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Adjectives in –ed and –ing

Adjectives in –ed are past participle forms.
They have a passive meaning
(i.e. the subject gets, receives, feels something as the result of ...).

Adjectives in –ing are present participle forms.
They have an active meaning
(i.e. the subject does something, causes an effect).

Select the word from each menu that best completes the sentence.
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1.	My bath was . I feel now.
2.	Joe is because he had a day.
3.	How to get the cheese was . The mouse was .
4.	So much homework was . The student felt .
5.	Your jokes are . I am .
6.	I was so by the movie. The scenes in the movie were .
7.	The TV program was . I felt while watching it.
8.	My angry father's words were . I felt .
9.	The nurse's big needle was . I felt when she walked over to me!
10.	Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was . Ted felt .
11.	Getting hit in the behind with an arrow was . Lancelot felt .
12.	My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. I was . The sound was .
13.	I was after reading the news headlines .
14.	The movie, King Kong, was . The children who were watching it were .
15.	I felt after getting a massage.
16.	Michael Phelps was . Michael Phelps' Olympic win was .
17.	I was . The painting called" Mona Piggy" was .
18.	He heard a strange sound and was . The strange sound was .
19.	Her weight loss from the diet was . She was .
20.	The taste was . I was .