B2 - Adjectives ending with -ed vs. -ing

Adjectives ending with -ed vs. -ing

What is the difference between the two endings and how to use them

Recording

Let's listen to a recoding connected to two forms of adjectives in the English language.

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Your idiom for today:

be as boring as beans

Your idiom for today:

be bored to death

Let's check what you remember

QUESTION TIME

What do we usually use adjectives ending in -ing for?

QUESTION TIME

How do we use -ed adjectives?

QUESTION TIME

What’s the difference in meaning? I am very boring. I am very bored.

LET'S PRACTISE

Fill in the gaps

1. You look really ___ . Why don't you go to bed? tired tiring 2. Can I call you? I've got some very ___ news for you! excited exciting

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4. My neighbour is always playing loud music. It's very ___ . annoyed annoying 4. The directions were ___ and we got lost. confused confusing

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5. I was really ___ that I won the competition. surprised surprising 6. She didn't call about the car. I don't think she's ___ in buying it. interested interesting

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7. I was rather ___ by his behaviour. annoyed annoying 8. His behaviour was very ___ . annoyed annoying

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9. Did you like the movie? A: No, it was so ___. B: I liked it. It was ___. boring or bored interesting or interested

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10. How did you find the new Planet Earth episode? I loved it, I thought it was so ___ . interesting interested 11. I agree. I got really ___ watching it, though. I hope we start treating our planet better soon. worrying worried

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This child is irritated. OR This child is irritating.

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I'd be disappointed / disappointing if... I find it annoyed / annoying when people... A place I think is absolutely fascinating / fascinated is... Something I find quite worried / worrying is...

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I am always confused / confusing when I... It's always embarrassed / embarrassing when... I feel satisfying / satisfied when I... One thing that I think is disgusted / disgusting is...

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I think it's absolutely shocked / shocking that... I get frustrating / frustrated when... Something I find absolutely exhausted / exhausting is... If one of my friends told me I was bored / boring, I would...

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It was Christmas day again and my two sons were ___ thrilled thrilling at the prospect of unwrapping all the ___ boxes that lay around the Christmas tree. tempted tempting

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I was ___ excited/excited about giving them their presents, but also a bit___ concerning/concerned because I didn’t want the gifts to be ___ disappointed/disappointing again.

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There’s nothing more ___ depressed/depressing than a child with a ___ disappointed/disappointing present in their hands.

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That’s what had happened the year before. When my elder son opened his present I was ___ dismayed/dismaying to see how ___ displeasing/displeased he was with his new toy.

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It was ___ devastated/devastating . But now it would be different, because I knew exactly what they really wanted. I had swallowed my pride and called my ex-wife to ask about what our children really wanted.

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When they were unwrapping the presents, I was concentrating on their expressions, and it was so___ gratified/gratifying to see the joy in their eyes! They were totally ___ amazing/amazed to see they were the new owners of an X-box with countless games.

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It was a ___ moved/moving scene. And I was so ___ relieving/relieved to see that this year I hadn’t failed them that I forgot about how much the idea of video games disgusts me.

LET'S CHECK WHAT YOU REMEMBER

- ED ADJECTIVES

Adjectives that end in -ed generally describe emotions – they tell us how people feel. I was so bored in that lesson, I almost fell asleep. He was surprised to see Helen after all those years. She was really tired and went to bed early.

- ING ADJECTIVES

Adjectives that end in -ing generally describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored. Have you seen that film? It's really frightening. I could listen to her for hours. She's so interesting. I can't sleep! That noise is really annoying!

Thank you!