UNIT 1, 1E Word Skills, Adjective endings, page 13
Exercise 1
A girl sent a message in a bottle
Exercise 2
A man replied to the message. He replied in 2013 from the Netherlands.
Exercise 4
1 -ed
2 -ing
Exercise 5
-ed: bored, amazed, surprised, delighted
-ing: tiring, interesting, moving, astonishing, exciting
The adjective delighted doesn’t have an -ing equivalent.
Exercise 6
annoy: annoyed, annoying
worry: worried, worrying
disgust: disgusted, disgusting
exhaust: exhausted, exhausting
relieve: relieved (no -ing adjective)
satisfy: satisfied, satisfying
surprise: surprised, surprising
Exercise 7
1 boring
2 exciting
3 frightened
4 shocked
5 annoying
6 worried
Exercise 8
1 a confusing
b confused
2 a embarrassed
b embarrassing
3 a tiring
b tired
4 a interested
b interesting
5 a disgusting
b disgusted
UNIT 1, 1F Reading, Painless, page 14
Exercise 3
1 B
2 E
3 A
4 –
5 C
6 –
7 D
Exercise 5
2 Why
3 How many
4 Who
5 When
6 What
2 He was shocked because there was a serious cut, but the baby wasn’t upset and didn’t cry.
3 About a hundred people are born with this condition in the USA each year.
4 A teacher watched her.
5 It appeared when Ashlyn was five.
6 It is a genetic disorder. Pain signals do not reach the brain.
Exercise 6
1 injure
2 trip
3 break
4 blood
5 a bruise
6 a burn
7 an injury
Exercise 7
b break (irregular)
c burn (regular)
d cut (irregular)
e fall over (irregular)
f hurt (irregular)
g injure (regular)
h sprain (regular)