Exercise 50 Put one of the adjectives into each gap. Sometimes more than one is possible

· interested / interesting; bored / boring; embarrassed / embarrassing; tired / tiring; surprised / surprising

1. Your news was very.... I’m pleased you’re enjoying yourself. 2. I liked the book until the end. It had a... ending which I didn’t like. 3. – How was your journey? – Very.... I think I’ll go to bed. 4. The play was so... that I fell asleep. 5. He started to tell a joke about the director when the director came into the room. It was very.... 6. You look.... Have you had a busy day? 7. It’s Sunday and I don’t know what to do. I’m.... 8. Are you... in museums? I’m going to the National this afternoon. Do you want to come?

GRAMMAR REVISION

Exercise 51 Put the verb in brackets in the appropriate tense. When there is no verb, insert an auxiliary verb.

My wife and I (live) in our present house in the country for five years. We (move) here after our second child (be) born.We (live) in town for ten years, and (decide) that as soon as we (can) afford it, we (move) away from the smoke and the noise of the city centre, which we finally (...) in 1985. We (...) never (regret) it.

We (be) reminded of the wisdom of our decision every morning when we (draw) the curtains to see open fields stretching before us. When the children (have) breakfast, they (rush) outside to play, which they (...) whatever the weather. Whilst they (play) outside, we somehow manage to start the day.