Después de aprender Different Uses of Too, en está lección aprenderás Adjectives ending in ED or ING.
Hay muchos adjetivos que tenemos en inglés que terminan en -ED o -ING.
Sí, es correcto, ¡no son solo terminaciones que usamos para los verbos!
Un adjetivo que termina en -ING se usa para describir: la característica de una persona, una cosa o una situación. Un adjetivo que termina en -ED se usa para describir: un sentimiento (o cómo se siente una persona) o una emoción. Se usa para describir algo temporal. Dado que solo las personas (y algunos animales) tienen sentimientos, los adjetivos -ed no pueden usarse para describir un objeto o situación.
Compare the difference:
- My girlfriend is bored. – (My girlfriend feels bored)
- My girlfriend is boring. – (My girlfriend is a boring person)
Puede usar estos adjetivos para describir personas o situaciones, pero tenga cuidado de usar el adjetivo correcto. Por ejemplo, existe una gran diferencia de significado entre:
- I am confused. – (I don’t understand something)
- I am confusing. – (I will cause you to be confused)
Tenga en cuenta que las siguientes oraciones son para resaltar la diferencia entre los dos tipos de adjetivos. NO es común hacer o decir porque suenan repetitivos.
- I was shocked by how shocking the accident was last night.
- They were frightened by the frightening roller-coaster ride!
- I am annoyed by how annoying that person in front of us is.
- Sally was confused by the confusing street signs in the city.
Example sentences of adjectives ending in -ED and -ING
- This grammar lesson is boring. I am bored reading all about these grammar rules.
- I am tired right now. My flight was tiring (because it was a twelve-hour flight).
- Public toilets are usually disgusting. I am disgusted by the smell in some of them.
- Your speech was very inspiring. I am now inspired to do wonderful things with my life.
List of Adjectives ending in -ED and -ING
Existe una lista bastante larga de adjetivos que terminan en -ED y -ING en inglés, y la mayoría de ellos se basan en un verbo que se puede convertir en adjetivo agregando -ED o -ING.
Some of the more common ones include:
- Alarmed – Alarming
- Aggravated – Aggravating
- Amused – Amusing
- Annoyed – Annoying
- Astonished – Astonishing
- Astounded – Astounding
- Bored – Boring
- Captivated – Captivating
- Challenged – Challenging
- Charmed – Charming
- Comforted – Comforting
- Confused – Confusing
- Convinced – Convincing
- Depressed – Depressing
- Disappointed – Disappointing
- Discouraged – Discouraging
- Disgusted – Disgusting
- Distressed – Distressing
- Disturbed – Disturbing
- Embarrassed – Embarrassing
- Encouraged – Encouraging
- Entertained – Entertaining
- Excited – Exciting
- Exhausted – Exhausting
- Fascinated – Fascinating
- Frightened – Frightening
- Frustrated – Frustrating
- Fulfilled – Fulfilling
- Gratified – Gratifying
- Inspired – Inspiring
- Insulted – Insulting
- Interested – Interesting
- Moved – Moving
- Overwhelmed – Overwhelming
- Perplexed – Perplexing
- Pleased – Pleasing
- Relaxed – Relaxing
- Relieved – Relieving
- Satisfied – Satisfying
- Shocked – Shocking
- Sickened – Sickening
- Soothed – Soothing
- Surprised – Surprising
- Tempted – Tempting
- Terrified – Terrifying
- Threatened – Threatening
- Thrilled – Thrilling
- Tired – Tiring
- Touched – Touching
- Troubled – Troubling
- Unsettled – Unsettling
- Worried – Worrying
En la próxima lección aprenderás Many, Much, Few, Little.
