Participial Adjectives

1. Fireworks are amazing! ParticipialAdjectives Learn how to use -ed and –ing adjectives in English.

2. Participial Adjectives look like verbs, but they are really adjectives. Their function is todescribe nouns. English uses many pairs of –ed and –ing adjectives. You probably know some of these adjectives already. Let’s think about some Examples

3. Miguel didn’t sleep very well last night. To make things worse, he had to get up early this morning because his boss asked him to come to work early. When he got up, he realized that he had run out of coffee. Poor Miguel. Today he feels . . . tired exhausted These areadjectives, even though they endwith –ed. They describe how Miguelfeels.

4. School is difficult, but Melissa enjoys it because she loves to learn. She especially loves her Science class because the teacher is very good. The teacher’s class is never boring; on the contrary it’s . . . These areadjectives, even though they end with –ing. They describe theclass. interesting exciting

5. More examples of –ed and –ing adjectives:

6. -ed -ing thrilled thrilling fascinated fascinating amazed amazing shocked shocking embarrassed embarrassing confused confusing frightened frightening depressed depressing amused amusing annoyed annoying distracted distracting Are any of these words new for you?

7. What’s thedifferencebetween the –ed and –ing form of adjectives? • -ed adjectivesdescribe the way a person feels. • -ing adjectivesdescribe someone’s personality, a place, an event, an experience, etc. *If something is __________ing, it will make you feel ________ed.

8. More examples . . . 1. Tom’s job is boring. He feels bored when he’s at work. Tom is bored because his job is boring. 2. Jane thinks that computers are interesting. She is interested in studying computers in the future.

9. My friend was feeling depressed, so I invited him to come out with us to see an amusing movie. I thought it might make him laugh a little. 4. Tripping in front of other people can be really embarrassing. I always feel embarrassed when this happens!

10. Now it’s your turn! 1. confus- English grammar can be extremely ________________. It makes me feel ________________. • fascinat- Millions of tourists are __________________ with Balboa Park. This place is absolutely __________________. confusing confused fascinated fascinating

11. Practice …

12. surprise

13. Was the little girl surprised or surprising? surprised Was the party surprised or surprising? surprising

14. exhaust

15. How does the man feel: exhausted or exhausting? exhausted Was the marathon exhausted or exhausting? exhausting

16. bore

17. Was the speech bored or boring? boring The people in the audience felt bored or boring? bored

18. annoy

19. It’s annoyed or annoying when people talk loudly on their cell phones? annoying I was annoyed or annoying when that guy was talking loudly on his cell phone? annoyed

20. satisfy

21. Was the woman satisfied or satisfying when she got her favorite meal? satisfied Was the meal satisfied or satisfying? satisfying

22. frustrate

23. The man feels frustrated or frustrating? frustrated His job can be frustrated or frustrating? frustrating

24. shock

25. The news was shocked or shocking? shocking The woman was shocked or shocking when she read the news? shocked

26. embarrass

27. How does the boy feel? embarrassed or embarrassing? embarrassed Is being scolded embarrassed or embarrassing? embarrassing

28. interest

29. Is the student interested or interesting in learning? interested Is the class interested or interesting? interesting

30. excite

31. Riding roller coasters is excited or exciting? exciting Do the people on the roller coaster feel excited or exciting? excited

32. disappoint

33. It’s disappointed or disappointing to lose a race? disappointing The runners who didn’t win felt disappointed or disappointing? disappointed