It is often difficult for students to decide which form - interest, interesting,
or interested - to use in a sentence. This exercise practises these three forms with
some common words. Look at the following sentences and choose the correct word to fill the
gap.
1. I am very ____ in the job that you are offering and would like to apply for it.
2. I want to study linguistics at university because language systems really ____ me.
3. I find it very ____ that pollution is getting worse and governments are doing very little
about it.
4. How can you like American sports? I can't watch them. They just ____ me to tears.
5. In the middle of the flight we hit some turbulence and the plane dropped very
quickly. It was so ____.
7. Peter's a very ____ person to be with. You never know what crazy thing he's going to do next.
8. You'd think that running a marathon would leave Abebe ____ but he's still doing exercises.
9. My son has been very ____ at school. All the teachers say that he can do much better.
He really needs to work harder.
10. All the passenger were extremely ____ when they heard that their flight had been
delayed yet again.
interest
interested
interesting
fascinate
fascinated
fascinating
worry
worried
worrying
bore
bored
boring
terrify
terrified
terrifying
6. Anthony was ____ to hear that he had passed the exam because he thought he had definitely
failed.
amaze
amazed
amazing
alarm
alarmed
alarming
exhaust
exhausted
exhausting
disappoint
disappointed
disappointing
annoy
annoyed
annoying
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