The participle

(to annoy) Some nursery school children annoyed parents and teachers attending the parent-teacher meeting. The children were ________. They created an ________ disturbance. The ________ parents and teachers tried to quiet them. The parents and teachers were ________.

(to thrill) One of the piano students thrilled everyone who attended the graduation performance. His performance was _________. He played to a ________ audience. It was a ________ performance, Everyone was ________.

(to excite) Last week's hockey game excited the spectators thoroughly. The game was ________. The team played to thoroughly ________ spectators. It was an ________ game. The spectators were thoroughly ________.

(to appall) News of an approaching hurricane appalled all seashore residents in the vicinity yesterday. The news was _________. The ________ residents did not know whether to leave or to stay. It was ________ news. The residents were ________.

(to please) A plan to clean up litter has pleased our whole neighborhood. Many ________ neighbors have offered their cooperation. The plan is __________. It is a very _________ plan. The whole neighborhood is _______.

(to please) Publicity about his heroism in saving a friend from drowning has not pleased Paul. The publicity has not been ________ to Paul. Paul's __________ parents, however, have bought copies of every newspaper that reported the incident. He has not found the publicity _________. He has not been _______.

(to interest) The news on television today has not interested us very much. The news has not been ________. The news has not found us an ________ audience. It has not been very ________ news. We have not been ________ by the news.

(to bore) The grown-up conversation at the children's party yesterday bored the children. The conversation was ________. It was a __________ conversation. The ________ children became noisy. The children were ________.