Transcript ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS

~ing (present participle) vs
~ed (past participle)
Many learners of English
confuse the ~ing (present
participle) with ~ed (past
participle) when they are
used as adjectives
expressing emotions.
Compare:
I am boring
with
I am bored
The present participle (~ing) is
used to show who or what causes
the feeling. So in the first example,
I am boring, I make other people
feel bored. Maybe I don’t talk very
much or do not have many
interesting things to talk about. No
matter what the reason, when
people are around me they soon
start to yawn.
Compare:
I am boring
with
I am bored
The past participle (~ed) is used to
show who or what ‘has’ or
experiences the feeling. So in the
second example, I am bored, I am
not interested in whatever is
happening around me. Maybe I am
in a boring lecture (the professor
causes me to be bored) or I don’t
have a good book to read at home
and there is nothing interesting on
television.
Choose the correct answers in the
dialogues below
A: I heard you had a blind date*
last Saturday. How did it go?
B: It was so boring/bored because
all he talked about was his
work.
A: What did you talk about?
B: Nothing much. I hope he thinks
I’m boring/bored and never calls
me again.
amazing/amazed
amusing/amused
annoying/annoyed
boring/bored
challenging/challenged
confusing/confused
depressing/depressed
disappointing/disappointed
encouraging/encouraged
embarrassing/embarrassed
exciting/excited
exhausting/exhausted
fascinating/fascinated
frightening/frightened
frustrating/frustrated
insulting/insulted
interesting/interested
moving/moved
pleasing/pleased
relaxing/relaxed
satisfying/satisfied
shocking/shocked
surprising/surprised
thrilling/thrilled
tiring/tired
worrying/worried