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
feel free to do so in the comment
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