Descriptive adj. and present perfect

DESCRIBING FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS

Many adjectives ending in ‘-ing’ describe the effect that something has on someone's feelings.Some adjectives ending in ‘-ing’ describe a process or state that continues over a period of time.Many adjectives ending in ‘-ed’ describe people's feelings.

AmazingAnnoyingAstonishingBoring CharmingConfusingConvincingDepressingDisappointi

ng Embarrassi

ng

Excitingfrighteninginterestingshocking surprisingterrifyingtiringwelcomingworrying

You use some ‘-ing’ adjectives to describe something that continues over a period of time

AgeingBooming DecreasingDying ExistingIncreasing LivingRemaining

Many ‘-ed’ adjectives describe people's feelings. They have the same form as the past participle of a transitive verb and have a passive meaning. For example, ‘a frightened person’ is a person who has been frightened by something.

AmusedAstonishedBored DelightedDepressedDisappointed

Excited FrightenedInterestedSatisfiedShocked Surprised

TiredTroubledWorriedAlarmed

CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF

THE ADJECTIVE.

THAT PICTUREIS FRIGHTENING / FRIGHTENED

I SAW THAT PICTURE AND I GOT FRIGHTENED /

FRIGHTENING

WOW! THAT PICTURE IS REALLY EMBARRASING / EMBARRASED

THE MAN IN THAT PICTURE LOOKS REALLY EMBARRASING /

EMBARRASED

THAT IS VERY SURPRISING! / SURPRISED!

SHE WILL BE VERY SURPRISING / SURPRISED

GREAT JOB!!!!

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GREAT JOB!!!!

NEXT

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GO BACK

GREAT JOB!!!!

NEXT

INCORRECT! TRY AGAIN.

GO BACK

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc

PRESENT PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

DO DID DONE

TO BE WAS /WERE BEEN

MAKE MADE MADE

LIVE LIVED LIVED

SEE SAW SEEN

RUN RAN RAN

DRINK DRANK DRUNK

WALK WALKED WALKED

LISTEN LISTENED LISTENED

TALK TALKED TALKED

SPEAK SPOKE SPOKEN

HAVE HAD HAD

WRITE WROTE WRITTEN

READ READ READ

WATCH WATCHED WATCHED

GO WENT GONE

EAT ATE EATEN

The structure:I have been in Paris.

For I, you, they and we the auxiliary verb is HAVE.

For He, she and it the auxiliary verb is HAS

Subject + have + verb in past participle + complement

For questionsHave you been in Paris?Has she been in Paris?R/ = Yes, I have been in

Paris.Yes, she has been in

Paris.

Have / Has + subject + verb in past participle + complement

ContractionsHAVE NOT = HAVEN’T

HAS NOT = HASN’TI HAVE = I’VE

YOU HAVE = YOU’VESHE HAS = SHE’SHE HAS = HE’SIT HAS = IT’S

THEY HAVE = THEY’VEWE HAVE = WE’VE

More contractionsI HAVE NOT = I’VE NOT = I HAVEN’T

YOU HAVE NOT =YOU’VE NOT = YOU HAVEN’TSHE HAS NOT = SHE’S NOT = SHE HASN’T

HE HAS NOT = HE’S NOT = HE HASN’TIT HAS NOT = IT’S NOT = IT HASN’T

THEY HAVE NOT = THEY’VE NOT = THEY HAVEN’T

WE HAVE NOT = WE’VE NOT = WE HAVEN’T

PRACTICE!!!!CREATE A SENTENCE WITH THE

FOLLOWING:I / SEE / EL DIARIO DEL OTUN

SHE / READ / THE BOOKIT / TO BE / DO

WE / EAT / ALREADYYOU EVER / SEE / THAT MOVIE ?THEY / DRINK / THE SODA YET?YOU / READ / THE BOOK YET?

SHE / GO / TO YOUR HOUSE YET?I / NOT DO / MY HOMEWORK.