Adjetives ending in –ed/-ing

-ed

● Describe a feeling or reaction.

○ I am tired of my job. He is frightened of snakes

-ing

● Describe the cause of the feeling.The museum is fascinating.

This is the most terrifying tale ever written.

Let’s practice ! Choose one

● This wet weather is so ……■ Depressing ... depressed..■ Depressing

● I will be very ..... if she does well in her test.■ Surprised■ Surprising

● I come home extremely ..... at the end of each day.

■ Tired■ Tiring

● Did you hear the ..... news about the accident?■ Shocking■ Shocked

● I'm not very ..... in sport.■ Interesting■ Interested

Complete the sentence

● Grammar rules frustrate me. They're not logical. They are so …... They frustrate me but they don't bore me. I am never …… when I study grammar. Normally a language class stimulates me. Of course, it depends on the teacher. With some teachers I don't feel ….. If teachers want to interest the students, they must use ….. material.

Describe the picture

I think......

Activity

● Write a paragraph with 5 sentences about the independence day in Chile.

More practice ?

● http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes12/adj_ing_ed_2.htm

● http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/dg-eding.html

● http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/eding.htm

● http://ww2.collegeem.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/boreding.htm

● www.webenglishroom2011.tk