The document discusses the difference between sources of emotions and experiencers of emotions. It provides examples of verb-adjective pairs where the -ing form describes the source, like an "amazing" performer, and the -ed form describes the experiencer, like children who are "amazed." Several examples are given of matching sentences using verbs like frighten, amuse, fascinate, frustrate, excite, and bore to distinguish sources from experiencers.

1. Are You Bored or Boring?

2. What is happening in this picture? What do you think Tom is thinking? Bob? Tom Bob Blah, blah, blah… Mm m mm m m …

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

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

5. -ing and –ed 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. What’s the difference? When we talk about emotions or feelings, we divide people or things into two categories, based on whether they cause the emotion (the “Source”) or experience the emotion (the “Experiencer”)

7. Source A Source can be a thing or a person. When we talk about a Source, we use the –ing form. The contortionist was amaz ing .

8. Experiencer Usually an Experiencer is a person. An Experiencer experiences the emotion or feeling. An Experiencer is affected by the Source. When we talk about an Experiencer, we use the –ed form.

9. The children were amaz ed by the contortionist. Source Experiencers

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

11. frighten The movie is frightening . (Source) The girls are frightened . (Experiencers)

12. amuse This family is ________________ . The TV show is ______________ .

13. amuse This family is amused . (Experiencers) The TV show is amusing . (Source)

14. fascinate Julian Beever’s street art is ____________ . I am ________ by Julian Beever’s street art.

15. fascinate Julian Beever’s street art is fascinating . (Source) I am fascinated by Julian Beever’s street art. (Experiencer)

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

17. frustrate The woman is frustrated . (Experiencer) The computer is frustrating . (Source)

18. excite What is so ___________? These people are really _________.

19. excite What is so _exciting ? (Source) These people are really __excited . (Experiencers)

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

21. bore This teacher is boring . (Source) These students are bored . (Experiencers)

22. Of course, maybe the teacher is bored, too!

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

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