-ing/ed adjectives

This grammar point is something that many students find confusing –
the difference between adjectives ending in –ed or –ing!

The main thing to remember is this:

adjectives with –ing are the cause of the feeling/situation and
adjectives with –ed are the feelings of the person/animal affected

For example:
"This is a boring movie." (cause)
"I'm very bored." (feeling)

Lesson by Seb, teacher at EC Cape Town English school

Link '-ed' and '-ing' adjectives: describing feelings and things

How many of these did you get correct? When you have finished write some example sentences.

• 1. I love listening to ___ music at home.
  
  relaxing
  relaxed
  
  
• 2. I was very ___ in class yesterday.
  
  bored
  boring
  
  
• 3. That test was very ___.
  
  challenged
  challenging
  
  
• 4. Action movies are ___.
  
  exciting
  excited
  
  
• 5. My friend was ___ when she watched the show.
  
  entertained
  entertaining
  
  
• 6. I'm very ___ with my results.
  
  disappointed
  disappointing
  
  
• 7. I read some ___ statistics recently.
  
  startled
  startling
  
  
• 8. I saw an ___ concert recently.
  
  amazed
  amazing
  
  
• 9. I'm so ___ with my stupid husband!
  
  frustrating
  frustrated
  
  
• 10. English is a very ___ language!
  
  interested
  interesting