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'
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نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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یاشار اسکندری | 2 | 100/00 % |
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آرین خزیمه | 2 | 81/25 % |
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محمد حسین محسنی فر | 2 | 50/00 % |
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Mahdi Shahidi | 2 | 50/00 % |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Noushmehr Norsobhi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % |
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zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % |
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یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % |
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Sheida Taheri | 3 | 97/37 % |
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پژمان همدانی | 3 | 97/37 % |
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محمدحسین میرزایی | 3 | 97/30 % |
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Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % |
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yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % |
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مهدی هنرمند | 1 | 95/24 % |
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محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % |
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Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % |
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Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % |
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aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % |
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یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % |
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الشان مقیمی آذر | 11 | 90/80 % |
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عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % |