Describing hobbies with -ed and -ing adjectives

Describing hobbies with ed and ing adjectives games

 

Adjectives with –ed and –ing guess the hobby game

Choose a hobby like one of those below, or choose an adjective below and think of a hobby that could match that adjective. Don’t tell your partner which hobby you have chosen. Describe your feelings about that hobby until they guess what pastime you are thinking of. If they can’t guess from sentences like those in the box below, give other hints such as what equipment you use, what you wear, or the first letter of the word.

Useful sentences for describing hobbies with –ed and –ing adjectives “Doing… in this hobby would be… (because…)” “I tried this hobby (once) and it was…” “I used to do this hobby, but now I think I would feel…” “I would feel… if I did this hobby (because…)” “I would(n’t) like this hobby because it is…” “It is a very… hobby (because…)” “My father/ mother/ uncle/… does this hobby and they think it is…” “Some people think this hobby is… (but I don’t think so).” “This is the most… hobby in the world.”

 

Ask about any hobbies or adjectives below which you don’t understand, working together to use them in suitable example sentences each time.

 

Are there any adjectives below which you don’t think go with the hobbies on the same line? Why?

 

Describing hobbies with –ed and –ing adjectives random pelmanism

Spread a set of cards made from the worksheet below across the table face down. Choose one adjective card and one hobby card (by choosing a small card and a big one). Try to make a sentence linking the two words with a reason why they go together. Your sentence doesn’t need to be your real opinion, it just needs to make sense. You can’t change the ending of the adjective, so make sure you make the right kind of sentence to match that word exactly. If your partner accepts your sentence as true and grammatically correct, you can keep those two cards and get one point. If not, you must put them back in the same place for people to use later. 

 

Describing hobbies with –ed and –ing adjectives family fortunes game

Choose a hobby or adjective such as one of the words below. Write three words that you most associate with that word (three adjectives if you chose a hobby, or three hobbies if you chose an adjective). Tell your partner which (one) word you chose, then they will try to guess which three words you associated with that.

 

Discussion

How do you feel or would you feel about caving and bathing in hot springs?

What kinds of people like those two things? What other things might they like?

Hobbies and -ed/ -ing adjectives cards

bored	boring	stamp collecting	bird watching
confused	confusing	geocaching	orienteering
excited	exciting	(go) karting	mountain biking
embarrassed	embarrassing	acting	busking
exhausted	exhausting	dancing	running/ jogging
interested	interesting	visiting other countries	visiting museums
frightened	frightening	skydiving	bungee jumping
relaxed	relaxing	listening to music	bathing in hot springs
disgusted	disgusting	stuffing animals	collecting insects
stressed	stressful	trading/ day trading	driving
annoyed	annoying	gardening	DIY
fascinated	fascinating	fossil hunting	watching documentaries
satisfied	satisfying	cooking/ baking	making plastic models
scared	scary	rock climbing	hunting lions
terrified	terrifying	storm chasing	caving
thrilled	thrilling	watching disaster movies	watching F1
tired	tiring	hiking in national parks	body building
challenged	challenging	doing crosswords	doing Sudoku