ING and ED Adjectives - How to use them correctly | British English

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Today I've got a very short but very useful little video for you

It's all about adjectives that end in -ing

and adjectives that end in ed

and why they're different

and when we use each one

I hear so many people using these adjectives incorrectly

so....I'm here to help you!

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Now I'm going to give you 2 phrases

The first one: I am boring

and the second one: I am bored

What do they mean and why are they different?

Well!

So adjectives that end in ed describe emotions

They tell us how someone feels about something

OK, so I feel tired...I'm going to go to bed

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

Adjectives ending in ing describe the thing that causes the emotion

So a boring maths lesson makes you feel bored

The maths lesson is what causes you to feel bored

so the maths lesson is boring

So you could say...

I could watch Lucy's videos for hours because they are so interesting.

This means that you are interested by my videos

My videos interest you

or I could say that the food was disgusting

I was disgusted by the food

Now I'm going to give you some more adjectives that can be used in both the ED form and the ING form

So the first one: amused, amusing

Ok...The film was so amusing. it made me really laugh.