-ING Present Participle vs. -ED Past Participle

The clown was entertaining the family.

CAUSE OF THE FEELING: -ing RECEIVER OF THE FEELING: -ed

The clown was entertaining. The family was entertained.

CAUSE OF THE FEELING RECEIPT OF THE FEELING

alarming interesting alarmed interested

amusing overwhelming amused overwhelmed

boring pleasing bored pleased

confusing relaxing confused relaxed

embarrassing satisfying embarrassed satisfied

encouraging shocking encouraged shocked

entertaining surprising entertained surprised

exciting terrifying excited terrified

exhausting tiring exhausted tired

frightening frightened

frustrating frustrated

Practice Select the -ed or -ing form that goes with the context of each sentence. (Cause or receiver?)

# IMAGE YOUR RESPONSE

1.

My bath was (relaxing/relaxed) I feel(relaxing/relaxed)now.

2.Joe is (tiring/tired) because he had a (tiring/tired) day.

3.How to get the cheese was (confusing/confused) . The mouse was (confusing/confused) .

4. So much homework was (overwhelming/overwhelmed). The student felt (overwhelming/overwhelmed).

5.Your jokes are (amusing/amused). I am (amusing/amused).

6.I was so(touched/touching) by the movie. The scenes in the movie were (touched/touching)

7.The TV program was (boring/bored) I felt(boring/bored) while watching it.

8.

My angry father's words were (upset/upsetting). I felt (upset/upsetting).

9.

The nurse's big needle was (frightened/frightening). I felt(frightened/frightening). when she walked over to me!

10.

Ted forgot to zip his zipper. It was (embarrassed/embarrassing) Ted felt (embarrassed/embarrassing)

ed / -ing adjectivesClick on the answer you think is correct.

1 Jennifer is _____ because she's getting married today.excited exciting

2 David is so _____, all he talks about is his computer.bored boring

3I'm really _____ about my interivew.worried worrying

4 Niran was _____ to get a letter from his ex-girlfriend.surprised surprising

5 There's nothing _____ on TV tonight.interested interesting

6 Javier had a very _____ holiday in Greece.relaxed relaxing