Look at these examples to see how adjectives ending in -ed and -ing are used.
I was really bored in that presentation.
Adjectives that end in -ed (e.g. bored, interested) and adjectives that end in -ing (e.g. boring, interesting) are often confused.
Adjectives that end in -ed generally describe emotions – they tell us how people feel.
I was so bored in that lesson, I almost fell asleep.
Adjectives that end in -ing generally describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.
Have you seen that film? It's really frightening.
I can't sleep! That noise is really annoying!
Here are some adjectives that can have both an -ed and an -ing form.
annoyed | annoying |
bored | boring |
confused | confusing |
disappointed | disappointing |
excited | exciting |
frightened | frightening |
interested | interesting |
surprised | surprising |
tired | tiring |
worried | worrying |
Adjectives with '-ing' and '-ed'
خودآزمایی ها |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
---|---|---|---|
یاشار اسکندری | 2 | 100/00 % | |
آرین خزیمه | 2 | 81/25 % | |
محمد حسین محسنی فر | 2 | 50/00 % | |
Mahdi Shahidi | 2 | 50/00 % |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
---|---|---|---|
َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % | |
Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
Noushmehr Norsobhi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
محمدحسین میرزایی | 1 | 100/00 % | |
مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % | |
Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % | |
zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % | |
یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % | |
Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % | |
yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % | |
مهدی هنرمند | 1 | 95/24 % | |
محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % | |
Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % | |
Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % | |
aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % | |
یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % | |
عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % | |
پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی | 72 | 89/49 % | |
ارشیا قلمکاری | 33 | 89/23 % | |
Matin Azimipour | 30 | 88/17 % |