THE POCKET TEACHER — POCKET PRACTICE 01
BORED VS BORING

Bored = how someone feels.
Boring = what causes the feeling. A person can be boring, too.

Choose bored or boring:
1. The lesson was ___. I kept looking at the clock.
2. I feel ___ when I have nothing to do.
3. This game is ___. Let’s play something else.
4. Are you ___? Would you like to go for a walk?
5. He tells the same story every day. He can be ___.
6. We were ___ during the long wait.

MAKE IT YOURS
I feel bored when...
I think ... is boring.

ANSWER KEY
1. boring — The lesson caused the feeling, so it was boring.
2. bored — I feel describes a person’s feeling: bored.
3. boring — The game causes boredom, so it is boring.
4. bored — The question asks how you feel: bored.
5. boring — A person can also cause boredom. Here, he is boring.
6. bored — We describes the people experiencing the feeling: bored.

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