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Practice #1   Participial Adjectives - answers

1. The new recruits were ok until they took the (demoralized/demoralizing) two-hour

    math test.

 

2. All the children were (excited/exciting) at the idea of going to the circus.

3. I hope you won't be too (disappointed/disappointing) over losing the job. I know you

    really wanted it.

 

4. The trip from New Delhi was (exhausted/exhausting) and Guru was thoroughly done in.

5. The news about Regina's surgery was (disturbed/disturbing) and the whole class was

    very (upsetting/upset).

 

6. The map was badly made and actually very (confused/confusing).

7. Santiago was (amazed/amazing) at the long registration line.

8. Charlie's story about being lost in the jungle was truly (fascinating/fascinated).

9. The Senator's tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. was so (stirred/stirring) that many people

    were in tears.

 

10.Billy is always (tiring/tired) after spending all afternoon in nursery school.
 

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