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    This document discusses the use of participial adjectives in describing feelings. Past participles ending in "-ed" refer to how the experiencer feels and are used to say how people feel about something. Present participles ending in "-ing" refer to the actor or thing causing the feelings and are used to describe people or things that cause emotions. Examples are given showing past participles describing how someone feels ("interested", "bored") and present participles describing what causes the feeling ("watching", "boring").

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    This document discusses the use of participial adjectives in describing feelings. Past participles ending in "-ed" refer to how the experiencer feels and are used to say how people feel about something. Present participles ending in "-ing" refer to the actor or thing causing the feelings and are used to describe people or things that cause emotions. Examples are given showing past participles describing how someone feels ("interested", "bored") and present participles describing what causes the feeling ("watching", "boring").

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    This document discusses the use of participial adjectives in describing feelings. Past participles ending in "-ed" refer to how the experiencer feels and are used to say how people feel about something. Present participles ending in "-ing" refer to the actor or thing causing the feelings and are used to describe people or things that cause emotions. Examples are given showing past participles describing how someone feels ("interested", "bored") and present participles describing what causes the feeling ("watching", "boring").

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    PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES

    Past participles (-ed) are used to say how people feel. -


    ED participle refers to the experiencer (the one feeling the emotion).

    Past Participle (-ed) is used to describe how people feel about


    something or someone.
    "I'm interested in American history."
    "I'm bored of my job. I want to find another one."

    Present participles (-ing) are used to describe the people or things that
    cause the feelings. -Ing participle refers to the actor (the one/thing
    causing the emotion).

    Present Participle (-ing) is used to describe something or someone.


    "I watched an interesting TV about American history last night."
    "This film is boring. Let's stop watching it."
    Scare, make a sentence with past participle and present participle
    anoying

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