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ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS

ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS. ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS. ~ ing (present participle) vs ~ ed (past participle) Many learners of English confuse the ~ ing (present participle) with ~ ed (past participle) when they are used as adjectives expressing emotions.

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ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS

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  1. ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS

  2. ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS ~ing (present participle) vs ~ed (past participle) Many learners of English confuse the ~ing (present participle) with ~ed (past participle) when they are used as adjectives expressing emotions.

  3. ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS Compare: I am boring with I am bored The present participle (~ing) is used to show who or what causes the feeling. So in the first example, I am boring, I make other people feel bored. Maybe I don’t talk very much or do not have many interesting things to talk about. No matter what the reason, when people are around me they soon start to yawn.

  4. ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS Compare: I am boring with I am bored The past participle (~ed) is used to show who or what ‘has’ or experiences the feeling. So in the second example, I am bored, I am not interested in whatever is happening around me. Maybe I am in a boring lecture (the professor causes me to be bored) or I don’t have a good book to read at home and there is nothing interesting on television.

  5. ADJECTIVES EXPRESSING FEELINGS Choose the correct answers in the dialogues below A: I heard you had a blind date* last Saturday. How did it go? B: It was so boring/bored because all he talked about was his work. A: What did you talk about? B: Nothing much. I hope he thinks I’m boring/bored and never calls me again.

  6. COMMONLY CONFUSED ADJECTIVES amazing/amazed amusing/amused annoying/annoyed boring/bored challenging/challenged confusing/confused depressing/depressed disappointing/disappointed encouraging/encouraged embarrassing/embarrassed exciting/excited

  7. COMMONLY CONFUSED ADJECTIVES exhausting/exhausted fascinating/fascinated frightening/frightened frustrating/frustrated insulting/insulted interesting/interested moving/moved

  8. COMMONLY CONFUSED ADJECTIVES pleasing/pleased relaxing/relaxed satisfying/satisfied shocking/shocked surprising/surprised thrilling/thrilled tiring/tired worrying/worried

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