Unit 04 For a Better Community Lesson 2 Language

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]

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 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) 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 * -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 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) 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 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 Pronunciation Listen and repeat 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