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Adjectives that end in -ed tell us how a person feels.

Adjectives that end in -ed generally describe emotions – they tell us how people feel.

Ex: I was so bored in that lesson, I almost fell asleep.

He was surprised to see Helen after all those years.

She was tired and went to bed early.

Adjectives that end in -ing describe the effect. Adjectives that end in -ing generally describe the thing
that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.

Have you seen that film? It's really frightening.

I could listen to her for hours. She's so interesting.

I can't sleep! That noise is really annoying!

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Adjectives

We can use adjectives to describe people, places and things.

We've got a small car.

I saw a white bird.

This book isn't very old.

We don't add s to the adjective when it's plural.

My brothers are short.


We've got three black cats.
She watched some old films.

Put size adjectives before colour adjectives.

I've got a big, blue ball.

That building is tall and grey.

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