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12. disappoint

- His test score was ________ for everyone → It caused disappointment → disappointing
- I am ________ because I didn’t win the contest → I feel disappointed → disappointed

✔ Answer: disappointing / disappointed

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Final Answer:

1. frightening / frightened
2. shocked / shocking
3. satisfying / satisfied
4. bored / boring
5. excited / exciting
6. tiring / tired
7. relaxing / relaxed
8. embarrassed / embarrassing
9. surprised / surprising
10. interesting / interested
11. amused / amusing
12. disappointing / disappointed