Anglès PA CFGS Adjectives

-ED / -ING adjectives

To distinguish between the uses of the adjectives finished in -ED or in -ING, check this
table:

ADJECTIVE -ING ADJECTIVE -ED

Cause or source (agent) of the
Receiver of the feeling or emotion.
feeling or emotion.
SOURCE RECEIVER

The clown was entertaining

The family was entertained
(= The clown was entertaining the
(= The family was entertained by the clown)
family)

an amusing ride an amused child

(The ride causes the amusement) (The child receives the feeling of amusement)

Here you have a list with some of these adjectives:

CAUSE OF THE RECEIVER OF CAUSE OF THE RECEIVER OF

FEELING THE FEELING FEELING THE FEELING
alarming alarmed frustrating frustrated
amusing amused humiliating humiliated
annoying annoyed interesting interested
boring bored intriguing intrigued
confusing confused overwhelming overwhelmed
disappointing disappointed perplexing perplexed
embarrassing embarrassed pleasing pleased
encouraging encouraged relaxing relaxed
energizing energized satisfying satisfied
entertaining entertained shocking shocked
exciting excited surprising surprised
exhausting exhausted terrifying terrified
frightening frightened tiring tired
Anglès PA CFGS Adjectives

Practice: differentiating Source and Receiver. Decide whether the subject of each
sentence is the source (cause of the feeling) or the receiver and write the correct form of
the adjective (-ed or -ing).

1 My bath was ______________ . I feel ______________ now.

2 Joe is ______________ because he had a ______________ day.

3 So much homework was ______________ . The student felt ______________ .

4 Your jokes are ______________ . I am ______________ .

5 I was so ______________ by the movie. The scenes in the movie were __________ .

6 My angry father's words were ______________ . I felt ______________ .

The nurse's big needle was ______________ . I felt ______________ when she
7 walked over to me!

8 Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was ______________ . Ted felt ______________ .

9 I was ______________ after reading the ______________ news headlines .

The movie, King Kong, was ______________ . The children who were watching it were
10 ______________ .

11 I felt ______________ after getting a ______________ massage.

He heard a strange sound and was ______________ . The strange sound was
12
______________ .