The cause of a feeling gets the ing

The cause of a 'feeling' gets the -ing participle The receiver of a 'feeling' gets the -ed participle. ING VS. -ED The clown was entertaining the family. RECEIVER The clown was entertaining The family was entertained.

CAUSE OF FEELING RECEIVER OF FEELING alarming alarmed amusing amused boring bored concerning concerned confusing confused embarrassing embarrassed encouraging encouraged entertaining entertained

relaxing My bath was----------relaxed I feel now-------------.

tired Joe is-----------tiring Because he had a----------day.

confusing How to get the cheese was--------- confused The mouse was------------

overwhelming So much homework was------------- overwhelmed The student felt------------

amusing Your jokes are------------ amused I am---------------

touching The scenes in the movie were------------. touched I was so ------------by the movie.

boring The TV program was------------ bored I felt----------- while watching it.

upsetting My father got angry. My father's words were-----------. upset I felt------------

frightening The nurse came in with a big needle. It was------------. frightened I felt -------------when she walked over to me!

embarrassing Ted forgot to zip his zipper. It was---------------. embarrassed Ted felt -----------------.

Present Participle Adjectives - Ongoing Past Participle Adjectives – Completed Compare: a roasting chicken a roasted chicken

Frying potatoes smell delicious. (ongoing - they aren't done yet) Fried potatoes would taste good right now. (completed - they are ready to eat) Falling trees are a danger to hikers. (ongoing - they are coming down) Fallen trees littered the forest floor. (completed - they are down)

Growing children need a lot of food. (ongoing - they are still growing) Grown children often move out of the house. (completed - they are finished growing) Breaking dishes and shouts could be heard in the kitchen. (ongoing - they are still growing) Broken dishes were all over the floor. (completed - they are finished growing)

Present Participle Adjectives - Cause of feeling an amusing ride Past Participle Adjectives - Receiver of feeling an amused child

Interesting people will speak during the 2 -day class. (People cause others to feel interest. ) Interested people can sign up for the 2 -day class. (The people feel interest in the subject. ) Boring speakers put their attendees to sleep. (The speaker causes others to be bored. ) Bored speakers should find something exciting to say. (The speaker feels boredom while speaking!)

Amusing short films are shown at the animated film festival. (The films cause the amusement. ) Amused viewers enjoy the short films. (The viewers feel the amusement. ) Overwhelming amounts of work are given to University students. (The amount of work causes the overwhelming. ) Overwhelmed students end up dropping a course or two. (The students feel overwhelmed. )

EXERCISES 1. While looking in the sky, we saw------ fireworks. exploded exploding 2. After he said 'goodbye', she had a------heart. broken breaking 3 The ------truth is that nobody knew who had the bomb. shocked shocking

Grammar rules frustrate me. They're not logical. They are so----------. A-frustrating B-frustrated If teachers want to interest the students, they must use---------------- material. A-interested B-interesting

The teacher gets______when you come late! annoyed annoying The ------weather conditions is forcing many people to stay inside. frozen freezing

Is her name Olga or Vera? I can never remember! I'm---- confused confusing When you come to class late, it is very____for the teacher. annoyed annoying

The _____ driver caused an accident while he was talking on his cell phone. 1. distracting 2. distracted The students said they didn't want to study with that teacher because of her _____ lessons. 1. confused 2. confusing

I find it very ____ that pollution is getting worse and governments are doing very little about it. worry worried worrying In the middle of the flight we hit some turbulence and the plane dropped very quickly. It was so ____. terrify terrified terrifying

Mary thinks that trying to learn how to knit is very _____ because she keeps making mistakes. 1. frustrating 2. frustrated The man thought being stuck in an elevator during the earthquake was a _____ experience. 1. terrifying 2. terrified

Sometimes Celine says the wrong thing in class. That can be embarrassed. embarrassing. Yoko is learning English so fast! It's amazed. amazing. . It's horrible! Yuck, gross! How disgusted! disgusting!