Participial AdjectivesParticipial Adjectives

• This book bores (verb) me.

The book is boring (adjective).

I am bored (adjective).

• This movie interests (verb) me.

The movie is interesting (adjective).

I am interested (adjective).

Adjectives that Describe Feelings: ~ing Adjectives

Adjectives like boring/interesting describe something that causes a feeling. For example:

• It was a boring movie. The movie was boring.

• This book is boring.

<– The book is the cause of the feeling. It creates the feeling.

Adjectives that Describe Feelings: ~ed Adjectives

• Adjectives like bored/interested describe the person (or animal) that is affected by this feeling. For example:

• She was a bored girl. The girl was bored.

<– She, the girl, is the one who feels the feeling. She is the feeler.

These adjectives always describe a living thing that can feel (a person, animal, or alien maybe!). A thing (e.g. a book) cannot be bored. But, it can be boring.

• Be Careful: People Can Cause Feelings

Sometimes the cause of a feeling isn't a book or a movie. Sometimes, it's another person. For example, there are interesting books and there are interesting people. For example:

• My friend Jay is interesting. He is the cause of the feeling of interest in people he talks to.

• Carol had a date with John. John was boring. Carol was bored, so she left.

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Let’s Practice:

• Complete the chart below with the correct –ed /-ing suffix.

   Verbs

to bore

to excite

to interest

to relax

to satisfy

to tire to worry

-ed bored

-ing boring

Read and choose the correct answer:• Martin studied for his final exam for three weeks. He studied

night and day. When he got the results back, he saw he got 50%. He didn’t pass.

a. When he got his grade, he felt very disappointing / disappointed

b. The grade he got was disappointing / disappointed

• Martha is a hard worker. She gets to work at 5 AM and gets home at 7 PM. She is a nurse at a large hospital.

a. Her day is very tired / tiring

b. When she gets home from work, she feels very tired / tiring

• Julia’s friends had a surprise birthday party for her. They were hiding in her house when she got home from work. Her house was dark.

a. When she turned on the lights, she was surprised / surprising

b. Seeing all her friends was surprised / surprising

Complete with the correct –ed /-ing suffix:

1) M y most ___________________ experience as a teenager was travelling to L ondon on my own. I remember I was so ___________________ that I couldn’t sleep the night before my fl ight. (excite)

2) I was really __________________ when I got to the airport and found out that J ulie, the girl I liked most f rom high school, was travelling with me. (surprise)

3) I felt rather ___________________ when she asked to sit next to me. D id she feel the same way as I did? (confuse)

4) She told me she was a little bit ______________ about the fl ight. (worry)

5) I advised her to listen to some ______________ music. Soon, we both felt more ____________. (relax)

6) I learnt lots of English and found out that J ulie was ___________________ in me! M y stay in L ondon was extremely ___________________. (interest)

Complete with the correct –ed /-ing suffix:

1) M y most ___________________ experience as a teenager was travelling to L ondon on my own. I remember I was so ___________________ that I couldn’t sleep the night before my fl ight. (excite)

2) I was really __________________ when I got to the airport and found out that J ulie, the girl I liked most f rom high school, was travelling with me. (surprise)

3) I felt rather ___________________ when she asked to sit next to me. D id she feel the same way as I did? (confuse)

4) She told me she was a little bit ______________ about the fl ight. (worry)

5) I advised her to listen to some ______________ music. Soon, we both felt more ____________. (relax)

6) I learnt lots of English and found out that J ulie was ___________________ in me! M y stay in L ondon was extremely ___________________. (interest)