-ED / -ING Adjectives (pg.

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No Adjective Meaning
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1 Bored Unhappy because something is not interesting
2 Disappointed Unhappy because something didn’t happen
3 Depressed Very unhappy
4 Boring Not interesting or exciting
5 Fascinating Extremely interesting
6 Satisfying Making you feel pleased because you have what you need or want
7 Terrified Very afraid

We use –ING adjectives to describe the things or people that cause the feelings.
We use –ED adjectives to describe the feelings.

Pronunciation: The –ED ending can be pronounced in three different ways according to the letter that precedes it.

/t/ /d/ / id /

Voiceless consonants Voiced consonants

p, k, f, gh, sh, ch, s, ss, c, x b, g, j, l, m, n, r, v, w, z t or d

Vowels

No extra syllable is added. No extra syllable is added. An extra syllable is added.

Depressed Amused / z / Disappointed

Relaxed Bored Fascinated
Satisfied Interested
Terrified

For further explanation:

https://www.englishcurrent.com/grammar/boring-bored-interesting-interested-participial-adjectives/

English has many adjectives that describe feelings that end in ~ED or ~ING, such as bored and boring. These
adjectives actually come from verbs. For example:

 This book bores (verb) me. The book is boring (adjective). I am bored (adjective).
 This movie interests (verb) me. The movie is interesting (adjective). I am interested (adjective).
These adjectives are called participial adjectives. They are made by the participle of a verb. For regular verbs,
participles end in ~ing (boring, the present participle) or ~ed (bored, the past participle).

Students often have difficulty choosing the correct adjective in a sentence. This lesson will explain how to use
them correctly.

Adjectives that Describe Causes of Feelings: ~ING Adjectives

Adjectives like boring/interesting describe something that causes a feeling. For example:

It was a boring movie. The movie was boring. <– The movie is the cause of the feeling. It creates the
feeling.

This book is boring.

Adjectives that Describe Feelings: ~ED Adjectives

Adjectives like bored/interested describe the person (or animal) that is affected by this feeling. For example:

She was a bored girl. The girl was bored. <– She, the girl, is the one who feels the feeling. She is the feeler.

She is bored.

These adjectives always describe a living thing that can feel (a person, animal, or alien maybe!). A thing (e.g. a
book) cannot be bored. But, it can be boring.