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Extension: feelings These 'participle adjectives' are 'indeterminate'. They

maybe adjectives or verbs.
verb: He is frightening me.
adjective: H e is a frightening person.
Definitions verb/adjective: I was frightened by his behaviour.
adjective: Alan was unhappy and frightened.
hostile /'hDStail; US -tl/ adj 1 ~
Aore; If you can p ut very in front o f a word, it’s an
sb /sth ) (a) sh o w in g stro n g
aggressive: a hostile <n a ;,toi :
• get a very hostile reception I respon • Adjectives from present participles have an active meaning.
She found his manner toward e.g.
distinctly hostile He Ithe subject) is frightening me. / He is very frightening.
Adjectives from past partciples have a passive meaning.
suspicion s.? spijn/ /; 1 [L. C] the feeling or I (passive subject) was very frightened (by him - agent).
thought, without certain proof, that sb is
Choose the correct words in brackets to complete the
guilty ot something, that sth is wrong, sentences.
suspicious /ss spijss/ adj having or showing
suspicion: a suspicious look • I ’m very 1 Her parents showed her boyfriend pictures
suspicious about her motives. • He is of her when she was a baby. She wasn’t
suspicious o f ('i.e. does not trust) strangers. wearing any clothes. She was very
mA ( embarrassed embarrassing).
hurt /h3 :t/ adj upset a n d offended: a hurt 2 She thought that the pictures were
look / expression • She was very hurt not to ( embarrassed embarrassing).
have been invited. 3 Mick and Teriy thought the TV
programme was very ( boring
1 Look at the dictionary definitions. Find bored) until they saw the
abbreviations w hich mean: professor.
somebody 4 Alan felt ( intimidated intimidating) when
something Frankie stood up.
American English
5 Frankie feels ( worried woriying) because
adjective
someone might be looking for the professor.
noun
countable noun 6 Ingrid and Frankie were very ( surprised
uncountable noun surprising) when they saw the professor on TV.
that means ... 7 The TV programme wasn’t very ( interested
interesting).
2 Look through the definitions and answ er the questions
about Episode 3. Strong adjectives for feelings___________
1 Who in the episode was ‘suspicious of her? 1 Some of these adjectives have a 'strong' meaning.
2 Who had a ‘hurt look? Some have a w eaker' meaning. Underline the ones w ith
3 Whose manner towards her did she find ‘distinctly a stronger meaning in each pair.
hostile? afraid terrified
4 Who would you describe as a ‘person who is generally hostile unfriendly
suspicious of other people? shocked surprised
hurt upset
frig h ten e d / frightening___________ angry furious
Some adjectives are from present participles. brilliant clever
doing is a present participle. aggressive threatening
e.g. excited interested
Frankie is a very frightening person.
Some adjectives are from past 2 W hich adjectives w ould
participles, done is a past participle. you use to describe the
eg- characters in Double Identity?
Alan was very frightened.

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