There is a large group of adjectives which can have an -ing or -ed ending.
The -ing ending is used on adjectives which describe a person or thing or situation.
The -ed ending is on adjectives which describe the effect this person, thing or situation has on us.
It was such a boring party
I was bored, and so was everyone else.
I didn't think the film was very frightening, but my younger brother was frightened by it.
I think the students are depressed (lam chan nan) largely because the weather is so depressing.
Other examples of common adjectives ending -ing and -ed include:
surprising/surprised
exciting/excited
exhausting/exhausted (kiet suc, can kiet)
confusing/confused (lam roi ren, lung tung)
frightening/frightened (khung khiep, lam hoang so)
astonishing/astonished (lam ngac nhien)
interesting/interested
terrifying/terrified (kinh hai, cam thay khiep so)
tiring/tired
fascinating/fascinated (me hoac, quyen ru)
embarrassing/embarrased (lung tung, boi roi)
disappointing/disappointed
Some examples:
_ John wasn't very good at maths, so I was very surprised when he passed the exam. And I was astonised when I discovered that he'd got 98%.
_ In London there are lots of streets with the same name and it's very confusing if you are a tourist. Another problem is that it's a huge place. We walked everywhere on our last trip and we were exhausted at the end of each day. But it's an exciting city, with so much to do.
_ It's been a terrible week for Greg. He was very disappointed last Saturday because he played badly in an important match. Then on Monday, his girlfriend left him for someone else, so he's very depressed at the moment.
_ One of our teachers can never remember our names. It seemed funny at first, but now it's getting a bit embarassing.
Can you think of an adjective to describe how the people felt in each of these situations:
_ They walked about ten miles in the morning, then spent the afternoon helping some friends to cut down some trees.
_ From the description in the travel brochure, they expected a beautiful big villa by the sea. In actual fact it was quite small, not very nice, and miles from the beach.
_ They decided to wear jeans to the party but when they arrived everyone else was wearing formal evening dress.
_ One person told them the street was on the left, another told them to turn right, and a third person said they had to go back to the station.
_ When they got home there was a new car outside their house. They went inside and there was a new sofa in the lounge and a new dining table in the dinning room.
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