Download Participial Adjectives

Participial Adjectives
–Boring or Bored
–Confusing or Confused
–Exciting or Excited
–Embarrassing or Embarrassed
ING?
or
What a confusing
decision!
ED?
Be Careful!
Participial adjectives look like
verbs, but they’re not verbs!
They’re ADJECTIVES!
What do adjectives do?
They DESCRIBE!
Here’s a question for you!
In English, where do you usually put an
adjective in a sentence?
In English there are two places they can go:
Before a noun:
This is confusing grammar.
That was a boring movie.
After the verb “be”:This grammar is confusing.
That movie was boring.
There are 2 types of participial adjectives.
Present Participial Adjectives end in “ING”
For example:
boring
exhausting
exciting
surprising
confusing
embarrassing
Past Participial Adjectives end in “ED”
For example:
bored
exhausted
excited
surprised
confused
embarrassed
So here’s the big question!
When do you use boring?
When do you use bored?
Exciting? Excited?
Depressing? Depressed?
Fascinating? Fascinated?
We can often view a situation in one of
the following ways:
Cause……….Result
Cause……….Feeling
Doer……….Receiver
For example, if you are in an English class and the grammar
really confuses you. You would say:
This grammar is confusing.
(It’s the cause of your confusion.)
You are confused.
(This is the result of that grammar lesson.
It’s how you feel.)
So…
Present Participial Adjective
Past Participial Adjective
-ING
Cause
-ED
Result
The lesson was boring.
The students were bored.
Cause
The book is interesting.
Feeling
The reader is interested.
The doer
The speaker was boring.
The receiver
The audience was bored.
Let’s Practice
Together
If you read an article in the
newspaper that really surprises you…
How would you describe the article?
It was a surprising article.
How would you describe yourself?
I was surprised by that article.
If you watch a movie that
really fascinates you…
How would you describe the movie?
That was a fascinating movie I saw.
How would you describe yourself?
I was fascinated by that movie.
If you are in a situation that
embarrasses you…
How do you describe yourself in that situation?
I am embarrassed.
How would you describe the situation?
What an embarrassing situation.
If a chemical irritates your skin…
How do you describe the chemical?.
That chemical is irritating.
How do you describe your skin?
My skin is irritated.
Any Questions?
Are you sure?
OK! Let’s Practice!