This document discusses how adjectives are formed from verbs using the suffixes "-ed" and "-ing" in English. It provides examples of common adjectives formed this way, such as "interested" from "interest". The document explains that "-ed" adjectives describe feelings or emotions, while "-ing" adjectives describe how a person, thing, or situation makes you feel. It provides examples of correctly using "-ed" versus "-ing" adjectives in sentences. The document concludes with a brief quiz to test understanding of these concepts.
3. HOW ADJECTIVES ARE MADE
A lot of adjectives in English are made
from verbs by adding –Ed/-Ing, which
are known as suffixes.
● Interest + -ed => interested
● Interest + -ing => interesting.
Verb Suffix
7. WHEN TO USED –ED ADJECTIVES
-Ed Adjectives are used to describe
feelings or emotions.
● Example: I am bored because I have
stayed at home all day . (meaning: you
feel bored).
8. WHEN TO USED –ING ADJECTIVES
-ING Adjectives are used to describe
how a person/a thing/a situation makes
you feel(characteristics).
● Example: Staying at home is boring
because there is nothing to do.
(meaning: Staying at home makes you
feel bored).
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11. Choose one correct adjective for each sentence.
1. You look really tired /tiring. Why don’t you go to bed?
tired
2. can I call you? I’ve got some excited /exciting news for you!
exciting
3. My neighbor always play loud music. It’s very annoyed /annoying .
annoying
4. Directions were confused /confusing , and we got lost.
confusing
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Editor's Notes
Hello there! Welcome back to Study English with Jan. This week we’re going to look at English adjectives. In this lesson, we’ll focus on –ed/ing adjectives. I know it’s still confusing for many learners when ti comes to –ed/-ing adjectives. It happened to me when I studied English as well. Don’t worry. In this video, I will make it very simple and easy for you to understand.
Therese are what we’ll cover today. To make use of this lesson, please spend 1 minute to take a quiz at the end of this video. then you can let me know how many correct answers you get in the comments. Now let’s get started.
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word.
Here are some common ed and ing adjectives . The adjectives highlighted in red have negative meanings. next, I’m gonna show you when to use the ed and ing adjectives, which is the most important part of the lesson today.
Before then, I would like you to look at this pic and answer the question by choosing one of the adjectives. According to the picture, what do you think about this man’s presentation? It seems that everyone feel sleepy while he’s talking. Therefore, which do you think is correct to say : his presentation is boring or bored? Well, the correct answer is boring.
Second question. Same pic. Which is correct to describe everyone- they are bored or borng? Well, the correct answer is they’re bored. You will know why in a few seconds.