2. Blah, blah, blah…
…
Mmmmmmm
Tom Bob
• What is happening in this picture?
• What do you think Tom is thinking?
And Bob?

3. I am SO not
interested! Wow, I’m so
interesting!
He is boring
me to death!
What I’m saying
is really
interesting!
Would
someone
please just He’s interested
get me out in what I’m
of here?! saying!
Tom Bob
Have you ever been in a situation
like this?

4. Emotion Verbs and Adjectives
• There are many verbs which communicate
emotions or feelings, such as:
excite
interest
amaze
irritate
horrify
• Many of these verbs can be modified to
form adjectives.

5. -ing and –ed adjective pairs
There are many pairs of adjectives
derived from such verbs, for example:
exciting excited
interesting interested
amazing amazed
irritating irritated
horrifying horrified
Can you think of others?

6. So… What’s the difference?
When we talk about emotions or feelings,
we divide people or things into two
categories, based on whether they
• produce the emotion (the “Cause”)
or
• experience the emotion (the “Experiencer”)

7. The cause
• The cause can be a thing or a person.
• In this case, we use the –ing form of
the adjective.
The contortionist was
amazing.

8. The experiencer
• Usually, an experiencer is a person,
who experiences the emotion or feeling.
• The experiencer is affected by the
cause that produces the
emotion/feeling.
• In this case, we use the –ed form of
the adjective.

9. The children were amazed
by the contortionist.
Cause
Experiencers

10. Compare the two adjectives:
The contortionist was
amazing; as a result,
the children were
amazed!

11. frighten
The movie is ________________.
The girls are ________________.

12. frighten
• The movie is frightening .
(Cause)
• The girls are frightened .
(Experiencers)

13. entertain
This family is ________________.
The TV show is ______________.

14. entertain
This family is _entertained_.
(Experiencers)
The TV show is _entertaining_.
(Cause)

15. frustrate
The woman is _______________.
The computer is _____________.

16. frustrate
The woman is frustrated .
(Experiencer)
The computer is frustrating .
(Cause)

17. bore
This teacher is ________.
These students are _________.

18. bore
This teacher is boring .
(Cause)
These students are bored .
(Experiencers)

19. Your turn!
Make up a pair of sentences using
this verb and picture:
confuse

20. Your turn!
Make up a pair of sentences using
this verb and picture:
terrify

21. Your turn!
Make up a pair of sentences using
this verb and picture:
relax
/rɪˈlæks/

22. Your turn!
Make up a pair of sentences using
this verb and picture:
embarrass
/ɪmˈbærəs/

23. Click here to watch this
video to learn more about
the differences between
these adjectives