The difference between –ed and –ing adjectives * ed adjectives Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ describe emotions – they tell us how people feel about something.. - He was surprised to see Hele[r]
(1)Lesson Language • Vocabulary Read the conversation and find adj ending with the following suffixes - -ed: Disadvantaged, interested, excited - -ing: interesting - - ful: Useful, helpful, meaningful - - less: _ hopeless (2) Use the words in brackets with appropriate endings from to complete the following sentences If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will meaningless find their lives _(mean) interested I am in doing charity work (interest) hopeless Last year, she was really at English She couldn’t even say a word in English Now her English is much better useful The new teacher’s advice was very _ His students could learn English vocabulary faster (use) excited They were to know that their contributions meaningful were _ to the poor people in that area (excite, mean) exciting Our school volunteer activities are very (excite) (3) The difference between –ed and –ing adjectives * ed adjectives Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ describe emotions – they tell us how people feel about something - I was very bored in the maths lesson I almost fell asleep - He was surprised to see Helen She’d told him she was going to Australia - Feeling tired and depressed, he went to bed (4) * -ing adjectives Adjectives that end ‘-ing’ describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored - Have you seen that film? It’s absolutely terrifying - I could listen to him for hours He’s one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met - I can’t eat this! It’s disgusting! What is it? * Remember that people can be boring but only if they make other people feel bored He talks about the weather for hours He’s so boring NOT I was very boring at the party so I went home (5) Compare the difference: - My girlfriend is bored - (My girlfriend feels bored) - My girlfriend is boring - (My girlfriend is a boring person) You can use these adjectives to describe people or situations but be careful that you are using the correct adjective For example, there is a big difference in meaning between: - I am confused - (I don't understand something) - I am confusing - (I will cause you to be confused) (6) Adjectives end in –ful or -less • Most adjectives which end in -ful make the negative with -less But, not all Noun Verb Adjective care care careful/careless harm harm harmful/harmless help help (un)helpful/helpless hope hope hopeful/hopeless pain pain painful/painless power power powerful/powerless use use useful/useless thought think thoughtful/thoughtless taste taste tasteful/tasteless (7) The adjectives in this table take -ful or -less, but not both Noun Verb Adjective count count countless/countable end home peace play price end play price endless homeless peaceful playful priceless success succeed (un)successful truth - (un)truthful/(un)true worth worth worthless (8) Pronunciation Listen and repeat (9) (10) Grammar I Irregular past tense verbs I wore jeans to school yesterday My sister and I bought a lot of clothes last summer My father read newspapers in bed last Sunday My mother made my bed last Sunday I wrote letters to my granparents yesterday afternoon (11)