2. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives correctly
is an important part of learning English
as they deal mostly with the way
people feel and the things that make
them feel that way.
3. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Even though there are clear rules of
when to use the ‘ed’ form and when to
use the ‘ing’ form it is very easy to get
confused.
4. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Adjectives that end with ‘ed’ describe
emotions – they tell us how people (or
animals) feel about something.
Adjectives that end with ‘ing’ describe
the thing that causes the emotion.
5. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Pretty easy rules to follow don’t you
think? Yet many people learning
English have problems and use these
adjectives in the completely wrong way.
For instance they will say ‘I am boring’
when they mean ‘I am bored’.
6. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Even with these simple rules things get
even more complicated because these
adjectives are actually the past (ed)
and present (ing) participles of regular
verbs and thus look like verbs.
7. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Want more complications? These verbs
also have noun forms. Did you notice
that ‘complicated’ was used as an
adjective on the previous slide and is
being used in its noun form
‘complication’ here?
8. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
So how well do you know how to use
this vocabulary as adjectives, verbs or
nouns.
Try the following quiz and see how you
go.
37. Being face to
face with a tiger
has to be a little
bit ________,
even if it is still
quite young.
unnerve
unnerved
unnerving
38. Being face to
face with a tiger
has to be a little
bit ________,
even if it is still
quite young.
unnerve
unnerved
unnerving
39. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
How did you go. If you got most of
them well done. If not don’t despair.
But if you are a students however it is
quite easy to lose vital marks in
speaking and writing exams (IELTS,
TOEFL, etc.) by getting them confused.
40. Using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ adjectives
Native speakers use these words not
by applying rules but simply by habit.
Learning by repetition is a good way to
create good speaking and writing
habits and this is what our app will help
you to do.
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