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ADJECTIVES:

-ED or -ING
FRIGHTENED OR FRIGHTNENING
We can use adjectives that end
with –ed to describe people’s
feelings.
 Bob was very frightened.
The subject of the sentence (Bob) is
the person who has the feeling.

 He was very surprised by the news.


He felt surprised.
I wasn’t nervous on
holidays; I was relaxed.

Were you disappointed


by the film?
The students are
bored during the
lesson.

I’m interested
in your idea.
We use adjectives that end with
–ing to talk about a
thing/person that makes us
have a feeling.
 The ghost was very frightening.
The subject of the sentence
(the ghost) causes the feeling.

 The news is surprising.


The subject of the sentence
(the news) causes the feeling.
The journey
was tiring.

The end of the game


was exciting.
Your idea is
interesting.

The lesson was


boring.
The students are The lesson was
bored during the boring.
lesson.
 Relaxed Relaxing
 Fascinated Fascinating
 Troubled Troubling
 Irritated Irritating
 Devastated Devastating
 Overwhelmed Overwhelming
 Disappointed Disappointing
g.smiles

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