Describing Jobs with -ed and -ing Adjectives

Describing jobs with ed and ing adjectives games

 

Adjectives with -ed and -ing guess the job game

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

 

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

 

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

 

Describing jobs 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 job 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. You can’t change the ending of the adjective card, so make sure that it fits in the sentence that you make. Your sentence doesn’t necessarily need to be your real opinion, as long as it makes sense. If your partner accepts your sentence as true and grammatically correct, you can keep those two cards and you get one point. If you can’t make a sentence that your partner accepts, you have to put the cards back in exactly the same places face down on the table to be used again later in the game.

 

Describing jobs with -ed and -ing adjectives family fortunes game

Choose a job 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 job, or three jobs 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.

 

Jobs and -ed/ -ing adjectives cards 

bored	boring	shop assistant	security guard
confused	confusing	computer programmer	delivery man
excited	exciting	ambulance driver	helicopter pilot
embarrassed	embarrassing	clown	acrobat
exhausted	exhausting	farmer	removals man
interested	interesting	geography teacher	vet
frightened	frightening	bodyguard	spy
relaxed	relaxing	beach attendant	yacht captain
disgusted	disgusting	bin man	toilet cleaner
stressed	stressful	broker	nursery nurse
annoyed	annoying	babysitter	park attendant
fascinated	fascinating	nature photographer	researcher
satisfied	satisfying	chef	cleaner
scared	scary	roofer	soldier
terrified	terrifying	lion tamer	bomb disposal expert
thrilled	thrilling	stuntman	F1 driver
tired	tiring	nanny	PE teacher
challenged	challenging	Olympic athlete	IT teacher