Vocabulary
Introducing -ed / ing adjectives
Introducing -ed / ing adjectives
When Paco arrived in Johannesburg, he
went to the hotel and relaxed in the bar of the hotel before going to
his room and sleep. He was exhausted after the flight from the States.
Paco thinks travelling is exhausting.
As you can see, there are two adjectives in the sentences above: exhausted and exhausting.
- Adjectives ending in -ed mean effect or result: Paco was tired (that was the result of the journey)
- Adjectives ending in -ing describe the person or thing that produces the feeling (The journey was tiring)
If something or someone is ... -ing, they will make you feel ... -ed
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| -ed Adjective | -ing Adjective |
| bored | boring |
| surprised | surprising |
| frightened | frightening |
| excited | exciting |
| shocked |
shocking |
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| -ed Adjective | -ing Adjective |
| ANNOYED | ANNOYING |
Sometimes we doubt which adjective we have to use, -ed or -ing.
* The -ed adjectives (bored, surprised, frightened, etc.) are used to express feelings, that is how people feel.
e. g. Paco was exhausted after the flight from the States.
* The -ing adjectives (boring, surprising, frightening, etc.) describe the people or things that cause those feelings.
e. g. The flight was exhausting, so Paco was exhausted after the flight from the States.
Click on the presentation below to see a summary and more examples of participial adjectives.
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Choose the correct adjective (-ed or -ing)
1. 1. The film was very ... .
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a. interested
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b. interesting
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a. annoying
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b. annoyed
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a. confused
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b. confusing
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a. bored
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b. boring |
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a. surprised
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b. surprising
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a. disappointed
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b. disappointing
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