Examples（例文）　

This one comes up a lot in my classes. The general guidelines are as follows:

1. Use the ed adjective (past participle*) to say how some one felt. Another way to think to this is to consider how someone or something was affected (by someone or something).

He didn't like the movie. He looked really bored. (He felt bored.)

2. Use the ing adjective (present participle**) to say how something was. Another way: What effect did it have on someone or something?

The movie was reallyboring. Joe was bored out of his mind.

* 過去分詞

** 現在分詞

Exercises（練習）Please choose the best answer for each sentence.

1. This book is really interest interesting interested .

2. Do you feel inspired inspiring persperation when you see a great movie or read a good novel?

3. Riding a roller coaster is very excited excite exciting .

4. Kaori thinks her job is tiring tire tired .

5. Many of my students come to their lessons after work, so they are often quite tiring tire tired .

6. Some people think old black-and-white movies are boring bored boredom , but I really like them.

　

Bonus Question: scary vs. afraid

These are not "ed" and "ing" adjectives, but they are often confused. Try to find the best choice in the sentences below.

7. Joe met Frankenstein in a dark alley. Joe thought, "Wow! Frankenstein is really scare scary afraid .

8. Joe was quite afraid scary scare of Frankenstein.

Answers:　

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.