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Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives

verb form: ‘-ing’ adjective: ‘-ed’ adjective:

positive words: It was: I was:

amuse amusing amusedencourage encouraging encouragedfascinate fascinating fascinatedinterest interesting interestedintrigue intriguing intriguedplease pleasing pleasedreassure reassuring reassuredrelax relaxing relaxedsatisfy satisfying satisfiedstun stunning stunnedsurprise surprising surprisedthrill thrilling thrilledwelcome welcoming welcomed

negative words: It was: I was:

alarm alarming alarmedamaze amazing amazedannoy annoying annoyedastonish astonishing astonishedbore boring boredconfuse confusing confuseddamage damaging damageddepress depressing depresseddisappoint disappointing disappointeddiscourage discouraging discourageddisgust disgusting disgusteddistress distressing distresseddisturb disturbing disturbedembarrass embarrassing embarrassedexhaust exhausting exhaustedfrustrate frustrating frustratedinsult insulting insultedintimidate intimidating intimidatedirritate irritating irritatedoverwhelm overwhelming overwhelmedpuzzle puzzling puzzledshock shocking shockedterrify terrifying terrifiedthreaten threatening threatenedtire tiring tired

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