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Here are the beginnings of three stories. Each
person is talking about a normal day when Language focus: Participles as adjectives
something unusual happened. ? Complete these sentences from the stories, using
a Look at these words and phrases. these words.
b Read the stories and write the words and phrases in
interesting interested boring bored
the correct columns.
l'm totally with our marrioge.
telephone newspaper roof wife It was a rather meeting.
cardigan Sarah Harvey sofa windows lsn't it how you remember these details?
tea break quiz show radio meeting I wanted to talk about it, but he wasn't
house husband bank
b the adjectives in the box are participles.
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Boring is the present participle of the verb bore.
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Robin Katherine David It describes something that bores you.
Exnupre
This programme bores me. lt's boring,
Bored ts the past participle. lt describes how you
feel about something,
Exevple
This programme bores me, l'm bored.
C Write the participle adjectives for each of these
verbs. Some of them are in the stories. What do
the others mean?
worry shock stun interest bore
excite frighten thrill tire depress

2 What do you think happened? Work in groups d Choose the correct adjective for each sentence,
and complete the stories. 1 Most meetings are boredlboring.
2 I feel very tiredltiring after that walk.
3 Now find out what happened.
3 I thought that Robin's story was the most
a [Hl O.S Listen to the compiete stories in the radio i nterested I i nte resti ng,
programme and compare your ideas. 4 Katherine felt very depressedldepressing after
Add these words and phrases to the table in 1 . her husband left.
5 David's family were frightenedlfrightening by
suitcase wife and children green jumper their experience.
DJ bag of tools cup of tea safe 6 Why are we so interestedlinteresting in other
people's lives?
4 Discuss these questions. 7 That was a shockedlshocking story.
I Which story is the most interesting? Why?
€ Work with a partner, Talk about these things,
2 How do you think the lives of the people using the adjectives.
changed afterwards?
Exnvples
5 Re-tell one of the stories, using the complete Horror films are frightening.
table of words and phrases in l. I feel frightened when I watch one.
6 Write your own story (real or imaginary) for horror films English global warming
It was a normal day, tusing this format: violence on television your job or studies
: Set the scene. What was happening? the future the British Royal Family
* Then wirat l-rappened?
r How did you feel?
c What did you (or other people) do?
* How did the event change your iife?
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