Exciting: hứng thú, lý thú 4.. Terrifying: khiếp sợ, kinh hãi 5.. Irritating: phát cáu, bực mình 6.. Horrifying: gây kinh hãi, kinh hoàng 7.. Frustrating: nản lòng, bực dọc 12.. Depressi
Trang 1ADJECTIVES OF ATTITUDE
1 Interesting: thú vị
2 Fascinating: hấp dẫn
3 Exciting: hứng thú, lý thú
4 Terrifying: khiếp sợ, kinh hãi
5 Irritating: phát cáu, bực mình
6 Horrifying: gây kinh hãi, kinh hoàng
7 Boring: buồn chán, tẻ nhạt
8 Surprising: ngạc nhiên
9 Amusing: buồn cười, vui vẻ
10 Embarrassing: xấu hổ, ngượng nghịu, lúng túng
11 Frustrating: nản lòng, bực dọc
12 Disappointing: thất vọng
13 Depressing: buồn rầu, chán nản, thất vọng
14 Exhausting: kiệt sức, mệt mỏi
15 Amazing: kinh ngạc, sửng sốt
16 Annoying: bực mình, quấy rầy, làm phiền, khó chịu
17 Satisfying: thỏa mãn, vừa ý
18 Worrying: lo lắng
19 Entertaining: vui thú, giải trí, thú vị
20 Confusing: bối rối, băn khoăn
Cách sử dụng tính từ tận cùng -ing và -ed:
- Tính từ tận cùng -ing thường mang nghĩa chủ động, dùng để diễn tả tính chất, bản chất của một người hay một vật.
Ví dụ: The film I watch on TV last night was very exciting.
She is such a boring person that no one wants to be her friend.
- Tính từ tận cùng -ed thường mang nghĩa bị động, thường được sử dụng để mô tả cảm xúc, tình cảm của một người trước một sự việc bên ngoài.
Ví dụ: I'm bored because my exam result is so bad.
1. He's such a monotonous speaker I was stiff (bored / boring)
2. Most sequels are (disappointed / disappointing)
3. I had such a day I went straight to bed (tired / tiring)
4. Everyone's very about the news (excited / exciting)
5. That lamp produces a very effect (pleased / pleasing)
6. The whole school was by the tragic event (saddened / saddening)
7. I don't like watching films on my own (depressed / depressing)
8. I was when she told me she'd got divorced (amazed / amazing)
Trang 29. He's such a guy He only ever talks about himself (bored / boring)
10. I'm very in films and theatre (interested / interesting)
11. No one knew what would happen next We were all (intrigued /
intriguing)
12. It was a very situation (interested / interesting)
13. There's been some very news (surprised / surprising)
14. His mother was by what she found under his bed (disgusted /
disgusting)
15. Their hamburgers are (disgusted / disgusting)
16. Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly (exhausted /
exhausting)
17. He's always showing off It's really (annoyed / annoying)
18. I think Alex is one of the most people I've ever met He can't keep still
for a second (annoyed / annoying)
19. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman He seemed really
(embarrassed / embarrassing)
20. She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night It was rather
(embarrassed / embarrassing)
21. By 12.00 Susan felt so _ that she went to bed (tired/ tiring)
22. I heard the film was good, but it was very _ (disappointing/disappointed)
23. Being alone in an old house at night can be _ (frightening/ frightened)
24. Anita was so that her whole face turned red (embarrassed/embarrassing)
25. Jerry gets _ if he has to study too much (bored/boring)
26. It's very _ to be taught in so many classrooms (confused/confusing)
27. Dolly said that the twenty-mile walk was (exhausted/exhausting)
28. Are you in going to the beach tomorrow? (interested/interesting)
29. I was really _ when my employer gave me the day off (surprised/surprising)
30. Why don't you go away and stop being so ! (annoyed/annoying)
31. What a (shock) thought.
32. Have you heard the _ (suprise) news about Alice and Ted?
33. I thought it was the most _ (astound) thing I'd heard in a long time They're
always fighting like cats and dogs
34. I agree with you I was pretty _ (shock) when I heard about it myself
35. I was always (worry) that they would break up Now I can relax What a
(depress) idea
36. That would be an (upset) thing to happen.
37. Dogs often feel _ during fireworks.( frightened/ frightening)
38. The metro can be _ the first time you use it.( confusing/ confused)
39. Satoru was _ to hear about the earthquake.( shocked/ shocking)
40. I think that rainy days in winter are _.( depressed/ depressing)
41. She's _ of doing the same thing every day.( bored/ boring)
42. It was the most _ I have been watching a film.( excited/ exciting)
43. The meals at Immigrant's Cafe are _ (satisfied/ satisfying)
44. Sally has been running for three hours and now she is _(exhausted/exhausting)
45. My brother had an accident and his situation is quite _(worrying/worried)
46. When we visited that abandoned house it was really _(depressed/depressing)
Trang 347. I think he was _because he called me Mary and my name is Rose (confused/confusing)
48. That film is not _despite being a comedy (amused/amusing)
49. Your bathroom is _! Couldn’t you clean it a little? (disgusted/disgusting)
50. Hey, I've just had a _ idea (fascinating/fascinated)