I am BORED or I am BORING? | Use -ED vs -ING Adjectives Correctly!

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- Hello, lovely students.
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And welcome back to English with Lucy.
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Today I have a grammar lesson for you.
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We're going to talk about one of the most common mistakes
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that I hear English learners make.
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We are going to look at descriptive adjectives
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that end in ED and ING.
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I am excited, or I am exciting.
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It is tired, or it is tiring.
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It might sound simple or easy,
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but lots of students get this wrong.
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So it's really important
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that you learn the differences and you practise.
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Before we get started, there is a free PDF
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It contains the full PDF summary
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Right, let's get started with the lesson.
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Firstly, I'd like to review adjectives.
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Adjectives are words used to describe a noun.
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They can describe size, colour,
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amount, feeling, et cetera.
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Take a look at this basic sentence: I have a car.
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We can add in some adjectives to paint a better picture
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for the reader or the listener.
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I have a red car.
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Or maybe we'll use multiple adjectives.
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I have a large, red, Italian car.
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Perhaps some of you knew that information
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but it never hurts to review.
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But now let's move on to the interesting bit.
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Or is it the interested bit?
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Let's start by looking at ED adjectives.
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And when I'm talking about ED adjectives,
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these are adjectives that end with ED:
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tired, interested, excited, and so on.
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Simply put, ED adjectives are used
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to describe how a person feels.
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I am bored.
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She is tired.
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We were amazed.
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They are pleased.
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Now in all of these sentences,
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if we replace the B verb with the verb to feel,
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it will still make sense.
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I feel bored.
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She feels tired.
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We felt amazed.
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They feel pleased.
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We can also use ED adjectives when we use the prepositions
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by, with, and in to explain
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why a person feels a certain way.
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I was entertained by the dancer's performance.
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The dancer's performance is what entertained me.
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He was impressed with the plans for the new building.
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The plans for the new building are
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what caused him to feel impressed.
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They were interested in my new book.
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My new book is what caused them to be interested.
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It's important to note that we only use ED adjectives
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when we're describing people and animals.
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Why?
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Well, we're the only ones that can feel.
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A table cannot feel, a show cannot feel,
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but people and animals can feel.
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A person can be interested
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but a table cannot be interested.
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An animal can feel scared
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but a car cannot feel scared.
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Right, so we know that ED adjectives are used
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to describe people and animals and their feelings.
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What about ING adjectives?
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ING adjectives are used
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to describe how something makes someone feel.
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- ING adjectives do not describe a feeling.
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They describe how something makes someone feel.
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The something can be a person,
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animal, place, thing, object, book.
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The someone: a person or an animal.
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Let's take a closer look.
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I've been watching a new TV series recently
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and it hasn't really caught my attention.
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It's rather slow.
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It's rather dull.
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If I wanted to use an adjective to describe this TV series
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which should I use: bored or boring?
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Let's first think about what I'm trying to describe.
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I'm trying to describe a show.
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Can a show feel?
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No, it's not a person.
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It's not an animal.
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We know we use ED adjectives to describe a feeling,
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so we can't use bored here.
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The show is boring.
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Boring makes sense because we use ING adjectives
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to describe the way something like a show makes someone
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like me feel.
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Let's use it in a sentence.
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The new show I'm watching is really boring.
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A perfect sentence if I do say so myself.
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So ING adjectives are used
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to describe how something makes someone feel.
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So if the show I'm watching is boring,
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I can describe myself as bored.
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I am bored because I'm watching a boring show.
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Let's try a couple more examples
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and see if you can get them first.
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His speech was really interesting or interested.
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Which one?
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I'll give you five seconds.
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(timer beeping) (timer playing happy tune)
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It's interesting.
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We're describing a speech.
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It can't feel so we use the ING adjective interesting.
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What about this one?
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The meal was really,
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it made me feel.
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Where does satisfying go
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and where does satisfied go?
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I'll give you five seconds.
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(timer beeping) (timer playing happy tune)
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The meal was really satisfying.
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It made me feel satisfied.
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So the key takeaway here is
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that ING adjectives describe the thing
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that makes someone feel a certain way,
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while ED adjectives describe the feeling.
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Let's practise together.
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I'll say a sentence and then I'll ask you a question.
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Ready?
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She was confused whilst watching the movie.
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She was confused whilst watching the movie.
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Based on her feeling,
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how would we describe the movie?
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We would describe the movie as confusing.
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It was a confusing movie because it made her feel confused.
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Let's try another one.
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Mary was tired after the long drive.
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Mary was tired after the long drive.
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Based on how Mary feels, how can we describe the drive?
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We can describe the drive as tiring.
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Tiring.
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We know that the long drive was tiring
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because Mary was tired.
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Right, that's it for today's lesson.
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I hope it cleared up some of your doubts
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about ING adjectives and ED adjectives.
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Now it's time to put what you've learned into practise
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The free lesson PDF has got lots more examples
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I was entertained by the persons.
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Think about what I'm atriving,
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atriving, hmm.
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Lest, lest?
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