1. PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
-ED or -ING?
Parengė:
Anglų k. Vyr. mokytoja Zita Stankevičė
Utenos Krašuonos pagr. m-kla
2011

2. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
My English teacher is boring.
My English teacher is bored.

3. CAUSE OR SOURCE OF THE
FEELING
Adjectives ending
-ING
are used to describe things or people.
The film was dull, long and slow. It even
made me sleep.
So,......

4. THE FILM WAS
BORING.

5. RECEIVER OF THE FEELING
Adjectives ending
-ED
are used to describe feelings.
The film was dull, long and slow. It even
made me sleep.
So,......

6. I WAS BORED.

7. SOME MORE SAMPLES
Situation
I feel, I am...
It is, This is...
I spilled water
on my pants.
embarrassed
embarrassing
This unfriendly
dog has big
teeth.
frightened
frightening
I can't
understand the
instructions.
confused
confusing
He gave good
reasons.
convinced
convincing

8. THE MOST COMMON
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
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amazed
amused
annoyed
astonished
bored
confused
depressed
disappointed
disgusted
embarrassed
amazing
amusing
annoying
astonishing
boring
confusing
depressing
disappointing
disgusting
embarrassing

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excited
exhausted
frightened
insulted
interested
intrigued
satisfied
shocked
surprised
tempted
terrified
tired
worried
exciting
exhausting
frightening
insulting
interesting
intriguing
satisfying
shocking
surprising
tempting
terrifying
tiring
worrying

10. PRACTICE
• I had such a ... day I went straight to bed. (tired /
tiring)
• Everyone's very ... about the news. (excited /
exciting)
• I was ... when she told me she'd got divorced.
(amazed / amazing)
• No one knew what would happen next. We were
all ... . (intrigued / intriguing)
• It was a very ... situation. (interested / interesting)
• There's been some very ... news. (surprised /
surprising)
• His mother was ... by what she found under his bed.
(disgusted / disgusting)

11. • Their hamburgers are .... (disgusted / disgusting)
• Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ... .
(exhausted / exhausting)
• He's always showing off. It's really .... (annoyed /
annoying)
• I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with
a strange woman. He seemed really .... (embarrassed /
embarrassing)
• She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all
night. It was rather .... (embarrassed / embarrassing)
• He's such a slow speaker. I was ... all the time.
(bored / boring)
• His words were really ... . (insulted, insulting)

12. WELL DONE
P.S. Don’t forget to revise everything at home.