-ed and –ing adjectives

Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ (e.g. ‘bored’, ‘interested’) and adjectives that end ‘-ing’ (e.g. ‘boring’, ‘interesting’) are often confused.

以ed和ing结尾的形容词常常使人感到混淆。

 

-ed adjectives

以ed结尾的形容词

Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ describe emotions – they tell us how people feel about something.

以ed结尾的形容词描述的是一种情感—告诉我们人们对某样东西的感觉和想法。

   I was very bored in the maths lesson. I almost fell asleep.

   He was surprised to see Helen. She’d told him she was going to Australia.

   Feeling tired and depressed, he went to bed.

 

-ing adjectives

以ing结尾的形容词

Adjectives that end ‘-ing’ describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.

以ing结尾的形容词描述的是是引起该情感的事情—例如一个很boring的课让你觉得很bored。

   Have you seen that film? It’s absolutely terrifying.

   I could listen to him for hours. He’s one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met.

   I can’t eat this! It’s disgusting! What is it?

   Remember that people can be boring but only if they make other people feel bored.

   He talks about the weather for hours. He’s so boring.

   NOT I was very boring at the party so I went home.

 

Here are some more adjectives that can have both an ‘-ed’ and an ‘-ing’ form

我们这里给你找了一下常见的既有以ed结尾也有以ing结尾的对应的形容词。

amused

amusing

annoyed

annoying

confused

confusing

disappointed

disappointing

excited

exciting

exhausted

exhausting

frightened

frightening

satisfied

satisfying

shocked

shocking