Present participle adjectives are those ending with -ing, and have and acitive meaning.
e.g. The movie was interesting.
That book is really boring
Past participle adjectives are those ending with -ed, and have a passive meaning.
e.g. I'm very interested in that course.
Linad was bored at the concert
What is the difference in the following examples?
1.- I am bored.
2.- I am boring
In the first example you are trying to express a feeling you have at the moment of speaking. You are bored because something is causing that effect on you. Maybe you are bored because the class is boring.
In the second example you are saying that you have that characteristic. That's what people think about you
So....
If you want to express the feeling someone has towards something you use -ed
If you want to express the characteristic of something you use -ing
exciting excited
boring bored
exhausting exhausted
fascinating fascinated
frightening frightened
compelling compelled
moving moved
disturbing disturbed
troubling troubled
upsetting upset
entertaining entertained
interesting interested
horrifying horrified
disappointing disappointed
surprising surprised
satisfying satisfied
tiring tired
confusing confused
depressing depressed
disturbing distrubed
amusing amused
astonishing astonished
shocking shocked
terrifying terrified
embarrasing embarrased
annoying annoyed
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Last updated: October 10th 2002