2º BACHILLERATO: ADJECTIVES

Adjectives Ending in "-ed" and "-ing" (Adjetivos terminando en "-ed" y "-ing")

Las terminaciones "-ed" y "-ing" no sólo se usan para formar los tiempos verbales del pasado y presente continuo, también se usan con adjetivos. Estos adjetivos están compuestos de un verbo y estas dos terminaciones, pero ten en cuenta que el sentido cambia dependiendo de que terminación se use.

"-ed" Adjectives (Adjetivos terminando en "-ed")

Los adjetivos que terminan en "-ed" indican o describen emociones. Estos adjetivos suelen acabar en "-ado", "-ido" o "-edo" en español y van después del verbo "estar".

• Ejemplos:
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  John is interested in art. (John está interesado en el arte.)
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  Denise was bored in class. (Denise estaba aburrida en clase.)
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  Luke is excited about his new job. (Luke está emocionado con su nuevo empleo.)

"-ing" Adjectives (Adjetivos terminando en "-ing")

Los adjetivos que terminan en "-ing" indican o describen una característica de algo o alguien. A diferencia de los adjetivos que terminan en "-ed", no hay regla en español para formar estos adjetivos y van después del verbo "ser".

• Ejemplos:
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  John is an interesting person. (John es una persona interesante.)
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  The class was boring so Denise fell asleep. (La clase era aburrida asi que Denise se durmió.)
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  Luke started an exciting new job. (Luke acaba de empezar un nuevo empleo emocionante.)

Nota: Como hemos mencionado anteriormente, el uso de un adjetivo en vez de otro cambia el sentido de la frase.

• Ejemplos:
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  Steve is embarrassed. (Steve está avergonzado.)
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  Steve is embarrassing. (Steve es vergonzoso.)
• PRACTICE

• Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.
  1	He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (bored / boring)
  2	Most sequels are ________________. (disappointed / disappointing)
  3	I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)
  4	Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited / exciting)
  5	That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased / pleasing)
  6	The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (saddened / saddening)
  7	I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)
  8	I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed / amazing)
  9	He's such a ________________ guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)
  10	I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)
  11	No one knew what would happen next. We were all ________________ . (intrigued / intriguing)
  12	It was a very ________________ situation. (interested / interesting)
  13	There's been some very ________________ news. (surprised / surprising)
  14	His mother was ________________ by what she found under his bed. (disgusted / disgusting)
  15	Their hamburgers are ________________ . (disgusted / disgusting)
  16	Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________ . (exhausted / exhausting)
  17	He's always showing off. It's really ________________ . (annoyed / annoying)
  18	I think Alex is one of the most ________________ people I've ever met. He can't keep still for a second. (annoyed / annoying)
  19	I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed really ________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing)
  20	She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather ________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing)