Adjectives in -ed/-ing. Activities.

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ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ing AND -ed.

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ing AND -ed.

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

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

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

• amused
• amusing
• annoyed
• annoying
• confused
• confusing
• disappointed
• disappointing
• excited
• exciting
• exhausted
• exhausting
• frightened
• frightening
• satisfied
• satisfying
• shocked
• shocking

Thanksgiving day

American people celebrate Thanksgiving day on the 4th Thursday of November. The day after is called Black Friday. This is a worksheet to learn some vocabulary related to Thanksgiving.

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This is the life, by Amy MacDonald

If you want to practice your listening skills in an amusing way, you can use this song - This is the life, by Amy MacDonald-

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Yellow, by Coldplay

Here you have the song that we listened to practice past simple verbs. Click here if you want to listen to the song again and practice a little bit more at home.

Physical appearance: hair.

This is a very detailed picture with everything you need to know to describe hair. You don't need to learn everything.  I give you this in case you need a specific word we haven't learnt in our classes.

Appearance: Ugly.

This is the song we listened to last week. Listen to it at home again and pay attention to the lyrics. It is a good practice to review vocabulary about appearance. 


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