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Sunday, October 11, 2009

CORRECT ANSWERS IN BOLD! Bored? Boring? Challenging enough? Describing...

Remember the difference between bored and boring?
1.Look at these sentences from the podcast Viva España:

Well, I am afraid I’m very boring…
And we had a day in Seville which was quite interesting, wasn’t it?
I was surprised about the fact that you are able to smoke in Spain.
I was disappointed with the graffiti.
It was very disappointing to see so much graffiti everywhere.
My first view of the Alhambra in Granada was absolutely amazing.

Remember: the thing you are talking about is -ing. The book is boring.
How you feel about things is –ed. I’m bored because the book is boring!

2.Now decide if the correct adjective is –ing or –ed.

There was a lot of building work everywhere which was annoying / annoyed.

But it was pleasing / pleased to see so many flowers, everywhere looked
very colourful.

I was astonishing / astonished by the number of olive trees in Andalucía.

It amazing / amazed us how expensive the beers were, Madrid is much more
expensive now.

Everyday was different so we were never boring / bored.

The weather wasn’t always good, it was a bit depressing / depressed when
it rained.

Jackie was fascinating / fascinated by the decorative tiles, especially in the
Alhambra.

We were shocking / shocked when we realized we had taken over 1,000
photographs during the holiday!

It was amusing / amused to see the little girls dressed up in their flamenco
outfits.

It was so relaxing / relaxed to spend the day on the beach

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