-ED & -ING ADJECTIVE

PRESENT PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ING PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ED Cause or source agent of the feeling or emotion – The present participle serves as an adjective formed from an active

PRESENT PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ING PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ED

Cause or source (agent) of the feeling or emotion – The

present participle serves as an adjective formed from an

active verb.

Receiver of the feeling or emotion – The past participle serves as an adjective formed from the passive form of the verb.

The clown was entertaining the family (active verb) The family was entertained by the clown (passive verb) The clown was entertaining (present participial adjective ) The family was entertained (past participial adjective ) Other Participial Adjectives

CAUSE OF THE FEELING

Describe the feeling and knowledge of others

RECEIVER OF THE FEELING

Describe the feeling and knowledge of the subject

Common Mistakes

I was surprising to see sheep walking on the road

I was surprised to see sheep walking on the road.

Use surprised instead of surprising as the adjective for the receiver of the feeling or emotion

The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are very

impressing from below.

The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are very impressive from below.

Use impressive instead of impressing as the adjective for the

source of the feeling or emotion

Participial Adjectives -ed / -ing

As Modifiers to Subjects

Cause (Source) vs Receiver

PRESENT PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ING PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ED

Cause of the feeling or emotion – The present participle

serves as an adjective formed from an active verb.

Receiver of the feeling or emotion – The past participle serves as an adjective formed from the passive form of the verb.

An amusing ride

The ride causes amusement.

An amused child The child receives the feeling of amusement.

Interesting people will will speak during the 2-day class.

(People cause others to feel interest.) Interested people can sign up for the 2-day class (The people feel interest in the subject.)

Boring speakers put their attendees to sleep

(The speaker causes others to be bored.)

Bored speakers should find something exciting to say (The speaker feels boredom while speaking!)

Amusing short films are shown at the animated film festival.

(The films cause the amusement.)

Amused viewers enjoy the short films.

(The viewers feel the amusement.)

Overwhelming amounts of work are given to University

students.

(The amount of work causes the overwhelming.)

Overwhelmed students end up dropping a course or two (The students feel overwhelmed.)

EXERCISES

1.My bath was _ I feel _now (RELAX)

 (relaxing/relaxed)

2.Joe is _ because he had a _day (TIRE)

 Tired/ tiring

3.How to get the cheese was _ The mouse was _.(CONFUSE)

 (confusing/confused)

4.So much homework was _ The student felt _.(OVERWHELM)

 overwhelming/overwhelmed

5.Your jokes are _ I am _.(AMUSE)

 amusing, amused

6.I was so _by the movie The scenes in the movie were _.(TOUCH)

7.The TV program was _ I felt _while watching it (BORE)

 Boring/bored

8.My angry father's words were _ I felt _.(UPSET)

 upsetting/ upset

9.The nurse's big needle was _ I felt _when she walked over to me! (FRIGHTEN)

 Frightening/ frightened

10.Ted forgot to close his zipper It was _ Ted felt _.(EMBARRASS)

 embarrassing/embarrassed

11.Getting hit in the behind with an arrow was _ Lancelot felt _.(HUMILIATE)

 humiliating/ humiliated

12.My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing I was _ The sound was _.(ANNOY)

 annoyed/annoying

13.I was __ _after reading the _news headlines (ALARM)

 alarmed/alarming

14.The movie, King Kong, was _ The children who were watching it were .(TERRIFY)

 terrifying/terrified

15.I felt _ after getting a _ massage (PLEASE)

 Pleased/ pleasing

16.Michael Phelps was _ Michael Phelps' Olympic win was _.(EXCITE)

 excited/ exciting

17.I was _ The painting called" Mona Piggy" was _.( INTRIGUE)

 Intrigued/ intriguing

18.He heard a strange sound and was _ The strange sound was _.(CONCERN)

 concerned/ concerning

19.Her weight loss from the diet was _ She was _.(ENCOURAGE)

 encouraging/ encouraged

20.The taste was _ I was _.(SATISFY)

 satisfying/satisfied

21.He's such a monotonous speaker I was stiff ( bored / boring)

22.Most sequels are (disappointed / disappointing )

23.I had such a day I went straight to bed (tired / tiring )

24.Everyone's very about the news ( excited / exciting)

25.That lamp produces a very effect (pleased / pleasing )

26.The whole school was by the tragic event ( saddened / saddening)

27.I don't like watching films on my own (depressed / depressing )

28.I was when she told me she'd got divorced ( amazed / amazing)

29.He's such a guy He only ever talks about himself (bored / boring )

30.I'm very in films and theatre ( interested / interesting)

31.No one knew what would happen next We were all ( intrigued / intriguing)

32.It was a very situation (interested / interesting )

33.There's been some very news (surprised / surprising )

34.His mother was by what she found under his bed ( disgusted / disgusting)

35.Their hamburgers are (disgusted / disgusting )

36.Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ( exhausted / exhausting)

37.He's always showing off It's really (annoyed / annoying )

38.I think Alex is one of the most people I've ever met He can't keep still for a second

(annoyed / annoying )

39.I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman He seemed really

( embarrassed / embarrassing)

40.She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night It was rather

(embarrassed / embarrassing )

41.By 12.00 Susan felt so TIRED that she went to bed

42.I heard the film was good, but it was very DISAPPOINTING

43.Being alone in an old house at night can be FRIGHTENING

44.Anita was so EMBARRASSED that her whole face turned red

45.Jerry gets BORED if he has to study too much

46.It's very CONFUSING to be taught in so many classrooms

47.Dolly said that the twenty-mile walk was EXHAUSTING

48.Are you INTERESTED in going to the beach tomorrow?

49.I was really SURPRISED when my employer gave me the day off

50.Why don't you go away and stop being so ANNOYING!

51.What a _ (shock) thought (shocking)

52.Have you heard the _ (suprise) news about Alice and Ted? (suprising)

53.I thought it was the most _ (astound) thing I'd heard in a long time They're always fighting

like cats and dogs (astounding)

54.I agree with you I was pretty _ (shock) when I heard about it myself (shocked)

55.I was always _ (worry) that they would break up Now I can relax (worried)

56.What a _ (depress) idea (depressing)

57.That would be an _ (upset) thing to happen (upsetting)

58.Dogs often feel _ during fieworks.( frightened/ frightening)

59.The metro can be _ the first time you use it.( confusing/ confused)

60. Satoru was _ to hear about the earthquake.( shocked/ shocking)

61.I think that rainy days in winter are _.( depressed/ depressing)

62.She's _ of doing the same thing every day.( bored/ boring)

63. It was the most _ I have been watching a film.( excited/ exciting)

64.The meals at Immigrant's Cafe are _ (satisfied/ satisfying)

65.Sally has been running for three hours and now she is _(EXHAUSTED)

66.My brother had an accident and his situation is quite _(WORRYING)

67.When we visited that abandoned house it was really _(DEPRESSING)

68.I think he was _because he called me Mary and my name is Rose (CONFUSED)

69.That film is not _despite being a comedy (AMUSING)

70.Your bathroom is _! Couldn’t you clean it a little? (DISGUSTING)

71.Are you _in reading one of my novels? (INTERESTING)

72.What is the most _story you’ve ever heard? (FRIGHTENING)

73.It was the most _meeting I have ever attended (BORING)

74.When we broke the vase, we felt very _.(EMBARRASSED)

75.Is the book you are reading very _? Interest(-ING)

76.The new James Bond film is really _ Thrill(-ING)

77.We were both _that she hadn’t heard the news Surprise(-ED)

79.I nearly fell asleep in the cinema The film was so _ Bore(-ING)

80.She had such good marks that she was very _ Encourage(-ED)

81.Can you tell me where that _ noise comes from? Annoy(-ING)

82.They were _ the weather wasn’t good yesterday Disappoint(-ED)

83.My sister was _ by my old toys Fascinate(-ED)

84.When you are not in good spirits, it is _ to stay in bed all day Tempt(-ING)

85.I do the same thing every day My job is very BORING

86.I have nothing to do I'm BORED

87.My job is very varied I find it INTERESTING

88.I'm in applying for the job INTERESTED

89.I heard some very news I'm going to lose my job I feel terrible DEPRESSING

90.Cheer up Don't feel so There are plenty of other jobs DEPRESSED

91.I heard a very story It will make you laugh.AMUSING

92.It's not that you failed the exam You never did any work SURPRISING

93.It was an _ game It made us _.(exciting/excited)

94.Yesterday she heard _ news She was so _ that she couldn’t say anything

(surprising/ surprised )

95.Jennifer is _ because she's getting married today.( excited/ exciting)

96.David is so _, all he talks about is his computer.( bored/ boring)

97.I'm really _ about my interivew.( worried/ worrying)

98.Niran was _ to get a letter from his ex-girlfriend.( surprised/ surprising)

99.There's nothing _ on TV tonight.( interested/ interesting)

100. Javier had a very _ holiday in Greece.( relaxed/ relaxing)

101. Hi, Jane Have you had an _ (interest) day? (interesting)

102. I've had a very _ (excite) day It's my birthday today (exciting)

103. I'm a little _ (confuse) I thought your birthday was next month (confused)

104. Oh! Now I'm _ (embarrass) I didn't get you a present (embarrassed)

105. That's _ (disappoint) But it's OK (disappointing)

106. Now I'm _ (depress), too (depressed)

107. Hey, I've just had a _ (fascinate) idea (fascinating)

108. Why don't we go shopping and get you a present right now? That way we can get you

something really _ (please) (pleased)

109. What an _ (enchant) idea Where shall we start? (enchanting)

110. Hi, Mark You look _ (tire) (tired)

111. I am I'm totally _ (exhaust) (exhausted)

112. That's the _(frighten) thing I'm starting to believe that it will never be finished

(frightening)

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