English Practice exercises - -ing/-ed adjectives additional - P4-11G
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Upper Intermediate English -ing/-ed adjectives additional practice exercise
Below are more sentences to practice distinguishing whether to use adjectives ending in –ing or –ed. Remember to ask: is the attendant noun active or passive, doing something or having something done to it/him/her/them?
1. Many artists like to work with things that they find lying around – on the beach, for example. The term used for these is ‘finding/found objects’.
2. The winning/won competitor received a silver cup and the title ‘Young musician of the year.’
3. It can be difficult to wake sleeping/slept children, especially in the case of babies.
4. The celebrating/celebrated Manchester United supporters smashed up several bars in the city centre last night.
5. On any giving/given day, there are, statistically, such and such number of births, deaths, marriages, divorces….
6. At her funeral, a lot of people turned out to pay their respects. She was a very giving/given person, and was much loved.
7. Of course, writing can never entirely reproduce the intonations and rhythms of the speaking/spoken word.
8. At this stage in the manufacture, of course, it’s impossible to recognise what the finishing/finished article is going to be.
9. Did you know that if you phone the speaking/spoken clock, you hear a recorded voice which says what the time is?
10. The boss has had to leave unexpectedly on business, but he has left detailed writing/written instructions on the day’s work.
11. In this part of the factory, you can see that the china figures are given the finishing/finished touches, including the hand painted signature.
12. Signing/signed figures of this type from the factory’s first years – and this goes back to the early 1800s – are now valuable collectors’ items.
13. The celebrating/celebrated jazz saxophonist – Junior Jackson – is playing tonight at Ronnie Scott’s Club.
14. These freezing/frozen machines ensure a plentiful supply of freezing/frozen snow for the film’s ‘snow’ scenes.
15. Tonight’s interviewee will be the respecting/respected film director Lin Shen.