Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing – Exercise 485

Drag each element from the list below to the right gap.

He was

because he had not passed the examinations.

The winter weather can be really

depressed

depressing

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Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing

-ed — how we feel
-ing — how something makes us feel

The adjectives ending in -ed tell us how a person feels.

I am annoyed. = I feel annoyance

I am excited. = I feel excitement

The adjectives ending in -ing describe what emotion the object or the situation causes.

The clock ticking is annoying. = makes me feel annoyed

The news is exciting. = makes me feel excited