Grammar: -ed/-ing adjectives

Do you feel confused when you see different adjectives? Do you think adjectives are confusing? You are not alone.

There are many different suffixes (final letters) for adjectives. Among the most common are: -ive (positive), -ible (possible), -able (comfortable), -ish (babyish), and -ed/-ing (confused/confusing). Let's look at -ed/-ing adjectives.

We use -ed adjectives when we want to talk about how we feel.
We use -ing adjectives about the thing that makes us feel like that

For example:
I am bored because this lesson is boring.
The teacher is depressed  because his lesson is depressing. 
The students are confused because this lesson is confusing.
Manchester is an interesting, fascinating city and I always feel excited and exhilarated when I walk around the city.

How do the people feel? bored, depressed, confused, excited, exhilarated
How are the things and activities describe? boring, depressing, confusing, interesting, fascinating

Be careful: remember, these words are adjectives, so we need to use them with nouns. They look like past simple and continuous verbs, but they are not: they are adjectives.

Do you want some practice? Here are some exercises:

https://elt.oup.com/student/headway/preint/b_vocabulary/unit05/hwy_preint_unit10_3?cc=us&selLanguage=en

This is a listening activity that you can download. Then read the Language Point before you do the quiz: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode21/index.shtml

This is another exercise which begins with a listening activity. After the listening, there are some questions. You can also download more examples and an explanation here: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/worldservice/learningenglish/grammarchallenge/pdfs/3_eding_tables.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/934_gramchallenge3/index.shtml

This is the link to the game we played in class:
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/adjectives-ing-ed-catapult/