ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND -ED PRESENT PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ING Cause or source (agent) of the feeling or emotion – The present participle serves as an adjective formed from an active verb SOURCE The clown was entertaining the family (active verb) The clown was entertaining (present participial adjective ) PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ED Receiver of the feeling or emotion – The past participle serves as an adjective formed from the passive form of the verb RECEIVER The family was entertained by the clown (passive verb) The family was entertained (past participial adjective ) Other Participial Adjectives CAUSE OF THE FEELING RECEIVER OF THE FEELING Describe the feeling and knowledge of others Describe the feeling and knowledge of the subject alarming frustrating alarmed frustrated amazing astounding amazed astounded amusing humiliating amused humiliated annoying interesting annoyed interested astonishing intriguing astonished intrigued boring overwhelming bored overwhelmed compelling perplexing compelled perplexed concerning pleasing concerned pleased confusing relaxing confused relaxed depressing interesting depressed interested embarrassing relieving embarrassed relieved encouraging satisfying encouraged satisfied energizing shocking energized shocked enlightening stunning enlightened stunned entertaining surprising entertained surprised exciting terrifying excited terrified exhausting tiring exhausted tired frightening fascinating frightened fascinated surprising disappointing surprised disappointed shocking worrying shocked worried exciting exhausting excited exhausted disgusting disgusted Common Mistakes ERROR FIX I was surprised to see sheep walking on the road I was surprising 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 The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are very impressive from impressing from below below Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND -ED 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 An amusing ride Receiver of the feeling or emotion – The past participle serves as an adjective formed from the passive form of the verb An amused child The ride causes amusement 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!) Cause of the feeling or emotion – The present participle serves as an adjective formed from an active verb Amusing short films are shown at the animated film festival Amused viewers enjoy the short films (The films cause the amusement.) (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 My bath was _ I feel _now (RELAX) (relaxing/relaxed) Joe is _ because he had a _day (TIRE) Tired/ tiring How to get the cheese was _ The mouse was _.(CONFUSE) (confusing/confused) So much homework was _ The student felt _.(OVERWHELM) overwhelming/overwhelmed Your jokes are _ I am _.(AMUSE) amusing, amused I was so _by the movie The scenes in the movie were _.(TOUCH) touched/touching Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND -ED The TV program was _ I felt _while watching it (BORE) Boring/bored My angry father's words were _ I felt _.(UPSET) upsetting/ upset 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) Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND -ED 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) Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND -ED 76.The new James Bond film is really _ Thrill(-ING) 77.We were both _that she hadn’t heard the news Surprise(-ED) 78.The images of the war were very _ Depress(-ING) 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 the same thing every day My job is very BORING 86.I have nothing to 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) Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND -ED THE END Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ... Tempt( -ING) 85.I the same thing every day My job is very BORING 86.I have nothing to I'm BORED 87.My job is very varied I find it INTERESTING 88.I'm in applying for the job INTERESTED... _.(TOUCH) touched/touching Page Mời bạn ghé thăm http://giaovienthanhhoa.net ADJECTIVES ENDING IN ? ?ING AND -ED The TV program was _ I felt _while watching it (BORE) Boring/bored My angry... 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