Avoid Common Mistakes ING ED Adjectives Basic English Grammar

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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this

lesson I’m going to talk about the

difference between adjectives that end

in Edie and adjectives that end in ing

we’ll talk about how to decide when to

use these and when not to use these will

also do a short quiz at the end of the

lesson to check your understanding let’s

get it started okay so first let’s begin

with adjectives that end in Edie so

these are adjectives that we use to

describe a feeling or an emotion in a

person or we can also use these for

animals so if you want to talk about

your pets you can use Edie adjectives to

talk about an emotion or a feeling you

think they might be experiencing so

let’s look at some examples of Edie

adjectives some common Edie ending

adjectives here I’m so tired tired ends

in Edie

I’m tired here another one he looks

excited ends at Edie the dog seems

scared ends in Edie and are you bored

here we see the Edie ending so each of

these example sentences includes an Edie

adjective because it’s referring to

someone’s feeling or someone’s emotion

or in this case a dog’s emotion and here

I’ve included the word seems because

maybe we can’t completely understand an

animal’s emotion but we can say

something like the dog seems scared if

you like so make sure to use Edie ending

adjectives for feelings and for emotions

okay now though let’s take a look at

adjectives that end in ing ing ending

adjectives so we use ing ending

adjectives when we want to describe the

characteristics or the features of

something so our trip was exciting so

here we’re talking about the trip

so travel essentially our trip was

exciting there’s no emotion here in the

next example work today was tiring

hiring so work is the item we’re

describing these are the characteristics

of work tiring tiring of the

characteristic I hope this lesson isn’t

boring I hope this lesson isn’t boring

this ends in ing a characteristic of

this lesson then children are exhausting

children are exhausting this ends in an

ing as well this is one example where I

think people might experience some

confusion here I’ve said children are

exhausting please note the sentence

children are exhausted or the children

are exhausted is a very different

sentence from children are exhausting in

this sentence children are exhausting it

means that to the speaker so if I’m a

speaker it means children make me feel

exhausted so the children maybe they

have a lot of energy it takes a lot of

time and energy and effort to play with

kids to play with children so their

characteristics that’s so exhausting is

a characteristic of them their

characteristic is that they are

exhausting so maybe someone who is tired

might say this children are exhausting

and then I could say I feel exhausted so

please be careful children the children

are exhausted and children are

exhausting in this example create very

different sentences the sentence the

children are exhausted means the

children in the situation are tired they

feel exhausted that’s the children’s

emotion at that point in time so please

be careful of your choice in situations

like this

ok so to recap ing adjectives are used

to describe the characteristics or the

features of something or someone as in

this example

edie ending adjectives are used to

describe our feelings or our emotions

and we can also use them to talk about

the feelings and emotions of animals ok

so let’s try to put this together in a

quiz I prepared a few examples and we’ll

choose the correct form of the adjective

in the blank so first one the movie was

excited or exciting here we’re talking

about a movie it’s not a person it’s not

an emotion so exciting is the correct

answer

the movie was exciting is correct next

one

your brother looks we have your brother

looks tired or your brother looks tiring

here we’re talking about the speakers

brother your brother and we’re imagining

something about his feelings or his in

his emotional state so we should use

tired your brother looks tired it’s

correct here next one the news tonight

is worried or the news tonight is

worrying here the focus is the news so

some information this is not a person’s

emotion or a person’s feeling so we

should use worrying the news tonight is

worrying it causes me to worry next one

this book is so bored or this book is so

boring here again the focus is on an

object this book in this case so we’ll

use boring this book is so boring okay

next one there are two blanks here so

let’s choose the correct form we have

worked today was something I’m something

in the first sentence the focus is work

work today was something so not a person

not a feeling not an emotion so it’s a

characteristic work today was exhausting

work today was exhausting in the second

one however I’m so refering to a

person’s feelings I am here we should

use exhausted work today was exhausting

I’m exhausted

finally as we saw with this example

about children let’s look at this

sentence my boss is I have the word

terrified or my boss is terrifying

depending on your choice in this case

the meaning of the sentence will change

significantly if we choose my boss is

terrified it means that’s my boss’s

emotion so terror refers to strong fear

being very very afraid of something so

my boss is terrified means my boss is

experiencing fear a strong amount of

fear a strong degree of fear my boss is

terrified so this is kind of a negative

situation about your boss’s emotions if

however we say my boss is terrifying it

means the boss the characteristic of the

boss is that the boss he or she is scary

is a very very scary person so the

speaker feels terrified

perhaps so the boss causes that feeling

of terror in the speaker so please be

careful my boss is terrified and my boss

is terrifying are both grammatically

correct sentences but they have very

different meanings so this is one

example where it’s very important to

make the right choice between the IDI

ending adjectives and the ing ending

adjectives so both are okay I hope you

don’t have a terrifying boss and I hope

your boss isn’t terrified but just in

case this is one example to be cautious

of okay so that’s a quick introduction

to when and how to use IDI adjectives

and ing ending adjectives if you have

any questions or if you want to practice

or make some example sentences please

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