以ed和ing結尾的形容詞

-ed and –ing adjectives

Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ (e.g. ‘bored’, ‘interested’) and adjectives that end ‘-ing’ (e.g. ‘boring’, ‘interesting’) are often confused.

以ed和ing結尾的形容詞常常使人感到混淆。

-ed adjectives

以ed結尾的形容詞

Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ describe emotions – they tell us how people feel about something.

以ed結尾的形容詞描述的是一種情感—告訴我們人們對某樣東西的感覺和想法。

   I was very bored in the maths lesson. I almost fell asleep.

   He was surprised to see Helen. She’d told him she was going to Australia.

   Feeling tired and depressed, he went to bed.

-ing adjectives

以ing結尾的形容詞

Adjectives that end ‘-ing’ describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.

以ing結尾的形容詞描述的是是引起該情感的事情—例如一個很boring的課讓你覺得很bored。

   Have you seen that film? It’s absolutely terrifying.

   I could listen to him for hours. He’s one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met.

   I can’t eat this! It’s disgusting! What is it?

   Remember that people can be boring but only if they make other people feel bored.

   He talks about the weather for hours. He’s so boring.

   NOT I was very boring at the party so I went home.

Here are some more adjectives that can have both an ‘-ed’ and an ‘-ing’ form

我們這裏給你找了一下常見的既有以ed結尾也有以ing結尾的對應的形容詞。

amused

amusing

annoyed

annoying

confused

confusing

disappointed

disappointing

excited

exciting

exhausted

exhausting

frightened

frightening

satisfied

satisfying

shocked

shocking